Link Feast vol. 59

Welcome to Link Feast. Hopefully this week’s offering nourishes your mind and endless curiosity. Next Link Feast shall be posted on Sunday 26th of May (in 3 weeks).

 

If You Have Time For Only One Thing

 

Business Musings: Critical Voice by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Business Musings: Critical Voice

 

On Writing

 

Business Musings: Fun by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

https://kriswrites.com/2019/04/10/business-musings-fun/

 

Look After Yourself: Self-Care For Writers by Ellen Bard

Look After Yourself: Self Care For Writers

 

Writing Prompts: Helpful? Or a Waste of Time? by Savannah Gordova

https://jamigold.com/2019/04/writing-prompts-helpful-or-a-waste-of-time-guest-savannah-cordova/

 

Revise vs. Start New: Which Is Better For the Learning Curve by Jami Gold

Revise vs. Start New: Which Is Better When We’re Stuck?

 

50 Romance Plot Ideas by Bryn Donovan

50 Romance Plot Ideas!

 

Hobbies For Romance Heroines by Laura Diaz de Arce

https://bookriot.com/2019/04/22/hobbies-for-romance-heroines/

 

Writing Realistic Teenagers in YA by Jodi Turchin

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2019/04/writing-realistic-teenagers-in-ya.html

 

How to Write a Travel Story by Chris Winkle

How to Write a Travel Story

 

Six Types of Turning Points For Climaxes by Chris Winkle

Six Types of Turning Points for Climaxes

 

Five Tricks to Invigorate Your Ending by Chris Winkle

https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-tricks-to-invigorate-your-ending/

 

The Legacy of Character in Avenger’s Endgame by Chuck Wendig (beware the spoilers if you haven’t seen the movie yet)

The Legacy Of Character in Avengers: Endgame

 

6 Tips on Making Similar Scenes Feel Different by Janice Hardy

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2014/01/6-tips-on-making-similar-scenes-feel.html

 

Let’s Talk About Sex Scenes in Fiction, Baby by Dana Staves

https://bookriot.com/2019/04/24/sex-scenes-in-fiction/

 

How to Pitch Your Book For TV and Film with DJ Williams by Joanna Penn

How To Pitch Your Book For TV and Film With DJ Williams

 

Ritas So White… Again by Jessica Pryde (Ritas are the yearly Romance genre Awards)

https://bookriot.com/2019/03/25/ritas-so-white-again/

 

On Writing Flash Fiction (500 -1500 word long short stories)

 

Why write flash fiction?

 

• You can practice quickly beginnings, middles and endings – lots of them and different variations
• You can test story ideas, different styles, genres and voices
• You learn how to write lean and to edit ruthlessly
• You can put together an anthology of short stories fast (and self-publish it)
• Flash fiction is fun content to share with your readers on your blog or newsletter

 

13 Tips For Writing Flash Fiction by Denise Ganley

http://flashfictiononline.com/main/2015/04/thirteen-tips-for-writing-flash-fiction/

 

21 Flash Fiction Stories to Read While You Wait Anywhere by Corin Balkovek

https://bookriot.com/2018/06/18/flash-fiction-stories/

 

Words in your pocket: How to write flash fiction by David Gaffney

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/14/how-to-write-flash-fiction

 

3 Things You Need to Know to Write Great Flash Fiction by Ben Wolf

https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/3-things-you-need-to-know-to-write-great-flash-fiction

 

How to Write Flash Fiction: 15 Short Story Cliches That Need to Die

How to Write Flash Fiction: 15 Short Story Cliches That Need To Die

 

Free flash fiction stories to read

https://flashfictionmagazine.com/

 

Book Marketing, Agents & Blogging

 

5 Unfair Advantages of an Author Platform by Tim Grahl (what book marketing can do at it’s best for your book’s success)

5 Unfair Advantages of an Author Platform

 

11 Authors Discuss the Road to Getting a Literary Agent by Stephanie Elliot

https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/how-to-find-a-literary-agent/11-authors-discuss-the-road-to-getting-a-literary-agent

 

What’s Your Non-Fiction Voice by Jami Gold

What’s Your Non-Fiction Voice?

 

25 Ideas For Your Author Blog by Bryn Donovan

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2019/03/25-ideas-for-your-author-blog.html

 

Deep Stuff

 

From Gloom to Gratitude: 8 Skills to Cultivate Joy by Allison Aubrey

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/05/719780061/from-gloom-to-gratitude-8-skills-to-cultivate-joy?t=1557257588355

 

Here’s a way better question to ask yourself than “What do I want” by Mark Manson

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/you-probably-know-to-ask-yourself-what-do-i-want-here-s-a-way-better-question

 

Four Ways to Figure Out What You Really Want to Do With Your Life by Thorin Klosowski

https://lifehacker.com/four-ways-to-figure-out-what-you-really-want-to-do-with-513095544

 

The Art of Blooming Late by Kevin Evers

https://hbr.org/2019/05/the-art-of-blooming-late

 

10 Practical Answers to 10 Powerful Questions by Darius Foroux

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/10-practical-answers-to-10-powerful-questions

 

The History of the Influencer From Shakespeare to Instagram by Laurence Scott

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/a-history-of-the-influencer-from-shakespeare-to-instagram

 

There Are No True Rebels by JoAnn Greco

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/there-are-no-true-rebels

 

Fun Stuff

 

Game of Phones hotline (hilarious video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4-R3JvGdJs&feature=youtu.be

 

The Most Marvelous Moments in the MCU by Stubby the Rocket

https://www.tor.com/2019/04/25/the-most-marvelous-moments-in-the-mcu/

 

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Chris Hemsworth (Thor!) Insult Each Others For 5 Minutes Straight by ToolFab Staff

https://toofab.com/2019/04/25/chris-hemsworth-scarlett-johansson-playground-insults-endgame/

 

Scifi & Fantasy Recommendations Based on Your Favourite SFF Heroine by Jessie Mihalik

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Recommendations Based on Your Favorite SFF Heroine

 

Spring 2019’s Must Read Scifi & Fantasy Reads by Myfanwy Collins

https://www.bookish.com/articles/must-read-sci-fi-fantasy-spring-2019/

 

Spring 2019’s Must Read Romance Novels According to Romance Authors by The Bookish Editors

2019’s Must-Read Romance Novels According to Romance Authors

 

5 Witchy Books For Fans of Baba Yaga by Ann Foster

https://bookriot.com/2019/03/28/baba-yaga-books/

 

Since all of those 5 recommendations above are from a white, Western point of view, here are some more diverse fantasy recommendations:

 

Literal Black Girl Magic: Books With Witches, Orisha and More by Mya Nunnally

https://bookriot.com/2018/09/20/black-girl-magic-books/

 

And then some cheery book recommendations, dystopias 😀

 

The World Is Falling Apart: Timely Dystopias That Reflect Our Fears by Steph Auteri

https://bookriot.com/2019/04/18/timely-dystopias/

 

Crime Fiction’s New Favourite Private Eyes by Matthew Turbeville

https://bookriot.com/2019/04/24/crime-fictions-new-favorite-private-eyes/

 

Diplomats and Aliens: Why You Should Pair Spy Novels With Science Fiction by Arkady Martine

https://www.bookish.com/articles/arkady-martine-diplomats-and-aliens/

 

Seeing Like a State: Arkady Martine’s Favourite Books About the Mechanisms of Government by Arkady Martine

Seeing Like A State: Arkady Martine’s Favorite Books About the Mechanisms of Government