Link Feast vol. 65 – Writing & Book Marketing Tips
IEpisode 80: Workshop: Setting Writing Goals for the New Year by Holly Lisle and Rebecca Galardo
(The episode is over an hour long so you might not have time to listen to it right now. In that case, take a look at the worksheet. You can grog it even without listening to the episode. The episode is really worth listening too.)
The link to the worksheet (click)
On Writing
Writer Resolution 2020: Write With a Knife to Your Black, the Cliff’s Edge at Your Feet by Chuck Wendig
Happy New Year! Welcome to a Blank Page by Jami Gold
Five Tactics to Battle Impostor Syndrome by Helen J. Darling
Un-Con Redux: Operation Phoenix by Donald Maass (how to reinvent yourself as a writer)
Pre-Publishing: Developing the 5 P’s by Janet Grant
Business Musings: Habits (A Process Blog) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (how our false beliefs and invisible scripts about our capabilities can limit us)
What Can Our Reading Choices Tell About Our Writing by Jami Gold
How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day by Rachel Aaron
http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-i-went-from-writing-2000-words-day.html
How to Develop High Concept Book Ideas to Find More Success With Your Writing by Robert Lee Brewer
Six Ways to Add Novelty to Your Story by Chris Winkle
How to Choose the Right Antagonist For Any Type of Story by K.M. Weiland
Rian Johnson’s Looper and the Art of the Supervillain by Leah Schnelbach
SFF Needs More Incompetent Autocrats By James Davis Nicholl
The Best Employees Are Not the Agreeable Ones, According to Adam Grant by Oliver Staley (Is your character a giver or a taker? Is he/she agreeable or disagreeable?)
How to Navigate Editorial Feedback and Revise Your WIP by Tiffany Yates Martin
The Craft of the Short Story by Anthea Lawson Sharp
12 Lessons Learned From Writing Short by John Peragine
On Tackling Controversial Topics
Why Social Justice Is Intrinsic to Storytelling by Chris Winkle
Five Tips For Telling Stories of Resistance by Oren Ashkenazi
Sex Rape Tropes and How to Replace Them by Chris Winkle
Understanding Appropriative Worldbuilding by Chris Winkle
Six Tips For Taking Inspiration From History by Oren Ashkenazi
Publishing Paths & Book Marketing
What Path Should a Writer Take in 2020 by James Scott Bell
The Key to Long Term Success As a Writer With Kevin J. Anderson by Joanna Penn
Be the Gateway by Dan Blank
Are You Working On the Right Thing? By Tim Grahl
How to Promote Your Book Before It’s Published by Julia Hansen
Which Paid Marketing Works (and Doesn’t Work) For Books by Rachel Aaron
http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2017/01/which-paid-marketing-works-and-doesnt.html
The Writing World
Why Does the RWA (Romance Writers of America) Implosion Matter to All Writers by Jami Gold
Where Does RWA Go From Here? By Sarah at Smart Bitches Trashy Books (she asks the important question of who the organization really serves)
Romance Wranglers of America by Chuck Tingle (a humorous take on the RWA mess): https://www.romancewritersofamerica.com/#
Deep Stuff
How to Recover From Reader’s Block by James Davis Nicoll (a serious problem in my books)
Glass half full: how I learned to be an optimist in a week by Tim Dowling
The Lie of Little Women by Sophie Gilbert (the real life of Louisa May Alcott, what she really thought of this book, also stuff about the movie adaptations)
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-lie-of-little-women
How to Break Up With Your Bad Habits by Judson Brewer
https://hbr.org/2019/12/how-to-break-up-with-your-bad-habits
Fun Stuff
Hot Dudes Reading at Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/hotdudesreading/
No easy mark: Female bodybuilder, 82, clobbers intruder (Boston.com crime news)
https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/11/25/no-easy-mark-female-bodybuilder-82-clobbers-intruder
7 Quirky and Whimsical Books Like Good Omens by Andy Winder
https://bookriot.com/2019/08/14/books-like-good-omens/
16 Fantasy Authors Like Neil Gaiman by Annika Barranti Klein
https://bookriot.com/2019/11/20/authors-like-neil-gaiman/
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2019
Some of Our Favourite Movies of 2019 by Stubby the Rocket
26 Nerdy Things That Brought Us Joy in 2019 by Stubby the Rocket
10 Great Monsters of the Week Episodes From Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Kiersten White
(Almost) Every Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Adaptation In the Works Right Now by Stubby the Rocket
(I was most excited about Kushiel’s Dart fantasy series being optioned. Holding my fingers crossed that it will end up in the screen as a movie or in the TV. Is there a book you want to see as a movie or TV series? Do share in the comments.)
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I'm a Finnish fantasy / urban fantasy writer who loves reading, roleplaying and all things medieval. 
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