by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Thanks to Dan Blank for our conversation on fitting in writing, writing as a parent, and my publication journey.
- What Does a Publisher Do? @SpunkOnAStick @DancingLemurPre
- How to Tell Good Editing from Bad Editing: @pbsmith12
- 5 Tips for Rocking Your Next Open Mic Reading: @Sara_HeartStory @diymfa
- At Singapore’s StoryDrive Asia, Content: Selling It and Protecting It: @Porter_Anderson @katong @MJHealy
- Salon du Livre in Montreal: Common Goals Across a Linguistic Divide: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
- IPA Prix Voltaire: 2019 Nominations Open, Recognizing Valor in Publishing and Free Press: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- In Québec, a Literary Prize Is Suspended Over Objections to Amazon Sponsorship: @hanahsjohnson @pubperspectives
- Lebanon’s Dar Onboz: An Arabic Publisher at a Francophone Book Fair: @oliviasnaije @daronboz @pubperspectives
- An Agent on Writers’ Conferences: @RachelleGardner
- What Makes a Successful NaNoWriMo? by Jill Shirley @NaNoWriMo
- The 3 Ds of Your Mid-NaNo Slump: @KelsieEngen
- How to Get Story Ideas From Unexpected Headlines: @weems503 @write_practice
- Establishing Your Artistic Genealogy: @austinkleon
- 3 Writing Techniques Adapted from the Visual Arts: @TessCallahan @WritersDigest
- 8 Tips to Recall Dreams: @SueColetta1
- 48 Writing Prompts for Middle School Kids: @writing_tips
- Your Favorite Children’s Book Heroes: Where Are They Now? @erinkbart @ElectricLit
- Horror novels are having a renaissance. Here’s what to read. by Bill Sheehan @washingtonpost
- The Godmother of Flash Fiction: by Bradley Babendir @parisreview
- How to Have an Opinion: The Criticism of Martin Seymour-Smith: @eadavison_ @The_Millions
- A Spine-Tingling Reading List of Haunted House Novels: @ClaireFuller2 @ElectricLit
- Write *Something* Every Day: by Josh Langston
- Write Tomorrow: @PatHatt24 @TheIWSG
- Thanks to @DanBlank for our conversation on fitting in writing, writing with kids, and my publishing journey:
- The 9-Minute Novelist: How to Write a Novel in Just Minutes a Day: @jeffreysomers @WritersDigest
- How To Find The Muse When It’s Nowhere In Sight: @Frank_McKinley
- Writer’s Block: What to Do When You Get Stuck: by Rachel Meyer @mythicscribes
- 10 Questions Answered by Writers on their Writing Life: by Darren Devitt
- Writing and the Creative Life: “Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking”: @GoIntoTheStory @PsychToday
- One Writer’s Challenges With Anxiety: @LisaLisax31
- Bucket List for Writers: by Keith Cronin @WriterUnboxed
- 3 Myths About Meditation: @PEKavanaugh @JamiGold
- Should You Trust Your Gut as a Writer? @cathyyardley @WriterUnboxed
- It’s Never Too Late to Write a Novel: by Joanie Solinger Walker @ZoeMMcCarthy
- What Shirley Jackson has to say about writing: @mjseidlinger @melvillehouse
- The Benefits of Fan Fiction: @JoEberhardt
- The Surprising Things I Learned Writing Fan Fiction: by Brian DeLeonard @mythicscribes
- Switching From Literary To Historical Fiction: @MilreeL @WomenWriters
- Six Key Elements of Historical Narrative: @PJTAuthor
- Dutiful Characters as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Does Your DNA Contain Your Image? @DPLyleMD
- Optimizing Your Online Bios For Discovery (Podcast): @cksyme
- How to Write Better Marketing Copy for Your Books: @JaneFriedman
- 5 Book Marketing Myths To Explode Now: @SmartAuthors @BadRedheadMedia
- 20 Tips for Writers & Radio Interviews: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson
- Jerusalem’s Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship Names 2019 Participants: @Porter_Anderson
- US Beta for ‘Wattpad Next’; Cengage Subscriptions for Missouri: @Porter_Anderson @wattpad
- 6 Dialogue Tips That Will Make Your Characters More Real: @LauraDiSilverio @CareerAuthors
- Top 5 Dialogue Mistakes Writers Make: @Bang2write
- Realistic Dialogue: Writing Conversations Involving Setting: @nownovel
- Writing Women With Sharp Edges: by S.L. Huang @tordotcom
- Boost All 7 Traits of Great Writing: @annkroeker
- 9 Stupid Writing Rules That Aren’t Worth Following: @_HannahHeath
- Surprise vs. Suspense and How to Pair Them in Your Writing: @janekcleland @WritersDigest
- Playwriting Tips, Tricks, Prompts, Inspiration: @jpgoldfinger
- How to tackle a difficult second novel: @TraceyJEmerson @scottishbktrust
- Writing Your Story as a Spiritual Discipline: @marciamoston @EdieMelson
- Back to School: Why Great Papers, Essays, and Blogs Need Outlines: @caitreynolds @KristenLambTX
- Outline Your Novel the Incredibly Easy Way: @LMacNaughton
- Using paper to plan a novel: @jasonbougger
- A Reading List on the Complexities and Nuance of Mental Illness: @SF_Montgomery @ElectricLit
- Researching Novels in an Age of Information Overload: @BethCastrodale @LiveWriteThrive
- Simplifying Writer Research: @diannmills
- A Quick and Dirty Comma Guide: by T.L. Bodine
- Abbreviations: Tips on Using Them the Right Way: @KathyEdens1 @ProWritingAid
- On Revision as a Form of Reimagining: @NataliaSylv @WriterUnboxed
- The “Why Do I Need This?” Check: by Dawn Field @BookBaby
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Sorry for the delay in publishing today. My auto-publish for WordPress hasn’t been working for the last week. :(
There’s my publishing post first thing. Thank you.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
A great post!
We did have a nice Thanksgiving…hope you did, too!