Link Feast vol. 54

It has been a long time since the last update. The Link Feasts are back and will be a bi-weekly thing. I will post the next one on Sunday 3rd of March.

 

If You Have Time For Only One Thing

 

For the Love of the Process: 6 Questions to Hone Your Creative Workflow by Bob Mayer

How to Fall in Love with the Writing Process: 6 Questions to Hone Your Creative Workflow

 

And a bonus, since these questions are really useful:

 

Four Questions to Ask When a Character Is Clever by Oren Ashkenazi

https://mythcreants.com/blog/four-questions-to-ask-when-a-character-is-clever/

 

Writing

 

The Story That Holds You Back by Kathryn Craft

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/01/the-story-that-holds-you-back/

 

Make the Ordinary Come Alive by Kristan Hoffman

https://writerunboxed.com/2019/01/31/make-the-ordinary-come-alive/

 

Are You Tethered to the Wrong Story? by Harper Glenn

Are You Tethered to the Wrong Story?

 

The Ultimate Writer Productivity Guide by Tim Grahl

https://booklaunch.com/writer-productivity/

 

This Handy Chart Automatically Generates a Pitch For Your Next Novel by Electric Literature

https://electricliterature.com/how-to-write-elevator-pitch-novel-publicity-infographic-a8ec74ecf7ce

 

The 10 Step Checklist to Writing an Above Average Novel by K.M. Weiland

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/the-10-step-checklist-to-writing-a-better-than-average-novel/#

 

Want to Improve Your Writing? Change Your Thinking by Janice Hardy

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2018/12/want-to-improve-your-writing-change.html

 

Putting Your Worst Foot Forward: Why You Should Play to Your Weaknesses As an Author by Charlie Jane Anders

Putting Your Worst Foot Forward: Why You Should Play to Your Weaknesses as an Author

 

The 10 Urges That Stories Can Satisfy by Matt Bird

http://www.secretsofstory.com/2018/12/the-ten-urges-that-stories-can-satisfy.html

 

What If Somebody Steals Your High Concept Book Idea? by Anne R. Allen

What if Somebody Steals Your High Concept Book Idea?

 

An Easy Tip For Tightening Your Novel’s Plot by Janice Hardy

blog.janicehardy.com/2019/01/an-easy-tip-for-tightening-your-novels.html

 

4 Things Every Romance Writer Needs to Know About Plot by Sarah Younger (agent)

https://soyouwannawritearomance.com/episode-details/f/4-things-every-romance-author-needs-to-know-about-plot

 

How to Study Plot and Character by K.M. Weiland

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-study-plot-and-character/

 

How Do Pantsers Develop Characters by Jami Gold

How Do Pantsers Develop Characters?

 

Six Reasons Why the Fire Nation Is Such a Good Villain by Oren Ashkenazi (the series in question is Avatar the Airbender)

https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-reasons-the-fire-nation-is-such-a-good-villain/

 

Taking Character Relationships to the Next Level by Angela Ackerman

Taking Character Relationships to the Next Level

 

Five Character Archetypes Who Can Steal the Hero’s Spotlight by Oren Ashkenazi

https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-archetypes-that-can-steal-the-heros-spotlight/

 

Five Common Romance Mistakes by Oren Ashkenazi

https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-common-romance-mistakes/

 

Seven Great Sources of Conflict For Romances

Seven Great Sources of Conflict for Romances

 

Removing the Creeps From Romance by Chris Winkle

https://mythcreants.com/blog/removing-the-creeps-from-romance/

 

Pulling Your Hero Into the Magical Realm by Chris Winkle

https://mythcreants.com/blog/pulling-your-hero-into-the-magical-realm/

 

All Is Lost: Four Kind of Deaths by Janice Hardy

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2019/01/all-is-lost-four-kinds-of-death-in.html

 

Begin From the Middle: How to Start Your Story In Medias Res by Paul Buchanan

https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/writing-fiction-online-editor/begin-from-the-middle-how-to-start-your-story-in-medias-res

 

Our Story’s Essence: What’s the Story We Want to Tell by Jami Gold

https://jamigold.com/2019/01/our-storys-essence-whats-the-story-we-want-to-tell/

 

