by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- 6 things every author can do to captivate an event audience: @BetsyGFasbinder @sandrabeckwith
- 10 Essentials to Pack for a Three-Week Writing Retreat: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- National Book Foundation Announces ‘5 Under 35’ Honorees: @Porter_Anderson @nationalbook
- IlluSalon’s Global Illustration Award: At Frankfurt Pavilion October 10: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Diving into Graphic Novels without Drowning: @rfishewan @DIYMFA
- “Seven Books I’ll Never Read”: @AdamOPrice @parisreview
- Reading Fearlessly in Troubling Times: by Chaitali Sen @ElectricLit
- 8 Classics of Suspense and Isolation: @ericrickstad @CrimeReads
- The Wind in the Willows Isn’t Really a Children’s Book: by Peter Hunt @lithub
- Five Books About Unconventional Pirates: @seesarawrite @tordotcom
- 5 Books About Women Who Make A Fuss: @eklages @tordotcom
- Six Works of SFF Short Fiction that Defy Convention: by Thea James @tordotcom
- Finding the Tribe that Fuels Your Writing: @NancyJAuthor @WriterUnboxed
- Embracing the Discipline to Write Your Book: @JeffGoins
- Why I Only Write for 15 Minutes A Day: @the_writing_pal
- Writing on a Schedule: @Lindasclare
- Write More in a 15 Minute Session:
- 8 Questions to Help You Simplify Your Writing Life: @colleen_m_story
- The Books We’re Drowning In: A Bookseller’s Lament: @MargaretKWrites @BookRiot
- How a Structured Evening Ritual Can Help You Stay Sharp and Rested: @Manish_Analyst @MichaelHyatt
- How Much Time Do You Spend Writing And How Much Time Marketing? @thecreativepenn
- Funny gifts for witty writers: @TheWriterMag
- The Artist’s Journey in the Real World: @SPressfield
- 5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Tucson: @__eshani @lithub
- When Your Imposter Syndrome is Out of Control: @RedfordJan @lithub
- Notes on Nearing Ninety: Learning to Write Less: by Donald Hall @parisreview
- Why Writing Can Be The Best Way To Deal With Adversity: @writingcookbook @thecreativepenn
- The best advice that many writers fail to take: @DanBlank
- Writing and the Creative Life: “The Power of Structured Procrastination”: @GoIntoTheStory
- Fit to Write: 9 Tips for Becoming a Healthier, More Productive Author: @BuildYourBrandA
- Inside the Weddings of 10 Famous Writers: @knownemily
- Email to a Young Writer: How to Keep On Writing: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
- Write Like You Diet: @CherylProWriter
- Two Words that are Deadly to Your Writing Career: @colleen_m_story
- Hunches as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Courtroom ‘Bombshells’ as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Using Contrasting Characters to Add Tension and Contrast to a Mystery: @mkinberg
- Writing the Cozy Mystery: The Right Motive:
- Writing a spec episode: Story and Theme Development: @BittrScrptReadr
- Writing a Spec Episode: Act One Scenes: @BittrScrptReadr
- Writing a spec episode: Act Two scenes: @BittrScrptReadr
- Writing a spec episode: Act Three scenes: @BittrScrptReadr
- How to Write an Amazing About Me Page: @EditingWizard
- 5 Traits Great Copywriters Have in Common: @nera_joy @WritetoDone
- How to Write an Effective Author Bio: @DebbieYoungBN @IndieAuthorALLI
- Deleted Book Reviews and Waning KENP Income: Try a Simple Fix: @KathySteinemann
- How to Create Merchandise for Books: by Melissa Chan @JFbookman
- An Author Logo Can Make Your Brand Memorable: @DaveChesson @BookWorksNYC
- An Agent Answers Questions About Author Platform: @RachelleGardner
- ‘Publishers have the responsibility and opportunity to use technology to extend their reach (and) explore new media’: @Porter_Anderson @galitariel
- Association of American Publishers to Focus on Advocacy, Copyright: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Discrimination in the Writing World: @davidfarland
- A Very Short History of the New Oxford English Dictionary: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives
- The Freedom To Publish and Challenges in the Way: @Porter_Anderson @KristennEinars1
- What is the Best Service for Print on Demand Books? @ReedsyHQ
- IPA and United Nations Unveil New ‘SDG Book Club’ Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals: @Porter_Anderson @antonioguterres @michielams
- “We need to relate to an international world. Our literature still primarily focuses on white middle-class men and women.” @Porter_Anderson @ Gyldendal
- Eksmo CEO Evgeny Kapyev’s Optimism for Russia’s Book Market: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Interview: The Bookseller’s 2018 UK Rising Star @SophieHJonathan: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: Marrakesh Treaty; Bologna Carle Award; Kids’ Black Detectives in the UK: @Porter_Anderson
- When You’re Asked to Design a Cover After Others Have Tried: @colleenie_r @lithub
- Book Design Pet Peeves: @JFbookman
- 12 Common Character Archetypes Every Writer Should Already Know: @ReedsyHQ
- What are Good Character Traits? 7 Helpful Attributes: @nownovel
- Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Tattoo Artist: @beccapuglisi
- 9 Picture Books with Diverse Characters Any Kid Can Relate To: @CynthiaVarady
- How to Write Cross-Culturally with Authenticity: @vanessa_hua @SignatureReads
- One Simple Trick to Write Everything Better: @LMacNaughton
- Tightening Your Focus: @davidfarland
- Why Structure Matters When You Are Writing a Novel: @louise_candlish
- What is the ideal reader? @Peter_Rey_
- Four Challenges of Nonlinear Narratives: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- Title Your Novel for Maximum Visibility: @ZaraAltair @ProWritingAid
- A Trad-Published Author on Choosing Book Titles: @AmySueNathan
- Where to start when developing a story? @GoIntoTheStory
- Nailing Your One-Sentence Story Concept: @LiveWriteThrive
- Writing Rules, Guidelines, and Just Plain Bad Advice: @LyndaDietz4 @TheIWSG
- How to Improve Your Self-Editing in One Simple Step: @kristen_kieffer
- Taming a Terrible First Draft: An 11 Step Editing Process: @katekrake
- 10 Superhero Tropes and How My Hero Academia Blows Them Out of the Water: @VictoriaGHowell
- Know Your Tropes: from Let’s Write Some Novels
- 10 Tips for Strengthening Your Unique Writing Voice: @writingthrulife
- Finding My Voice—So Easy. So Hard. @VaughnRoycroft @WriterUnboxed
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Thanks for including Lynda’s piece at the IWSG site. I thought her series on her own site was awesome and glad she compiled some of it into an article for us.
She always does a fantastic job and it was good to see such helpful info all in one piece!
As always, this is a great set of links, Elizabeth. I’m especially pleased to see a few about reading as a writer. I think it’s easy to forget that reading a lot really does make us better writers.
I’ve added so many books to my TBR list from those posts! You’re right, reading really does help us to improve.
There was an article in the daily email today that I intend to check out later.
Hope you’ll enjoy it!
Thanks for another terrific roundup. This is a great resource for indies.
Thanks for coming by, Christi, and thanks for being a resource for writers!