by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. :)
New Stuff:
If you’re in the area, consider attending The Possibilities Conference on June 15th, 2019 in Falls Church, VA (about 12 miles outside Washington, DC). The conference helps authors learn how to build their fan base through marketing, branding, and PR via a full day of workshops.
- Why, Exactly, Do We Have Subtitles on Books? @MaryLauraPh @lithub
- Team Royalties: a Hassle-Free Solution for Splitting Co-Author Royalties: by Monica Dube @publishdrive
- Publishers’ Forum 2019: Driving Forces, Technology, and Models: @Porter_Anderson @Sara_Sargent @AshleighGardner
- The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Announces Its Regional Winners: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Creative Writing Prompts and How To Use Them: by Teagan Berry @TheRyanLanz
- 10 Great TED Talks for Writers: @TCKPublishing @TEDTalks
- Writing Prompts: Helpful? Or a Waste of Time? by Savannah Cordova @ReedsyHQ @JamiGold
- 5 Famously Rewritten Novels: from Jeanette the Writer @DIYMFA
- 7 Stories That Reimagine Some of Your Favorite Classics: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom
- Reading Broadly to Write Better: @richardgthomas3 @LitReactor
- What Is a ‘Flow State’ and How Will It Help You Write More, Faster? @MegDowell
- How Writing Faster Can Vastly Improve Your Storytelling: @KristenLambTX
- Are you sitting too much? @pubcoach
- 10 Lessons from 10 Years of Writing: @Julie_Glover
- What You Really Mean When You Say ‘I Can’t’: @MegDowell
- 5 Tips for Writing Fearlessly: by Stephanie Jo Harris @DIYMFA
- What Will You Sacrifice to Be a Better Writer? @BMCadman @LiveWriteThrive
- ‘You Are Not Alone’: How To Beat Challenges As A Writer: @Alice_Hayden @Bang2write
- Teaching Tips: How To Make Creative Writing Classes More Interesting: by Kristen Ford @WritetoDone
- The Three-Step Process From Isolation to Publication: by Joanne Ramos @WritersDigest
- What Does ‘Writer Burnout’ Actually Look Like? @MegDowell
- Focus: The solution to book marketing overwhelm: @sandrabeckwith
- 3 Good Reasons Not to Quit Your Night Job: @MaggieWells1
- 14 Popular Fantasy Tropes (and How to Revitalize Them): @ReedsyHQ
- What Does a Fantasy Map Look Like? @mcwetboy @tordotcom
- How to Mislead Your Reader with Red Herrings: @savannahgilbo
- Keep Your Readers Guessing with Red Herrings: @LisaEBetz @A3writers
- Terminology for the Savvy Crime Writer: Abrasion Collars to the Rare Cadaveric Spasm: @LeeLofland
- Plotting poisons into fiction, a list of resources: @raimeygallant
- How to Build the back cover of your nonfiction Paperback: @BirdsOAFpress
- Nonfiction Writing Tips: How to Tell a True Story in a Creative Way: @izzardink @IngramSpark
- The Importance of Determining a Picture Book’s Premise Before Querying: @SFretwellHill @BAndersonWriter @RedFoxLiterary @NatalieIAguirre
- Syntax in Poetry and Poetic Voice in Rhyming Picture Books: @Kid_Lit
- How To Add A Sub-Category To Your WordPress Blog Post: @HughRoberts05
- “7 Things I Wish I’d Done as a Newbie Blogger”: @_HannahHeath
- How and why to remove dates from your permalinks: @NathanielTower
- 3 Book Marketing Myths to Avoid: @sandrabeckwith @JFbookman
- A Few Things To Know About Blurbs: @jules_writes
- Book Promotion: 5 Tips for Authors on Using Social Media: @Kristenwendys @TheIWSG
- Book Marketing: How to Run a Twitter Chat: @StonehamPress @IndieAuthorALLI
- How To Keep Your Pinterest Boards Organized and Relevant: @KarenBanes
- Rights Roundup:Thoughtful Reads for Young People and Adults: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Interview: Amanda Ridout on Her Boldwood Books’ Rights Strategy: @lizziebbrown @BoldwoodBooks @pubperspectives
- ‘Finnland: Cool & Happy’ Opens at Helsinki Lit 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- US Authors Guild Joins With AAP and Copyright Alliance on CASE Act: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Spain’s Readmagine and Digital Distributors Meeting Announce Programming: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Ulrich Klopotek in Berlin: ‘No Publishers’ Forum in 2020′ : @Porter_Anderson @PublishersForum @Klopotek_AG @wischenbart @Planeta @randomhouse @Sara_Sargent
- New Literary Agency for African Kids and YA Fiction: Accord Literary: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives @accordliterary
- The Evolution of the Jerusalem International Book Forum: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Building Your Publishing Team: Your Cover Designer: @itshelendarling @DIYMFA
- Book Anatomy 101: Book Body Parts: @JFbookman @BookWorksNYC
- First Pages and Character Emotion: @beccapuglisi
- 10 Ways to Get Your Story Off to a Great Start: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice
- How to Write Compelling Characters: @savannahgilbo @StoryGrid
- Character Type: Destroyer: @GoIntoTheStory
- 7 Writing Mistakes You Probably Don’t Realize You’re Making: by Savannah Cordova @ReedsyHQ @writingthrulife
- 3 Reasons New Writers Fail: @Weifarer
- Getting a Handle on Colloquialisms: Using Regional Terms, Expressions, and Dialect: @TCKPublishing
- A Fun Test to Check Your Scene’s Narrative Drive: @Janice_Hardy
Happy Mother’s Day to you! What do your kids have planned for you?
Only one in town, but we’re going out together (tomorrow, I think!) :)
As always, Elizabeth, a great list of links. The one that caught my attention this time was the one with TED talks for writers. It reminded me of how many options there are now for sharing content. There are videos, things to read, and a lot more. I like the diversity of ways to reach out, if that makes sense.
I like that too–some many different ways to find resources as writers today!
Have a wonderful Mother’s Day.
Thanks so much, Diane!
Thank you for including BookWorks in your thorough list, and for spending the time curating these helpful resources every week!
Thanks to BookWorks for being a resource for writers!