How to Write Unique Themes by K.M. Weiland

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-write-unique-themes/

 

Theme = Good vs. Good by Matt Bird

http://www.secretsofstory.com/2011/10/storytellers-rulebook-100-theme-good-vs.html

 

Great Genre Stories Must Be Metaphors by Matt Bird

http://www.secretsofstory.com/2012/01/storytellers-rulebook-119-great-genre.html

 

Five Dualities That Can Replace Good and Evil by Chris Winkle

https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-dualities-that-can-replace-good-and-evil/

 

Why Social Justice Is Intrinsic to Storytelling by Chris Winkle

https://mythcreants.com/blog/why-social-justice-is-intrinsic-to-storytelling/

 

5 Common Storytelling Mistakes in the Pursuit of Social Justice by Chris Winkle

https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-common-storytelling-mistakes-in-the-pursuit-of-social-justice/

 

6 Hugely Popular Books That Accidentally Screwed the World by Jacopo della Quercia

http://www.cracked.com/article_19135_6-hugely-popular-books-that-accidentally-screwed-world.html

 

How to Keep Your Book Relevant After It’s Release by Gary McPherson

How to Keep Your Book Relevant After Its Release

 

From YA to YEAH: 4 Ways to Keep Teen & Young Adult Readers Hooked by Lorena Koppel

https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-genre/young-adult-childrens/four-ways-to-keep-teen-readers-hooked-ya-novel

 

6 Pitfalls to Avoid When Writing LGBTQI+ Characters In Teen Fiction by Lisa Freeman

https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/guest-columns/6-pitfalls-writing-lgbtqi-characters-teen-fiction

 

Firearms: Know Your Weapon! by Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/12/firearms-know-your-weapon/

 

The Editor’s Clinic: The Limits of Editing by Dave King

The Editor’s Clinic: The Limits of Editing

 

A Novella Approach: 5 Tips For Writing Short Stories by Suleikha Snyder

https://frolic.media/a-novella-approach-five-tips-for-writing-short/

 

There’s a Weird, Sexist Problem in Fantasy That We Need to Talk About by Mya Nunnally (female authors’ books are being classified as YA even though their content is mature)

https://bookriot.com/2019/01/21/sexist-problem-in-fantasy/

 

Meet The Women Who Are Building a Better Romance Industry by Bim Adewumni (the topic is diversity)

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bimadewunmi/meet-the-black-women-upending-the-romance-novel-industry

 

A Harvardian in a Romancelandia by Caroline Linden

https://frolic.media/a-harvardian-in-romancelandia-what-are-the-odds-pretty-good/

 

The Origin of the Clinch Covers on Romance Novels by Jessica Avery (think Fabio)

https://bookriot.com/2018/12/13/clinch-covers-on-romance-novels/

 

15 of the Best Online Writing Communities For Authors (Reedsy.com)

https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-community/

 

Agents, Querying & Publishing Industry

 

Truths About Publishing You Can Only Learn in the Trenches by Heather Webb

Truths about Publishing You Can Only Learn in the Trenches

 

Writer’s 101: Literary Agent Sarah Younger Shares Tips For New Authors by Frolic Media

Writer’s 101: Literary Agent Sarah Younger Shares Her Tips For New Authors

 

Writer’s 101: An Anonymous Editor Spills How To Get Your [Romance] Manuscript Picked Up by Frolic Media

https://frolic.media/writers-101-an-anonymous-editor-spills-on-how-to-get-your-manuscript-picked-up/

 

Choosing the Perfect Comparative Titles by Sam Brody

https://blog.reedsy.com/live/choosing-perfect-comp-titles/

 

Comp Titles – An Elevator Pitch for Your Book by Andrea Bachofen

http://authornews.penguinrandomhouse.com/comp-titles-an-elevator-pitch-for-your-book/

 

The Disastrous Decline in Author Incomes Isn’t Just Amazon’s Fault by Carrie V. Mullins

https://electricliterature.com/the-disastrous-decline-in-author-incomes-isnt-just-amazon-s-fault-c58468492b17

