by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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- 7 Thoughts About Collaborating Successfully on a Novel: @brotzel_fiction
- Writing Contests are Important: How To Choose the Right Ones: @hopeclark @annerallen
- Defining Editing: @LindaGilden @EdieMelson
- What Defines a “Good” or “Bad” Adaptation? @atroskity @tordotcom
- US Authors Guild Praises Nora Roberts’ Legal Action on Digital Plagiarism: @Porter_Anderson @AuthorsGuild
- 13 Etiquette Tips for Writers: @RachelleGardner
- Inviting Creativity Through Meditation: @christinadelay
- Start Before You’re Ready: @SPressfield
- How to Find Inspiration: @jimdempsey @WriterUnboxed
- 5 Books That Will Make You Ugly Cry in Public: @kcraftwriter @BookTrib
- 8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature: @willashon @lithub
- How to establish a writing routine for 2019: @pubcoach
- Want to Be a Productive Writer? Three Clues: @jcbaggott @WriterUnboxed
- How to Keep Writing When You Don’t Have Time to Write: @Jffelkins @write_practice
- 13 ways to prevent overwork from affecting your writing: @pubcoach
- Stuck With Your Story? Why You Keep Hitting Walls and Dead Ends in Your Writing: @losapala
- 13 Tips for the Work-at-Home Author: @JFbookman
- Journaling Through Grief: A Conversation with Grief: Writing Through Life: @writingthrulife
- Writing to Know Oneself: @Lindasclare
- How a 70-Year-Old Poet Strayed into Fiction: @sleeperina @WomenWriters
- Morning Pages – Clearing the Head Clutter: @LisaJJackson
- Writing with Children: @cyallowitz @Nicholas_Rossis
- Why My Students Don’t Call Themselves ‘Southern’ Writers: by Katy Simpson Smith @lithub
- Writing: How Many Books Should You Write at Once? @DebbieYoungBN @IndieAuthorALLI
- How to Start Writing Your Book: @lornafaith
- How to write a non-fiction book cover blurb that sells: @amabaie
- 7 things to know about writing (and editing) children’s non-fiction: @moiraworld
- How to Write a Self-Help Book That Actually Changes Lives: @shaylaleeraquel
- Tips for Getting Your Name Out There: @hopeclark
- Book Marketing Strategies (That Don’t Eat into Your Writing Time): @writingcookbook
- 3 Activities that Increase Sales Before You Publish Your Book: @NinaAmir
- The Complete Guide to Making A Great Author Page With Amazon Author Central: @WrittenWordM
- Pinterest Basics for Writers: @EdieMelson
- 7 Tips for Social Media Savvy: @deannaraybourn @CareerAuthors
- Research Sees 50 Percent of Americans Listening to an Audiobook: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- The Commoditization of Books: 2 Views: @markcoker @PassiveVoiceBlg
- Cengage Unlimited Cites a Successful First Academic Year: @Porter_Anderson @CengageLearning
- France’s Lagardère Studios Announces a Book-to-Screen Deal With Wattpad: by @Porter_Anderson @LagardereSTUDIO @christhoral @AronIsHere
- Fourth Tehran Book Fair Uncensored Moves Next to Germany: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
- Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Motovun Group Issue Call for Illustrated Books About Film: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Nonfiction Sales Growth in the Russian Book Market Expected to Continue This Year: By Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives
- Cengage and McGraw-Hill in Merger, Hansen To Lead the Company: @CengageLearning @mgh_educacion
- Newly Added Speakers for the IPA’s Nairobi Seminar: @Porter_Anderson @petertabichi @kimaniwanjogu
- IPA Names Khaled Lutfi 2019 Prix Voltaire Laureate, Demands a Pardon for Lutfi From Cairo: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @IntPublishers
- Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Acquires Ediciones Salamandra: @Porter_Anderson @Salamandra_Ed @megustaleer
- Highlights for Children Sells Boyds Mills to Kane Press, Owned by Beijing’s Thinkingdom: @Porter_Anderson @Highlights @KanePress
- Words Without Borders May: New Omani Writings and Translating ‘Unsettlement’: @Porter_Anderson @wwborders
- Real Life Diagnostics: Writing a Close Point of View: @Janice_Hardy
- Opening Strategies: @davidfarland
- On interrupting the story for your brilliant philosophical ideas: @Roz_Morris
- Three Tips on Show, Don’t Tell: @Lindasclare
- How to Write Excellent Introspection: @SeptCFawkes
- How To Use Empathetic Writing To Craft Humane Stories: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
- Tips for Better Cliffhangers: @CindyDevoted
- Story Threads: Fixing Rips in Our Story: @JamiGold
- “How Writing Book Reviews Makes Me a Better Writer”: @SbWoodson @DIYMFA
- Five writing lessons from Australia & New Zealand: @pubcoach
- 7 Tips to Crafting Emotionally-Meaty Monsters: @cyallowitz @stacitroilo
- Writing Tips: Write A Great Novel By Asking The Right Questions: @Roz_Morris @thecreativepenn
- 8 Ways To Take Your Book From Good To Great: by Braeden Phillips @thecreativepenn
- Historical Novel Research: Masculinity and Late 19th Century Fraternities: @mlouisalocke
- 10 Little-Known Weapons to Use in Your Speculative Fiction Stories: @_HannahHeath
It’s amazing how fast Reedsy has grown, isn’t it?
It really is…they’re always trying new things.
Thanks, as always, for these great links, Elizabeth. So many interesting ones this week on what’s going on in the publishing world. I always like to at least be aware of some of those things, even if only a little.
It’s always good to keep on top of things, although it’s tough because there’s so much going on in the publishing world!
May 11th will be full of online fun. (Masquerade authors also have an event that day.)
Good reminder! Here’s the info for writers:
“And the authors of Masquerade: Oddly Suited are hosting a live Q & A session on Discord! Join them on Sat 11th May from 1:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm GMT to find out more about the anthology and the contributing authors and ask any burning questions you may have.
The Q & A will be held on Discord. Please follow the invite link: https://discordapp.com/invite/nvxuspY “