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- Insights From the Foreign Rights Specialists Shortlisted for Tonight’s 2018 British Book Awards: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- In London, British Book Awards Include Political Commentary Amid Celebration: @Porter_Anderson @PhilipPullman @pubperspectives
- UBM Partnership Adds Children’s Books Rights and Licensing to Beijing Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson
- ‘Tehran Book Fair Uncensored’ This Year Adds an Anthology of Writings Forbidden in Iran: @Porter_Anderson @indpuballiance
- The 213 Year Old New England Society Names Five 2018 Book Awards: Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Travel: @Porter_Anderson @NewEnglandSoc
- Five Fascinating Facts about the Limerick for National Limerick Day: @InterestingLit
- Reading as a Writer: @10MinNovelists
- 15 Page-Turning Podcasts for Readers: @TCKPublishing
- 9 of the Most Memorable Mothers in Literature: @AnnieNeugebauer
- 8 of the Most Terrifying Mothers in Crime Fiction: @Chesanek @CrimeReads
- How to Avoid Burnout as a Writer (and as a person): @DeannaCabinian
- Teaching Little Ones to Value Books and Stories: 9 Tips from the Trenches: @MargaretWelwood @Nicholas_Rossis
- The 5 Keys to Writing with Depression: @SloanTamar
- 6 Ways To Know You’re Writing For The Long Haul: @sowulwords
- You Can’t Create Alone: On Fostering Literary Community: @cimjones @loftliterary @The_Millions
- 22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms: @knownemily @lithub
- 10 Literary Holidays We Desperately Need: @helpfulsnowman
- Who Decides if a Writer has Talent? @SnowflakeGuy
- Little green monsters: How to handle writer envy: @ryangvancleave @TheWriterMag
- Publishing Success: Genre Loyalty vs. Plot Bunny Saboteurs: @KristenLambTX
- How Reddit is launching the careers of webcomic artists: @simonowens
- Crime Writing: Murder Scene Checklist: @LeeLofland
- Crime Fiction: When a Small Offense Leads to Something Bigger: @mkinberg
- Old-Fashioned Characters as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- The Organizing Principle, for Fun and Profit: @PaulaSMunier
- Book Description Basics: @AuthorKSBrooks @IndiesUnlimited
- 6 Top Tips for SEO on Amazon: @JyotsnaR @IndieAuthorALLI
- 5 Quick Ways to Ramp Up Your Amazon Author Central Page: @Bookgal
- Social Media Phobic? Facebook is (Still) Your Friend: @sharonbially @WriterUnboxed
- 6 Steps to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile: @BetJett @EdieMelson
- Overcoming the Social Media Fear: @emma_darwin
- Shakespeare’s Twitter Account: @ByKateDwyer @parisreview
- How to Use Twitter Hashtags for Writers: @EmilyWenstrom
- 11 Tips To Using LinkedIn To Promote Your Book: @Mollie_Porein
- How to Link your Kindle Book Edition to your Paperback Edition on Amazon: @EricVanDerHope
- How to Preview Your Kindle eBook: @ChrisDMcMullen
- Collaboration within a Sub-Genre: @grivante @IndieAuthorALLI
- Film Notes: BookExpo Adds Screen Panel; Anna Todd’s ‘After’ Names Telles, Tiffin at Cannes: @Porter_Anderson @imaginator1d
- Industry Notes: Translator Nick Andrews Wins Gutekunst Prize; France Offers Grants in Canada: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Brexit Gets Personal: An Illustrator Draws a Picture of Publishing’s Dilemma: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Russian Government Initiates a Program Promoting a Return to Summertime Reading: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Canada’s Penguin Random House Gets a Female CEO; Sweden’s Universities End Elsevier Contract: @Porter_Anderson
- Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Shortlisters: Lawyers in Love With Literature: @Porter_Anderson
- Word to Kindle Formatting: @ChrisDMcMullen
- Formatting your Novel Manuscript for Submission: @LaraEdits
- Do You Feel Grounded in This YA Fantasy Opening? by Maria D’Marco @Janice_Hardy
- Get Some Blood Pumping in Your Prose: @jamesscottbell
- Screenwriting Tricks for Authors: Character Introductions: @AlexSokoloff
- Improving a First Page: The Wagon Wheel of Suspense: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors
- Tips for better character development: @DN_Bryn
- How to Create a Character in Short Fiction: by Lesley Nneka Arimah @SignatureReads
- How Empathizing With Your Character Can Make a Better Story: @mkinberg
- Silver Screen Inspiration For Short Story Writers: @MiaJouBotha
- Creative Lessons From Screenwriting: @thecreativepenn
- How to Write Relationships Your Readers Can Get Behind: from Let’s Write Some Novels
- 7 Frequently Asked Writing Questions: @KMWeiland
- Unlikable Characters (That Readers Still Relate To): @RMNSediting
- One-Two-Three. P-O-V. : @stacitroilo @RomanceUniv
- Straying from the Party Line: The Power and Peril of POV in “A Game of Thrones”: @CockeyedCaravan
- Never Get Stuck For A Plot Point Or Story Twist Again: @AnthonyEhlers
- Free Falling into the Unplotted Novel: by Caroline Taylor @WomenWriters
- The Difference Between a Revision, a Rewrite, and a Redraft: @Janice_Hardy
- The Dangers of Premature Editing: Pruning Our Stories vs. Pillaging Them: @KristenLambTX
- 5 Most Common Mistakes with Setting: @SeptCFawkes
- Mapping Your Story’s Setting: @SaraL_Writer
- Tips for Adding Visual “Texture” to Your Story: by Glynna Kaye @SKRViLL
There’s Tyrean’s piece about antagonists at the IWSG – thanks!
Another great IWSG post! Hope you have a great week, Alex!