by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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I had a couple of really fun interviews last week. One with Ellen Jacobson (where we discussed character v. plot (and also cookies and penguins!) and another at the Maltese Tiger blog where we discussed making progress on a story during tough writing days.
There’s also a new podcast I’ve discovered that should be fun for True Crime and mystery lovers. We Never Solved Anything features Kay and Tay as they explore a new unsolved mystery every week.
- Freelance: 20 Ways to Generate Article Ideas in 20 Minutes or Fewer: @mridukhullar @WritersDigest
- Business Musings: The Current State of Disruption (Planning for 2019) : @KristineRusch
- Outsourcing self-publishing tasks: @JyotsnaR @IndieAuthorALLI
- Book vs. Film: “Bird Box”: @ChrisShultz_ @LitReactor
- How Developmental Editing Improves Your Writing: @WritingForward
- The Selfies Award Announces Its First Self-Published Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Wellcome Book Prize Announces Its 10th Anniversary Longlist: @Porter_Anderson @wellcomebkprize
- AAP’s 2019 Professional and Scholarly Conference: ‘Mission Critical’: @Porter_Anderson @bgreene
- “How I Helped Create a Successful Online Summit for 600 Writers”: @DanBlank
- How to Define and Achieve Your Creative Goals (Podcast): @DanBlank
- How to Set Writing Goals the Right Way: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ
- How to Make and Accomplish Goals: by Diane Tibert
- How to Use Kindle’s New Custom Font Feature: @thDigitalReader
- Classic SF Works Set on Thrilling Space Habitats: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
- How To Find Time To Read More Books In 2019: @inkyelbows
- New Year, New Queue: Taming that TBR: @AnnieNeugebauer
- A Children’s Fiction Author Shares Her 2019 Reading Resolutions: @alexthepink
- MAP: 100 Iconic Love Stories From Around the World: from Global English Editing
- Why You Should Write Daily—Even if You Hate Writing: @KathyEdens1 @ProWritingAid
- Writing More: 3 Essential Strategies To Write Your Book: @angee
- 7 things published writers do differently: @NathanielTower
- 5 Tips for Success from an Indie Author: @ceilingsmasher
- Are You On a Route Suited for Multiple Writing Projects? @RosanneBane
- Pursue Your Contentment — and Your Chaos: @ThereseWalsh @WriterUnboxed
- Your Skills May Need Time to Catch Up to Your Vision: by Bucket Siler
- Can Parenthood Be the Artist’s Best Tool? @NemoAuthor @lithub
- Seeking Truth in Fiction: @kcraftwriter @WriterUnboxed
- Your No. 1 Secret Weapon: Writing Communities: @katrinschumann @JaneFriedman
- Learning How And When To Take Advice: @reynagentin @WomenWriters
- Writing: Does an Indie Author Ever Really Retire? @DebbieYoungBN @IndieAuthorALLI
- The importance of patience for writers: @AnnieNeugebauer @WriterUnboxed
- Gaining Confidence Through Experience as a Writer:
- Rest for Success and Why Busy is Seriously Overrated: @KristenLambTX
- Five Ways To Become A Happier Writer: by Mark Alpert @killzoneauthors
- Crime Writing: Burglary vs. Robbery: @LeeLofland
- Getting Drawn Unexpectedly Into Murder as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Why Small Towns Are So Perfect for Crime Fiction: @sarablaedel @CrimeReads
- My Influences, Writing Routine, and Writing Tips in my Interview with @themaltesetiger:
- The Year in Sherlockiana: @LyndsayFaye @CrimeReads
- Tips on Writing a Domestic Thriller: @JordanDane @killzoneauthors
- How a Drug-Addicted Art Critic Created the Perfect Sleuth for the Jazz Age: by John Loughery @CrimeReads
- Why Regency England Is the Perfect Setting for Mystery: by Catherine Lloyd @CrimeReads
- Unusual Inheritances as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
- Translating Sherlock Holmes to the Screen Is No Longer Elementary: @JeffYorkWriter @CreativeScreen
- Screenwriting: When Good Scripts Go Bad: @BittrScrptReadr
- 5 Ways to Write Your Most Urgent (and Publishable) Work According to Lit Mag Editors: by Rachel Thompson @DIYMFA
- What does a copywriter do? The B2B content marketing guide [2019]: @wearearticulate
- ‘Cyberwar’ Wins AAP’s RR Hawkins Award: Kathleen Hall Jamieson Sounds Chilling Alarm for Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- How Long Will Your Book Be? @davidfarland
- Stieg Larsson Investigation Bestseller Acquired by Amazon Crossing: @Porter_Anderson
- Industry Notes: London Book Fair’s 2019 Trailblazers; GLLI’s First YA Translation: @Porter_Anderson
- The German Book Market in 2018, and a Look Ahead to 2019: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
- Czech Book Sales Rise Amid Ongoing Industry Consolidation: @JaroslawAdamows @pubperspectives
- Taipei International Book Exhibition 2019: Take ‘Time for Reading’: @Porter_Anderson
- Translator Susan Bernofsky Wins Ulfers Prize; Georgina Moore Joins Midas PR: @Porter_Anderson
- The Annotation Project: A Wrinkle in Time: @CockeyedCaravan
- What Mister Rogers Taught Us About Storytelling: @Repino1 @tordotcom
- 7 Ways Kurt Vonnegut Poisoned Readers’ Minds with Humanity: @DustinGrinnell @WritersDigest
- The “B” Story Rides to the Rescue of the “A” Story : @SPressfield
- 5 Tips on Writing Strong Plot Twists: by Savannah Cordova @ReedsyHQ
- When You’re Ready to Revise, What to Focus on First: @writeabook
- Editing – Proof Listening With Word’s Read Aloud Feature: @authorterryo
- “How I Learned to Enjoy Rewriting in 2018”: @BeingTheWriter @womenonwriting
- 18 Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks for Mac and PC: @TCKPublishing
- How to Use Track Changes in Word: @editoreditorial
That’s a lot of writing links.
Book versus film – book wins every time. Unless it’s Lord of the Rings.
I think I’d have to agree with you on that. LoR is the only one I can think of that surpasses the book. There might be an argument for some of the Harry Potter movies vs some of the books, too.
Such a great selection of links this week, Elizabeth – thanks. I always like the ones on creativity, and keeping that inspiration going. I think we all need that ‘shot in the arm’ sometimes.
I think we all do, from time to time! Hope you have a great week, Margot.