 

Business Musings: The Current State of Disruption (Planning For 2019, part 1) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

https://kriswrites.com/2018/12/26/business-musings-the-current-state-of-disruption-planning-for-2019-part-1/

 

Business Musings: Sales (Planning For 2019, part 2) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

https://kriswrites.com/2019/01/02/business-musings-sales-planning-for-2019-part-2/

 

Business Musings: Bookstores and Libraries (Planning For 2019, part 3) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

https://kriswrites.com/2019/01/09/business-musings-bookstores-and-libraries-planning-for-2019-part-3/

 

Business Musings: Audio (Planning For 2019, part 5) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

https://kriswrites.com/2019/01/16/business-musings-audio-planning-for-2019-part-4/

 

Business Musings: Tidbits (Planning For 2019, part 4) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Big 5 mergers and closing of imprints and focus on diversity)

Business Musings: Tidbits (Planning for 2019 Part 5)

 

Trends in Publishing by Stephen Spatz

Trends In Publishing

 

Wattpad Books: The Next Stage In the Platform’s Content Development by Porter Anderson

https://publishingperspectives.com/2019/01/wattpad-books-new-publishing-division-opened-canada/

 

The ‘Future Book’ Is Here But It’s Not What We Expected by Craig Mod

https://www.wired.com/story/future-book-is-here-but-not-what-we-expected/

 

Self Publishing

 

Traditional vs. Self-Publishing by Tim Grahl

Traditional vs Self Publishing: The Last Decision Guide You’ll Need

 

What a Year of Self Publishing Taught Me by Talia Hibbert

https://frolic.media/what-a-year-of-self-publishing-taught-me/

 

How a Writing Website [Wattpad] Changed My Life and Could Change Yours Too by Jordan Lynde

https://frolic.media/how-a-writing-site-changed-my-life/

 

Book Marketing

 

The Story About the Story: Or, How Writers Talk About Their Books by Chuck Wendig

The Story About The Story: Or, How Writers Talk About Their Books

 

Book Marketing Plan: The Definitive Checklist by Tim Grahl

Book Marketing Plan The Definitive Checklist

 

Author Website: Examples, Templates and How to Build One by Tim Grahl

https://booklaunch.com/author-website/

 

Consider These 8 Marketing Tips in 2019 by Ann-Marie Nieves

Consider these 8 Marketing Tips in 2019

 

How to Calendarize Your Book Marketing Approach by Dawn Reno Langley

https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/marketing-your-work/calendarize-your-book-marketing-approach

 

Which Readers Would Also Read Your Books: Finding Comp Titles by Amy Alessio

Which Readers Would Also Read Your Books? Finding Comp Titles by Amy Alessio

 

The secret to writing emails your audience will love? Serve, don’t sell by Katie Parrott

https://growthlab.com/when-you-focus-on-writing-emails-your-audience-is-actively-excited-to-open-selling-becomes-the-easy-part/

 

The Connection System: Book Marketing 101 by Tim Grahl

https://booklaunch.com/connection-system/

 

Want Authorly Superpowers? Build a Street Team by Angela Ackerman

Want Authorly Superpowers? Build a Street Team!

 

The Book Launch Framework: How I Keep Launching Bestselling Books by Tim Grahl

https://booklaunch.com/book-launch-bestseller/

 

Starting Over But Not From a Scratch: Book Marketing Insights From a Third-Career Debut Novelist by Rita Dragonette

https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/marketing-your-work/starting-over-but-not-from-scratch-book-marketing-insights-from-a-third-career-debut-novelist

 

Guest Blogging is the Best Free Publicity for Writers: 12 Tips For Landing Effective Guest Blog Spots by Anne R. Allen

https://annerallen.com/2019/01/guest-blogging-12-tips/

 

Putting the “Social” in Social Media by Jenny Hansen (collection of great links about the topic + tips)

WITS Throwdown: Putting the “Social” in Social Media

 

Using Pinterest to Visualize Your Author Brand by Neda Dallal http://authornews.penguinrandomhouse.com/using-pinterest-to-visualize-your-author-brand/

