by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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I’m spotlighting an upcoming conference for mystery writers (wish I could make it, but I have a conflict). SleuthFest 2018 will take place in Boca Raton, Florida, on March 1-4 at the Embassy Suites. It’s an intensive four-day conference featuring writing workshops, social events, and pitch sessions. The conference includes four tracks of workshops, presentations, and panels on the craft of writing, business, traditional and self-publishing, marketing, and forensics. In addition, top literary agents and editors will be available to hear pitches from aspiring writers, offer troubleshooting sessions, and manuscript critiques. Speakers include Andrew Gross, Hallie Ephron, and Hank Phillippi Ryan. To Register: www.sleuthfest.com.
- Censorship in the Arab World: Debating Its Impact at a Conference in Tunisia: @Porter_Anderson
- On Piracy and the Myth of ‘Free Content’ : @Porter_Anderson @JoseBorghino
- A Book Launch Plan for First-Time Authors Without an Online Presence: @JaneFriedman
- Top 5 Tips Launch Your First Book: @JAHuss
- What Setting Small Goals Is Costing You: @MichaelHyatt
- 8 common mistakes to avoid when setting your 2018 goals: @beprolifiko
- 5 rules for setting a writing goal you’ll stick to: @beprolifiko
- 2 Questions Every Writer Should Ask (Instead of Writing Resolutions): @weems503 @write_practice
- 3 Steps to Complete Your Writing Goals in the New Year: @hodgeswriter
- 3 Rules For Creating Art That Matters: @StephMorrill
- Ways to write every day even when your muse is off shopping: @SurfCityJames
- 3 Common Writing Problems and How to Solve Them: @kikimojo
- 10 Books on Technology Run Amok: @KEITH_RICE1 @SignatureReads
- The Favorite Literary Work of Every Country Visualized on a World Map: @tedmills @openculture by BackForward24
- 7 Curiouser and Curiouser Retellings of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: @tordotcom @nataliezutter
- What’s on Your Writer’s ‘I Did It List’ for 2017? @LisaRomeo
- 3 Creativity Tips To Help You To Write A Book: @angee
- Literary Holidays You Should Add To Your Calendar: by Natalee Cruz @ElectricLit
- The 8 Best Writing Retreats That Won’t Break the Bank: @smbucklin @ElectricLit
- On Quitting: @KristineRusch
- “What Does Your Husband Think of Your Novel?” @jamiequatro @parisreview
- 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently: @GoIntoTheStory
- 5 Things About Being a Writer:
- Writers: Your Number One Enemy Is Your Ego: @victorialandis1
- What to Give Yourself This Year: @KAMcCleary @WriterUnboxed
- Why Even New Writers Need to Prepare an Author Bio: @annerallen
- How to Pick a Best-selling Title for Your Book: @BryanJCollins
- Presenting Your Book Cover (in a Media Kit): @BuildYourBrandA
- Top 5 Tips for Hosting a Giveaway: @BlairBabylon
- Tip sheets and advice for creating them: @Bookgal
- 3 Steps to Increase your Discoverability: by Bryan Oettel @CareerAuthors
- How to Tame the Social Media Beast: @cksyme @annerallen
- How Indie Presses Are Elevating the Publishing World: @jbakernyc @RMoralesKearns @lcheuk @ForestAvePress
- Does Your Book Pass the “LOOK INSIDE!” Test? @annerallen
- Google Play’s Introduction of Audiobooks Amplifies the Format’s Growth: @Porter_Anderson
- Forward Prizes for Poetry Open 2018 Submissions, Announce Jury: @Porter_Anderson
- Macmillan’s ‘Fire and Fury’: Now More Than 30 Foreign Rights Deals, ‘Fuego y Furia’ on the Way: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: A UNESCO Honor Today in Havana and a Francophone Bookshop in Bucharest: @Porter_Anderson @UNESCO
- Children’s Books: International Issues, Trends, and Rights Sales: @Porter_Anderson
- In Second Full Week, Macmillan’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Sales Roar to a Bonfire: @Porter_Anderson
- Specsavers Bestseller Awards Honor Paula Hawkins, Philip Pullman, Many More: @Porter_Anderson
- 10 Cons Of Self-Publishing: @jckunzjr
- 10 More Cons Of Self-Publishing: @jckunzjr
- Everything You Need To Know About Ebook Publishing Platforms: @TheIWSG @ReedsyHQ
- Self-Publishing a Series that Started in Trad-Pub: @joannaslan
- Developing Character Motivation: @LMacNaughton
- Five Things Your Characters Need: @WritingForward
- How to Lend Each Character Their Unique Voice: @RidethePen
- New Novelist: 3 Tips For Creating Great Fictional Characters: @angee
- Motivating the Reluctant Protagonist: @DavidCorbett_CA @WriterUnboxed
- Is Your Protagonist Multidimensional? @KarenCV
- The 5 Commandments of Storytelling: @StoryGrid
- One Moment That Reveals Everything You Need To Know About A Character: @kathrynelilley @killzoneauthors
- Episodic vs. Epic: Go Bigger with Your Writing: @JamiGold
- Here’s How To Vary Your Sentence Structure: by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks
- 4 Tips on Writing Action Scenes: @Janice_Hardy
- Five Insufficient Reasons for Including Bigotry in Your Story: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- 5 Tips for Better Sex Scenes: by Lilia Moon @JAHuss
- When We Try to Sort Writers Into ‘Plotter’ or ‘Pantser’: @Ada_Palmer @tordotcom
- Dual Timeline Novels: More Than a Flashback: @cottagelovebook @RomanceUniv
- Discover Your Story’s Emotional Core with Story Grid: @AnneHawley @StoryGrid
- Does someone in your life abuse apostrophes? A handy flowchart to share: by Leigh Anderson @lifehacker
- 3 Types of Erroneous Use of Dashes: @writing_tips
- Top 10 Things To Do When You’ve Written A Hot Mess: @10MinNovelists
- 4 Writing Issues You are Probably Missing When You Self-Edit: @ElleWSilver
- Fine-Tuning Sentence Structure: @PStoltey
- Series? Standalone? Companion Novels? (video): @Ava_Jae
- Six Tips for Sequels: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- 16 Confusing Words and Phrases to Monitor in Writing: @KathySteinemann
- Tips for How to Choose the Right Sentences: @KMWeiland
As always, Elizabeth, this is a great set of links, for which thanks. I noticed there are a few on international publishing this time, and that interests me. I’ve not thought enough yet about getting my work translated for other markets. I ought to explore the idea.
Babelcube is practically the only game in town now (for royalty-sharing translation, not for selling of foreign rights), but I’m hoping with blockchain, there might be a good royalty-sharing alternative down the line.
Thanks for including the IWSG’s post.
Sorry you can’t make the conference. That is a ways away though.
It is…but it sounds like a good one!
Hope you have a good week!
Thanks, Elizabeth!
You always provide a diverse trove of resources for writers.
Thanks for coming by! Have a great week. :)
Ooo~ Very useful. Thank you. :)
Hope you find something useful!
Thanks for the great links. Always amazes me how many resources there are. Too bad you can’t go to the conference. I’m going to an online one-WriteOnCon in two weekends. I’m excited.
Hope you have fun and get some useful info! Online conferences are my favorites. :) I’ve heard good things about WriteOnCon (children’s literature and illustration, right?)
Awesome list. There are several I’ll be checking out.
Would be awesome to be in Florida right now.
Wouldn’t it? It’s very gloomy and chilly in NC today.
With all the resources available there is no excuse.
That’s true! Although sometimes there’s almost so much info that the resources themselves become the time-suck!