Link Feast, vol 62 – Writing Advice For Authors
IThe Seductive Power of a New Book Idea: When to Give in to the Romance? by Ruth Harris
On Writing
Adulthood 2.0: After Your Dream Comes True by Bryn Greenwood
The Blank Page Is Not Neutral by Steven Pressfield
Writers, Remember. The Wand Chooses the Wizard by Michelle Barker (Always sound like yourself. Only you can be you. When you try to be someone else, you are only a weak copy.)
On Getting Feedback by Elizabeth S. Craig
Lessons Learned From a Decade in Publishing by Janice Hardy
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2019/10/lessons-learned-from-decade-in.html
Stories vs Situations: How to Tell If a Story Will Work by Jeff Lyons
Story Development Tools & Techniques: The Whistles and Bells Test by Jeff Lyons
How to Tell If Your Story Has Too Much Plot, Not Enough Character by K.M. Weiland
Pulp Heroes by Steven Pressfield
The Secret to Writing Fascinating Villains by Laurence MacNaughton
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2019/10/the-secret-to-writing-fascinating.html
12 Signs You’re Afraid of Your WIP by Kathryn Craft
Writing Tips: Unforgettable Endings With James Scott Bell by Joanna Penn
Endings Are Not Stoppings: On Game Of Thrones and How We Conclude Our Stories by Chuck Wending (warning: language and spoilers of the final episode of the series)
Tearing Down the Throne: Interrogating Power Structures in Western Epic Fantasy by Jenn Lyons
Writing a Future in Which You Choose Your Own Nation by Ada Palmer
Manuscript Evaluations: What They Are and What to Expect by Sarah Chauncey
Collaborative Writing In a Shared World by David Mark Brown
Jerry Seinfeld’s 5 Step Comedy Writing Process by Jess Zafarris
The Publishing World
How Reese Witherspoon became the new high priestess of book clubs by Constance Grady
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/9/13/20802579/reese-witherspoon-reeses-book-club-oprah
7 ways book publishing will change over the next few years by Mike Shatzkin
People In Publishing I Learn From by Jane Friedman (The Who is Who in the Publishing news and blogging world)
Book Marketing & Blogging
To Sell More Books, Change the Story You Tell to Yourself About Marketing by Sue Campbell
Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – August 2019 by Amy Collins
Please shut up: Why self promotion as an author doesn’t work by Delilah S. Dawson
https://www.whimsydark.com/blog/2015/4/13/please-shut-up-why-self-promotion-as-an-author-doesnt-work
How to Improve Your Amazon Book Descriptions by Penny Sansevieri
5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post With a Bang by Brian Clark
Deep Stuff
The Benefits of Optimism Are Real by Emily Esfahani Smith
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-benefits-of-optimism-are-real
The Inuit don’t shout at their children – so why do we? By Will Coldwell
Why Routines Are So Important to INFPs (Even Though We Hate Them) by Darcy Ritt (you can replace INFPs with Creatives or Spontaneous People)
How to Create a Chain Reaction of Good Habits by James Clear
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-create-a-chain-reaction-of-good-habits
The biggest lie tech people tell themselves – and the rest of us by Rose Eveleth
Fun Stuff
Watch the First Trailer For Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doolittle Reboot by Stubby the Rocket
7 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Curl Up With This Fall by S.W. Sondheimer
https://bookriot.com/2019/10/04/fall-sci-fi-fantasy-books-2019/
Hot Girl Summer Is Over, Long Live Hot Nerd Fall by Stubby the Rocket (The Doctor, Q, Joan Watson, Aziraphale, Henry Jones Sr., Rupert Giles… so many cool ones)
12 Popular Movies With Introverted Main Characters by Savanna Roberts
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