 

(Pinterest is fun, I promise you. It’s a social media where you don’t actually have to be social. Perfect for introverted authors)

 

7 Tips To Writing Stellar (& Stress-Free) Book Reviews by Cici Ford

https://frolic.media/writing-stellar-reviews/

 

Deep Stuff

 

The curse of “busy-ness”: How to take control of your life by Stephanie Lee

https://growthlab.com/how-to-take-control-of-your-life/

 

5 strategies to find more time by Elizabeth Grace Saunders

https://www.fastcompany.com/90280742/how-to-redesign-your-days-to-give-you-back-a-few-extra-hours-every-week

 

My 2019 Planner and Journal Line Up by Roni Loren (Planners and making them pretty is Roni’s hobby and they also help her to be more productive – and her writing career is a proof of that)

https://roniloren.com/blog/2018/12/29/my-2019-planner-and-journal-line-up

 

The Read Wide Challenge 2019 by Roni Loren (Challenge yourself to step out of your comfort reading zone)

https://roniloren.com/blog/2018/12/18/the-read-wide-challenge-2019

 

How to Fight Your Way Out of a Reading Slump by Sumaiyya Naseem

https://frolic.media/how-to-fight-your-way-out-of-a-reading-slump/

 

Reading Goals: 2018 vs 2019 by Elizabeth Sagan (some great recommendations and tips on how to read more and keep a track of your reading)

https://frolic.media/reading-goals-2018-vs-2019/

 

Whose Story (and Country) Is This? by Rebecca Solnit

https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-the-myth-of-real-america-just-wont-go-away/

 

Into the Dark by Sharon Gormley (the Thai cave rescue heroes)

https://www.macleans.ca/thai-cave-rescue-heroes/

 

Learning Chess at Forty by Tom Vanderbilt (he is learning with his daughter – and she is beating him)

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/learning-chess-at-forty

 

A firm whose staff are all autistic by Jane Wakefield

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46538125

 

Tidying Up With Marie Kondo Isn’t Really a Makeover by Sarah Archer (I binged this series during the holidays. Highly recommended)

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/tidying-up-with-marie-kondo-netflix-show-kon-mari-review/579400/

 

Marie Kondo and the Privilege of Clutter by Arielle Bernstein

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/marie-kondo-and-the-privilege-of-clutter/475266/

 

The inside story of Bandersnatch, the weirdest Black Mirror tale yet by Matt Reynolds (this episode is a Choose Your Own Adventure thing and here’s a glimpse to how it was created)

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bandersnatch-black-mirror-episode-explained

 

The Philosopher Redefining Equality (Elizabeth Anderson) by Nathan Heller (this is academic  but super interesting, IMO. Maybe you’ll find it fascinating too)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/the-philosopher-redefining-equality

 

Fun Stuff

 

The Evolution of Jason Momoa’s Hotness by Martin Aguilera

https://frolic.media/the-evolution-of-jason-momoas-hotness/

 

Is Chris Evans the Hottest Chris? There’s Mathematical Proof by Katee Robert

https://frolic.media/chris-evans-the-hottest-chris-theres-mathematical-proof/

 

7 Epic Fan Romance Battles by Chris Winkle

https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-epic-fan-romance-battles/

 

The 5 Best Romantic Movies of All Time by Caden Armstrong

https://frolic.media/five-best-romantic-movies-of-all-time/

 

Trope Rec: Retellings

https://frolic.media/trope-rec-tuesday-retellings/

 

The Books We’re Looking Forward to in 2019 by Stubby the Rocket (Tor) (24 delicious SF books coming out this year)

https://www.tor.com/2018/12/26/the-books-were-looking-forward-to-in-2019/

 

All the Genre Television We’re Looking Forward to in 2019 by Stubby the Rocket (Tor)

https://www.tor.com/2018/12/27/all-the-genre-television-were-looking-forward-to-in-2019/

 

Nine Must-have Book Sequels For 2019 by Suleikha Snyder (plus of course the previous book(s) of the series if you haven’t read them yet)

Nine Must-have Book Sequels for 2019

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