by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- Broadening your business: @HollowLandsBook
- The role of the book wholesaler in the supply chain from indie authors to bookstores: @ClareFly shares her experience of a visit to @Gardners:
- Pushing Ourselves in 2019:
- Why Freelance Writers Must Avoid Perfectionism: @TheJohnSoares
- Publishing predictions for 2019: @agentsavant @annerallen
- Capstone And Earplay Partner on Children’s Titles for Alexa: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction Names 2019 Longlist: @Porter_Anderson
- Details Announced for Germany’s Guest of Honor Program at Taipei International Book Exhibition: @Porter_Anderson
- Words Without Borders January: Enter 2019 Laughing @Porter_Anderson @SusanHarrisWWB
- How to smash your 2019 writing resolution: @beprolifiko
- How to SetUp Your KanBan Board to Reach Your Writing Goals in the Next 90 Days: @createastorylov
- How to Make a Vision Board for 2019: @Margo_L_Dill
- 7 Ways to Turn Your Writing Resolutions into Realities: @Gabino_Iglesias @LitReactor
- The Moral of the Story: Aesop’s Fables: by Anthony Madrid @parisreview
- The Secret Syndicate behind Nancy Drew: @anxiouscook @JSTOR_Daily
- Why You Should Read The Chronicles of Narnia in Publication Order: @mari_ness @tordotcom
- George R. R. Martin On His Three Favorite Books: @penguinrandom @BookTrib
- 6 Reasons We Still Love L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne of the Green Gables” 110 Years Later: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ @LitReactor
- How To Guard Your Writing Time: @AriMeghlen @RPoli3
- Build Productive Writing Habits: How to Write More in the Time You Have: by J. J. Hanna @WritersDigest
- Creating a Writing Practice that Works: @SperryEditorial @StoryGrid
- How to Actually Focus on Writing: The Dangers of Pseudo-Working: @weems503 @write_practice
- 20 Tips for Unsticking a Stuck Wordsmith: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson
- “For writers and artists, the ability to self-reinforce is more important than talent”: @SPressfield
- Reducing phone time and going analog with life: @pubcoach
- 9 Literary Party Games for Your Brainiest Friends: by Frances Yackel @ElectricLit
- How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh: @AuthorVMonet @lithub
- Writing Tips: 5 Ways Meditation Can Help Authors: by Ange de Lumiere @thecreativepenn
- What We Can Learn from Teen Writers: by Harrison Demchick
- 6 Practical Ways to Grow as a Writer in 2019: @createastorylov
- 9 Lessons Learned from a First Attempt at NaNoWriMo: @JessZafarris @WritersDigest
- How to Balance Your Writing Life with Chronic Health Problems: @_HannahHeath
- Letting Go: In Writing and in Life: @DonnaGalanti
- How Agatha Christie hides her plot secrets in plain sight: @samjordison @GuardianBooks
- Posed Bodies as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- 10 Ways to Stop Embarrassing the Hero of Your Murder Mystery: @LeeLofland
- Why the Open Road Is the Perfect Setting for a Thriller: by James Anderson @SignatureReads
- Mutual influence as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
- Thoughts on Planting the Body in a Cozy Mystery:
- How to Write Small Town Crime Fiction: @BryanGruley @CrimeReads
- Crime Writing: Test Your Knowledge: Traffic Stops, Lights, and Officer Safety: @LeeLofland
- A Three-Part Flash Fiction Formula: @Aeryn_Rudel
- Real Life Diagnostics: Finding Conflict in Flash Fiction: @Janice_Hardy
- One Important Way You Can Help Your Book Publicist: @sharonbially @WriterUnboxed
- Getting Comfortable With the New Marketing for 2019 (podcast): @cksyme
- Industry Notes: Denmark’s UNSILO Working With BMJ; France’s Vivendi Approved To Buy Editis: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Russian Officials Pledge New Support for Independent Booksellers in 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Why Doesn’t America Love the Novella? @TobiasCarroll @ElectricLit
- Books, Games, Film: Choose the Next Path for Storytelling: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- So You’ve Published Your Book… Now What? by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
- Germany’s Bestselling Books of 2018: Crime, Politics, and Big Questions: @HannahSJohnson @SebastianFitzek @pubperspectives
- Book Aid International 2018 Reports Biggest Year Yet, in Africa and Middle East: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Aid
- Wimpy Kid’s Jeff Kenney’s new book releases in 18+ markets: @Porter_Anderson @wimpykid
- Open Access: Germany’s De Gruyter Signs ‘Read and Publish’ Deal in Iowa: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 6 Tips for Working with a Literary Agent: @TCKPublishing
- Inside the Agent-Author Relationship: @WritersDigest
- 5 Ways to Express Character Emotion: by T.D. Storm @DIYMFA
- Finding the Emotional Core: @JoEberhardt @WriterUnboxed
- Five Ways to Edit Dialogue: @tishmartin1416
- Your Ultimate Guide to Dialogue Tags and 150+ Words for ‘Said’: @ReedsyHQ
- Tips for Writing Bilingual Characters: by Iron Inkpen
- Switching Gears: Getting Good Ideas on Paper: @davidfarland
- Why 1 Writer Loves 2nd Drafts: @VictoriaGHowell
- A Faster Way to Write a First Draft: @Janice_Hardy
- Tips for Your Novel’s Climax: @Lindasclare
- To Epilogue… or Not: @ZaraAltair @ProWritingAid
- The 10 Rules of Writing Large Casts of Characters: @KMWeiland
- Discovery Writing: 2 Tripwires and a Pitfall: @SeptCFawkes
- Using Fiction Writing Techniques to Enhance Your Creative Nonfiction: @elawilliams_ @DIYMFA
- On Autobiographical Fiction: @WritersCramp1 @LitReactor
- Is Your Book a Series, -Ogy, or Stand-Alone? by John Gilstrap @killzoneauthors
- 3 Good Reasons to Write a Sequel: @DeannaCabinian @WritersDigest
- One Simple Tip To Improve Your Description: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
- 7 Research and Writing Tips for Setting a Book in Another Country: @sejal_badani @WritersDigest
Another great list!
Thanks, Alex! Stay warm in this nasty NC weather today!
These are great links, Elizabeth, as ever. There are a lot of good ones this week on planning and goal setting – so useful, whether or not you’re starting a new project. Just setting and achieving even small goals is really helpful.
I love knocking out a bunch of really small, incremental goals each day. Makes me feel like I’m really accomplishing something, which keeps me motivated. :)
There have been some interesting predictions this year. Mark Coker posted a list, too.
I’ll have to check his out…thanks!
Thanks so much for pulling this list together every week! It’s such a great resource :-0
I’m glad you’re finding it useful! Hope you have a happy week, Ellen. :)