by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- The importance of backing up your work: @hmgardner @TheIWSG
- How to Get a Good Author Photo — And Why You Need One: @BrynDonovan
- How to protect your book’s confidentiality (video) : @pubcoach
- 5 Things to Remember When Running Writing Workshops: by Sophie-Louise Hyde @writingcookbook
- Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018 Records a Mild Increase in Attendance: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Aleida and Jan Assmann Presented with German Book Trade Peace Prize in Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- FutureBook Awards 2018 Shortlists Announced at Frankfurt: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Northern Ireland’s Anna Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction: @ManBookerPrize @Porter_Anderson
- How NaNoWriMo Destroyed My Project: from Ellie Writes Stories
- The Nonfiction Writer’s Guide to National Novel Writing Month: @WriteNowCoach
- NaNoWriMo 2018: How to FINALLY Write Your 30-Day Novel: @ReedsyHQ
- 7 Ways to Prepare for NaNoWriMo Right Now: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ
- 4 Speedy Strategies to Boost Your NaNoWriMo Word Count: @Magic_Violinist @write_practice
- How to Prepare for NaNoWriMo: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ
- Outline Your Novel for NaNoWriMo: @LiveWriteThrive
- 12 Alternate History Fiction Books to Read Now: @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads
- Have We Ever Had Enough Time to Read? by Christina Lupton @lithub
- 9 Terrifying Tales You Won’t Find in the Horror Section: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom
- Messed-Up Things You Missed About Your Favorite Children’s Books: @ahoffkosik @ElectricLit
- Top 10 cliques in fiction: by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott @GuardianBooks
- Learning to Write by Reading: @writing_tips
- The 8 Most Hellish Schools in Fiction: @erinkbart @ElectricLit
- 8 Books to Read Based on Your Favorite TV Shows: @tolaniherself @OffTheShelf
- Spookiest Fictional Libraries: @5minlib
- Five Military Science Fiction Books of Magic, Mutations, and War: @mattstaggs @unboundworlds
- 10 Novels of Our Bio-Hacked, Transhuman, Gene-Spliced Future: @mattstaggs @unboundworlds
- Six steps to increase your writing productivity every day: by Jen Glantz @TheWriterMag
- Writing is Work, and You Need to Make Time for It: by Karen White @SignatureReads
- Write Whenever You Can, Not When You Think You Should: @BE_Sanderson
- The Usefulness of Lists for Your Writing: @Wordstrumpet
- Making Time to Write – Should You Keep Writing Office Hours? @JanalynVoigt
- 10 Important Things Life Has Taught 1 Writer So Far: @colleen_m_story
- Giving Ourselves Permission to Write: @KerrySchafer @WomenWriters
- What Playing Pickleball Taught Me About Writing: @christophpaul_ @LitReactor
- 6 Basic Truths About Writing: @LiveReadLA @scriptmag
- The Key to Reducing Stress is Solving the Problem: @TCKPublishing
- 7 Tips for Working (aka Writing) From Home: @RachVD @IndieReader
- Lessons to Learn From Writing Mistakes & Failures: @EdieMelson
- Bullet Journaling for Writers: @EdieMelson
- One Writer’s Journey of Writing and Autoimmune Disease: @CharBlackwell @WomenWriters
- 5 Tips on Writing Through a Difficult Time: by Nicole Pyles @womenonwriting
- Writing, Politics, and the Fuzzy Grey Line Between: @JoEberhardt @WriterUnboxed
- Resting From Your Labors: @writingthrulife
- How to Map a Fantasy World: @IzykStewart @tordotcom
- Five Ways Gods and the Afterlife Change a Fantasy Setting: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- 20 Things to Consider When Building Fantasy Worlds: @seesarawrite @WritersDigest
- The Fantasy Character Arc: by A. Howitt @mythicscribes
- Elements of Fantasy: Owls: by Janie Bill @FantasyFaction
- Fact vs. Fiction in Historical Novels (Podcast): @rebeccabehrens @DIYMFA
- 5 Ways to Create Immersive Setting in Historical Fiction: by Jacquelin Cangro @DIYMFA
- Crime Writing: 6 Ways to Help Your Make-Believe Evidence Collection More Believable: @LeeLofland
- Family Similarities in Mannerisms and Attitudes as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Young Narrators of Crime: @CazziF @CrimeReads
- Do Inmates Have Access to Crime Novels? @mollsotov89 @CrimeReads
- Alternative Schools as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Your Advance Reader Copy: 6 Tech Tools for Sharing ARCs: @carlaking @BookWorksNYC
- Sample Marketing Timeline for Launching a New Book: @DianaUrban @BookBub
- How to Sell Books to Someone Other Than Your Mom: @DavidHSafford @write_practice
- A Marketing Exercise That is a Must for Your Critique Group: @Margo_L_Dill @womenonwriting
- Writing Character Interviews for Promotions: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- 7 Book Marketing Tips for Writers: @EdieMelson
- Frankfurter Buchmesse and LIMA Open New Partnership During Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Book Market in India: A Report from Nitasha Devasar: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- At Frankfurt: The #OnTheSamePage Human Rights Project Rolls Out: @Porter_Anderson @I_Serageldin
- ‘Words Without Borders’ October: India’s Dalit Literature in Hindi: @Porter_Anderson @wwborders
- Arctic Circle Publishing: Inhabit Media Makes Its Frankfurt Debut: @CarlaJDouglas @pubperspectives
- Sci-Fi, Women Leading Audiobook Consumption in Canada: @Porter_Anderson @BookNet_Canada
- Amazon finally adds 5 Indian languages to KDP for ebook self-publishers. POD still not an option: @TNPS10
- More IPA Election Results; McIntosh Combines Crown and Random House: @pubperspectives @Porter_Anderson
- 5 Stages of Preparing to Publish: @bookmarketing
- How to Write a Book Proposal: Including a Template, Samples, and Instructions: @TCKPublishing
- 9 Ways to Keep Your Character From Being Boring: @_HannahHeath
- Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Recruiter: @AngelaAckerman
- How Do I Portray a Smart Character? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
- Why Appreciating Your Theme Will Improve Your Writing: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
- Tips for Using Symbolism: @writingandsuch
- Writing Rules to Ignore: by P.J. Parrish @killzoneauthors
- Love as a Subplot: @janetlaneauthor @RMFWriters
- 4 Stages of Writing Practice–Where We Are Strong and Where We Can Fall Down: @writeabook
- 5 Ways Dramatic Techniques Can Transform Your Fiction Writing: @juleshorne @IndieAuthorALLI
- Is There an Optimum Chapter Length? by Betty Kelly Sargent @BookWorksNYC
- Are You Holding Out on Your Readers? @p2p_editor
- How to Write About Negative Leads: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors
- Ten Reasons to Write Your Novel in Scrivener: @kristen_kieffer
- 13 Free Tools for Authors That Take the Pain out of Self-Publishing: @DaveChesson @WritetoDone
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There’s the IWSG post this week right at the top – thanks!
Another helpful post from the IWSG!
So many good links here, as always. Thanks, Elizabeth. It’s hard to believe NaNoWriMo is almost here. I’m not sure how involved I’m going to be; it never seems to work out, schedule-wise, for me, but I really respect those who go through with it.
That’s always the way for me, too–I’m always either in the middle of a project or editing one. But I do get lots of inspiration from seeing others participate!