by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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New Stuff:
The folks at Kirkus Reviews are offering a free self-publishing guide for authors. The PDF can be accessed here.
Reedsy has a free downloadable character template PDF that looks pretty cool for helping with character development.
There’s a new, free, app called Taskade (a pro version is coming soon). CEO John Xie calls it a “bullet journal reimagined” and “a beautiful outliner for brainstorming, note sharing, and managing tasks.” You can see an example of a project road-map here. It even offers collaboration, if you’re co-writing. Something to check out if you’re looking for a way to plan or organize your life or projects. FAQ is here.
- Accounting for Writers: @FictionNotes
- When and How to Change Your Book Title: @DaveChesson
- Building Your Business Model as a Writer: @JaneFriedman
- How to Get Your Story or Poem Unpublished: @NathanielTower
- Barnes & Noble chief Len Riggio: ‘Open More Stores Than We Close’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @BookExpoAmerica
- How AI Technology Will Change Literature: @jenxuewrites
- Everything You Wanted to Know about Book Sales (But Were Afraid to Ask): @TheLincoln @ElectricLit
- At the Hay Festival, the Man Booker Prize Announces Its Anniversary ‘Golden Five’ Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Details for the next #IWSGPit Twitter pitch on July 19: @TheIWSG
- As BookExpo Approaches, US Publishers Cite Revenue Up In First Quarter: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Wins 2018 Audie Awards for Random House: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Book Clubs – The Human Touch in Marketing: by Debbie Burke @killzoneauthors
- Make Your Writing Anxiety Disappear By Thinking Small: @anne_staw @JaneFriedman
- You and Your Writing Deserve the Grand Gesture: @annkroeker
- You’re Never Too Old, Never Too Bad, Never Too Late, Never Too Sick to Start From Scratch Once Again: @block_sandra
- What You Really Need to do as a Discouraged Writer: @colleen_m_story
- The Easiest Way to Get More Writing Done: @Janice_Hardy
- Stop Making Excuses: Make the Writing Plan You Need: @the_writing_pal
- Making Time to Write: Time Management For Screenwriters: by C. Bryce Fuller @WritersDigest
- 5 Caffeine-Free Beverages to Boost Writing Focus & Energy: @colleen_m_story
- The importance of deep breathing: @pubcoach
- 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers: @lithub @askanyone @TisforThompson @MegWolitzer
- You Need to Drink More Water, but Watch Out for This: @colleen_m_story
- On Distractions That Keep Us From Writing: @LindaGilden
- A Homework Assignment from W. H. Auden: by Anthony Madrid @parisreview
- 11 Highly Literary Tote Bags: by Jo Lou @ElectricLit
- Writing and the Creative Life: One key to creativity… naps? @GoIntoTheStory
- The Sanitized Words of Complicated Women: @diancalondon @byshondaland
- Don’t Be Satisfied With Competence: @jamesscottbell
- So Longhand: Has Cursive Reached The End Of The Line? @GeoffNunberg @NPR
- Is a Workaholic Writer Unhealthy? @colleen_m_story
- Five Movies About Master Writers: @librarylore @DIYMFA
- I Have Wasted My Life: by Patricia Hampl @parisreview
- An Open Letter to My Dog: I Couldn’t Have Written This Without You: by Cinelle Barnes @lithub
- Know Your Writing’s Genre: @Lindasclare
- 5 Tips to Understanding Genre in the Publishing Industry: @SydneyMathieu @KillerNashville
- Why Crime Authors Need to Stop Pretending They’re Badasses: @Gabino_Iglesias @LitReactor
- The perfect crimes: why thrillers are leaving other books for dead: @hesutton @GuardianBooks
- Trophy Wives and Boy Toys as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Crime Writing: How To (Legally) Get Away With Murder: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors
- How to Write the Perfect Mystery: Writing Advice from the Greats of Crime Fiction: @CrimeReads
- A Bunch of Hard Truths About Publishing: @RuthanneReid
- BookExpo’s CEO Roundtable Cites Stability, Growth, Promise for Books Ahead: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Some of the First Sketches of Winnie-the-Pooh and the Collaborative Process of Shepard and Milne: by James Campbell @lithub
- “Goodreads is credited by Penguin Press for helping to rapidly build the popularity of bestseller ‘Little Fires Everywhere’”: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- “Why (and how) I chose a small press publisher”: @jasonbougger
- University College London Press Passes 1 Millionth Open Access Book Download: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- April 2018 Bestseller Lists From China: Young Readers Cheer a Celebrity-Powered World Book Day: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: China Literature at Rights Fair; Amazon Publishing Signs Cornwell Series: @Porter_Anderson @1pcornwell
- ‘…(R)eaders are being penalized with an additional 20-percent VAT for choosing to embrace digital,’: @StephenLotinga : @Porter_Anderson
- As BookExpo and New York Rights Fair Open: Warnings for Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @BookExpoAmerica
- A week in the life of a small press: @Roz_Morris @ForestAvePress
- Why Publish Your Novel with a Traditional Publisher? @SnowflakeGuy
- How to Craft the Perfect Opening Scene: @ShanDitty
- Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist: Writing the Opening Scene: @KMWeiland
- Mining Our Characters’ Wounds: @RLLaFevers
- Seven Common Problems in Character Creation: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- Developing a Character with a History of Sexual Assault: @SloanTamar
- Chapterettes, Prologues, Introductions, and Other Spare Parts–What Purpose Can They Serve in a Book? @writeabook
- Character Driven Stories through Life Values: by Leslie Watts @StoryGrid
- Writing lessons from Tom Wolfe: @pubcoach
- Why Storytelling Advice Is Such a Mess: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- Addressing the Reader: @Janice_Hardy
- A Short Guide To Unusual Chronology: @FredBobJohn @standoutbooks
- Marketing Copy: The First- Versus Third-Person Debate: @jan_ohara @WriterUnboxed
- Should I Use a “Throwaway” POV to Add Tension? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- Minor Viewpoint Errors: @SeptCFawkes
- 7 Essential Elements of a Story: @jasonbougger
- Are There Only 7 Stories in the World? @EditingWizard
- 5 Self Editing Essentials To Perfect Your Novel: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors
- How to Be a Better, More Efficient Editor of Your Own Writing: @AnnieMueller
- How to Write Unforgettable Settings: @KristenLambTX
- Appealing to the Senses: @davidfarland
- Writing Tips: 3 Techniques to Write Better Settings: @thecreativepenn
- Writing worksheet to help writers create a home environment in their story world: @EvaDeverell
- The World at Large: A Worksheet to Aid in the Creation of a Story World: @EvaDeverell
I saw the Reedsy character template. Really well done.
I thought so, too! Their resources always are.
As always, such a great list of links here, Elizabeth, for which thanks. I really like it that there’s so much support out there now for self-published and indie authors. It finally feels like we aren’t so much the ‘poor cousins’ of publishing the way it used to be.
A good way of putting it! Yes, self-pub has come a long way and is so much more efficient than it used to be.