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- How to Hand-Sell Books for Fun and Profit: by Steven D. Brewer
- Shortlist Revealed for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction: by Andrew Albanese
- Use Your Journal Entries: by Eva Deverell
- Let Your Backstage Brain Write Your Novel : by Colleen M. Story
- What it Means to Read with Purpose: by Gabriela Pereira
- Essential Reading for Women’s History Month: by Ruthie Ackerman
- If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of Wuthering Heights, Read This Book: by Ellen O’Connell Whittet
- Does Your Writing Space Need a Spruce Up? by Joy York
- What Really Happens When You Stop Writing: by Colleen M. Story
- How To Make Real Money as A Novelist: By John Gilstrap
- Writing: Are My Ideas Worthy? by Linda S. Clare
- Seven places around the world where Agatha Christie found inspiration for murder: by Arundhati Hazra
- Calm Down and Focus on the Writing: @philathans.bsky.social
- The story of your writing life: by Anne Janzer
- Writing a Book with a Friend (and Staying Friends): by Jessica (J.R.) Lancaster and Jessica Thompson
- We Have Too Little Time (and This Makes Us All Too Human): by Rivka Weinberg
- The Writing Part Comes First: by Meg Dowell
- Who Are You? A Writer’s Take: By Kristin Hacken South
- Looking To Reclaim a Rhythm in Life: By Vaughn Roycroft
- Geniuses as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg.bsky.social
- How To Write Hardboiled Fiction: by Amanda Patterson
- The Killer Is in the Building: The Beauty of a Locked Room Mystery: By Susan Walter
- How Psychological Thrillers Critique the American Dream: By Lauren Schott
- In The Spotlight: Nina Atwood’s The Expert Witness: @mkinberg.bsky.social
- Summing Up Your Story In Two Sentences:
- The Pros and Cons of Launching a Book Without a Publicist: by Heather Sweeney
- What’s In a Literary Brand? David Guterson on Maintaining an Authorial Persona… Or Not:
- Developing an Author Brand: by James Scott Bell
- Writing Unintelligent Characters: by Eva Deverell
- Character Coping Mechanism Thesaurus: Catastrophizing: by Becca Puglisi
- Creating characters readers actually remember: by Jennifer Webster
- Coping Mechanism Thesaurus Entry: Managing Time: by Becca Puglisi
- What Your Character Likely Fears Most: by September C. Fawkes
- The Art of Connective Tissue: What Raymond Carver Teaches Us About Building Character and Showing: by Seth Harwood @janefriedman.com
- Why “Heated Rivalry” is the Perfect Adaptation of the Romance Novel’s Strict Conventions: by Anne Margaret Castro
- 6 Lessons From Lord Byron – How To Make Others Swoon With Words: By Susanne Bennett
- Listen Like a Writer: What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Story: By Alison Hammer
- Edith Wharton On Writing Fiction: by Amanda Patterson
- A typing speed secret: by Daphne Gray-Grant
- The Real Story: Character Journey as Structure: by Lisa Poisso
- The Hidden Constraints in Your Writing: By Susan Watts
- How Big Should Character Problems Be? from Mythcreants
- Switchback Time: How to Play with Structure in Your Novel: by Linda K. Sienkiewicz
- Why You Don’t Need To Put Everything In Your Book: by Amanda Patterson
- Viewpoint as a Camera: by Marilynn Byerly
- Beneath vs. Under and Other Writing Trends: by Philip Athans
- Toponyms: Words Named for Their Place of Origin: By Arlene Miller
Thanks as always, Elizabeth, for putting these links together! Wouldn't you know it, one of the first I noticed was the article about hand-selling books. Just recently I've been in conversations where I mentioned I write, and people express interest. I've found it's helpful at those times to have copies of books in the car, where I can just show someone what I do. It's odd how those random conversations can lead to that connection.
I think they could be handy!