by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Happy Holidays to all who celebrate. I will be taking a blog break until I return two weeks from today with all the top tweets from 2018. I’ll be back on a regular blogging scheduled on Friday, January 4.
- How to be prolific: @thecreativepenn @beprolifiko
- Teaching Writing: Writing Conferences: What to Do When a Writer Doesn’t Say Much? @LannyBall
- Don’ts for Publishers in 2019: by Richard Charkin @pubperspectives
- Crisis Management For Authors: @cksyme @thecreativepenn
- 7 Things You Need In A Writing Partner: by Gila Green @Writers_Write
- 6 Tips to Manage Your Book Editor: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors
- How Do I Get a Foreword for My Book? by Alex Fullerton @IngramSpark
- British Book Awards Expanded for 2019 in Children’s Books, Small Presses: @Porter_Anderson
- ALDUS Network’s Facts and Figures 2018 Report: Book Fairs in Europe: @Porter_Anderson
- Do Bookstore Events Even Matter? by Dana Kaye @BookBaby
- 6 Iconic Literary Road Trips in the US To Inspire Your Inner Creative: @WomenWriters
- 10 Creative Writing Exercises for Beginners and Writers: @TCKPublishing
- 8 Books about Family Money: @bykathywang @ElectricLit
- 11 Modern Classics of Conspiracy Noir: @DwyerMurphy @CrimeReads
- George R. R. Martin Might Never Finish A Song of Ice and Fire, and That’s OK: @Rosserford @BNBuzz
- A Reading List of Books Published Posthumously: @JRRamakrishnan @ElectricLit
- 9 Great Medical Thrillers—Chosen by a Physician: @LydiaYKang @CrimeReads
- 8 Modern Gothic Mysteries to Read Now: @wendywebbauthor @CrimeReads
- Why You Should Stop Calling Yourself An ‘Aspiring Writer’: @Bang2write
- 5 Lessons From a Lost Novel: @KMWeiland
- Three ways to get the most out of your writing community: @TheLeighShulman
- A Reading List for Combating Impostor Syndrome: @natasha__young @ElectricLit
- Writer Wellness: Handling Reviews and the Sedentary Lifestyle: @allisonmaruska @colleen_m_story
- Writer Confidence: Do You Self-Reject? @JamiGold
- How To Stop Being An Unhappy Writer: @Bang2write
- Tips for Making the Writing Life Less-Stressful:
- Plausible Scares: Blending the Real and Unreal in Horror Fiction: @DustinGrinnell @WritersDigest
- 5 Horror Techniques from the Writers of “Hereditary”: @mindofkyleam @ProWritingAid
- How Horror Changed After WWI: @monstersamerica @lithub
- Make Your Mystery Suspects Suspicious: @ZaraAltair
- Why Investigative Reporters Become Mystery Writers: by Steven Cooper @CrimeReads
- Your Sleuth in First Person Point of View: @ZaraAltair
- Sidekick – The Sleuth’s Mirror: @ZaraAltair
- The Sleuth Triumphant – Confront the Killer at the End of Your Mystery: @ZaraAltair
- Developing a New Cozy Series: Nuts and Bolts:
- The Detective Closes In – Begin the Final Act of Your Mystery: @ZaraAltair
- Defining a Cozy Mystery: @vickidelany @KillerNashville
- On The Many Visions of Voyeurism in Crime Fiction: @ClaireFuller2 @CrimeReads
- Where to Hide the Body: Setting in Murder Mysteries: @eawright @WomenWriters
- Crime Fiction: Using Moles for Inside Information: @mkinberg
- Planted Evidence as an Element of Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Enliven Your Nonfiction Writing: @AnneJanzer @NonfictionAssoc
- 8 Tips for a Marketable Nonfiction Book Proposal: @melanievotaw @NonfictionAssoc
- 7 Ways To Market Books For Children: @kareninglis @DavidGaughran
- Being Published: Publicity: @emma_darwin
- Have You Pre-Sold Your Book? @JFbookman
- 7 Ways to Write Book Promotion into Your Novel: @Bookgal
- How to Use Instagram Stories for Your Author Platform: @EJWenstrom @DIYMFA
- How Authors Can Get the Most Out of Twitter: @ReedsyHQ
- UK Trade Associations Call for Professional Behavior in a Diverse Industry: @Porter_Anderson @MerylHalls @lizzykremer
- Luiz Schwarcz Tackles Brazil’s Bookselling Emergency: ‘The Gift of Books’: @Porter_Anderson
- Jorge Herralde of Spain’s Anagrama on Latin America and Being Adaptable: by Adam Critchley @pubperspectives
- Industry Notes: Bologna Round Table in New York; New ‘Handmaid’ Images in Milan: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Denmark’s LEGO Has Licensing Partnership With USA’s Chronicle Books: @Porter_Anderson
- Publishers Applaud Appeals Court Opinion in ‘Capitol Records v. ReDigi’ Copyright Case: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Copyright Clearance Center’s Michael Healy: South Africa’s Copyright Bill: @Porter_Anderson @copyrightclear
- The Importance of Copyright Savvy: @KristineRusch
- Make Your Characters Memorable: Tips: @JordanDane @killzoneauthors
- 3 Redemptive Character Types: @SeptCFawkes
- Adding Beats: Meaningful Actions that Move Your Story Along: @SueBEdwards
- How to Write Better Dialogue: from Warrior Writers
- Writing by Intuition: @SeptCFawkes
- Inciting Incident: Definition, Mythbusting, and Examples: @ReedsyHQ
- Radical Revision: when the going gets tough, writers get radical: @RuthHarrisBooks
- 10 Ways You Can Improve Your Work With Critical Reading: by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks
- The Pitfalls of Emotional Body Language in Your Writing: by T.D. Storm
- What’s Wrong with Adjectives and Adverbs? @WritingForward
- 5 Ways Language Can Act Like A Character: @jcwalton24 @DIYMFA
Thanks for including the IWSG article.
Enjoy your break! I have one more post tomorrow (reviewing possibly the best film of the year) and then I’m on break until January 2. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you, too! I definitely want to find out what the best movie of the year is. My son is home from college and had us all watch movie trailers last night…some really good stuff is on out there!
Have a lovely holiday, Elizabeth! And enjoy your well-deserved break. Thanks for sharing these links. As always, there’s so much good stuff here…
Have a great holiday, Elizabeth. I’m on break now, but couldn’t resist looking at your links. I’m planning to get on Twitter more so will check this out.
Hope it helps, Natalie!
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for the relevant links for 2019 they are much appreciated. Have a fun and safe holiday with your family and friends.
The same to you, Stephen!
Merry Christmas and stay warm!
The same to you! Today is finally a little warmer (60! Woo-hoo!)