This week, Kristen Overman shows us what active dialogue is all about while Anne Hawley analyzes how our brains process exposition.
Over at BookBub, Diana Urban offers ideas for unusual book marketing, promoting sequels, and using social media effectively while avoiding burnout. At Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass has seen the gods, monsters, and murderbots and they are us!
Clayton Noblit and Lauren McLean prognosticate on what’s ahead in publishing this year and Michael Ventrella provides an astonishing example of how NOT to handle a story rejection.
All that and a little more. Enjoy!
How to Write Active Dialogue by Kristen Overman
Gods, Monsters, and Murderbots by Donald Maass
Too Much Information: Exposition and the Reading Brain by Anne Hawley
FBI Arrests Man Who Allegedly Stole Book Manuscripts and Defrauded Hundreds by Deepra Shivaram
Authors on Social Media: Choosing Platforms & Avoiding Burnout by Diana Urban
6 Out of the Box Marketing Ideas You HAVE to See by Diana Urban
12 Clever Ideas for Promoting Sequels or Later-Series Books by Diana Urban
The Top Eight Publishing Trends for 2022 by Clayton Noblit
2022 Publishing Predictions from Literary Agent Laurie McLean via Anne R. Allen
How Not to Accept a Rejection by Michael A. Ventrella
List of 234 Interesting Character Quirks presented by YourDictionary