Weekly News Round-Up (September 30, 2022)

Here it is you knuckleheads, this week's round-up of book-, publishing-, and writing-related news! Check it, click it, read it, and enjoy it!

 

WRITING ADVICE:

Yiyun Li on Writing Advice (the Good, the Bad) and the Books She Always Returns To

Qian Julie Wang on Commuting, People-Watching, and Letting the Story Marinate

How to Use Dungeons and Dragons to Improve Your Writing

DoMyEssay Writer Tutor John W On Effective Ways To Improve Your Fiction Writing Skills

Thomas C. Foster on the Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

 

PUBLISHING AND THE BUSINESS THEREOF:

Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow And Other Authors Publish Open Letter Protesting Publishers’ Lawsuit Against Internet Archive Library

Amazon, major publishers win dismissal of antitrust lawsuits over book pricing

Literary NFTs: Here's How Writers Can Leverage Their Passion in Web3

Interview with an Indie Press: Coach House Books

2021 Was a Stellar Year for Publishing

Comment - Why I left corporate publishing

MISC. BOOK- & WRITING-RELATED NEWS:

Can mothers write? A data-driven examination of an age-old question.

The Troublesome Legacy of the Early Romantics

Tom Hanks announces ‘wildly ambitious’ first novel

Kamila Shamsie on Finding the Perfect Writing Space

Weekly News Round-Up (September 23, 2022)

Once again, here's this week's round-up of the latest and greatest book-, publishing-, and writing-related news for your edification and enjoyment. Check it out!

 

WRITING ADVICE:

How Jasmine Guillory Plots Out Her Best-Selling Books

Tips for writing that page-turner you have always wanted to

Five creative writing tips for when you want to tell your story

On the Myth of the Made Writer and the Madness of Emerging

Why I’m (Probably) Not Going To Be Able To Give You Useful Advice Regarding Writer’s Block



THE BUSINESS:

Making Books After Music: On Rockers-Turned-Publishers

6 Free Newsletters for Freelance Writers

Press Clippings: Publishing today requires a multiplatform focus


MISC:

Brooklyn Public Library has issued 5,100 free library cards to make banned books available for teens

Dear Life Kit: My husband wrote an 80-chapter book. Do I have to read it? : Life Kit

What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago

In Defense … of the Ellipsis

Weekly News Round-Up (September 16, 2022)

C'mon you dinks!

This week's news round-up on time and under budget. Wait, can you get under zero? That's a question for another day.

Happy Friday.

 

 WRITING ADVICE:

“I hunt and fish because it helps my writing.” Some Very Specific Writing Advice from Jim Harrison

Rabih Alameddine on Only Writing When You Have Something to Say

Five Writers on How Writing with Creative Constraints Unlocked Their Projects



THE BUSINESS:

Arizona Zine Shop Counters Book Bans With Inclusive Offerings

Inside a highly lucrative, ethically questionable essay-writing service

Interview with an Indie Press: Agate Publishing

Why people buying books from my shop over Amazon gives me hope

'Zine publishing house' created by Yellowknife artists

 

MISC:

Here are the finalists for the 2022 Kirkus Prize, one of the world's richest literary awards.

How Book Bans Turned a Texas Town Upside Down

Javier Marías: modern literature’s great philosopher of everyday absurdity

University of Iowa surges past Ivy League schools to No. 2 in nation for writing

N.J. librarian who fought book banning co-creates app to help others do the same

Weekly News Round-Up (September 9)

And the hits just keep coming ... on time! 

Here it is, you weekly round-up of the past seven days' best book-, publishing-, and writing-related news. 

Enjoy!

WRITING ADVICE:

Elisa Gabbert on Writing and Capturing Beginner's Luck

Lee Child on Storytelling

So you want to write a book? Bestselling authors share their top tips

Psychological Research for Writers

THE BUSINESS:

Is the Publishing Industry Broken?

Want to write a book? Experienced authors share the perks and pitfalls of self-publishing

Is Publishing About Art or Commerce?

Book publishers, Internet Archive spar over fate of digital-book lending lawsuit

MISC: 

At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity

Portrait of the Artist as a Grown Man | Anthony Domestico

Sterling Lord, agent who championed Jack Kerouac and more, dies at 102

Conservatives join liberals in 'quiet and polite' Idaho protest to protect their library from book-banners

 

Weekly News Round-Up (September 2, 2022)

Howdy, race fans! It's that time again -- time for your weekly round-up of writing-, publishing-, and book related news and opinion courtesy of the Butter Lamb Reference Library. If you aren't familiar with that, check it out. There will be a lot happening with that in the coming days and weeks, so now's a good time to tune in and get yourself acquainted.

Enjoy this week's round-up!

 

WRITING ADVICE & TOOLS:

Five dos and five don'ts of writing (or how to get ahead in the literary world)

How to Write a Book Without Getting in Your Own Way

10 Books for a Thriving Freelance Writing Career

The limits of the “500 words per day” writing advice

The pros and cons of using AI content writing tools

The Freewrite smart typewriter lets you write distraction-free, but at a cost

 

THE BUSINESS:

Gen Z is driving sales of romance books to the top of bestseller lists

Indies Expect a Happy Holiday Season—Big Books of the Fall

Savannah Brown launches Doomsday Press for speculative fiction and poetry writers
 

MISC:

Fascinating interview with dystopian author JG Ballard on the "Art of Fiction"

10 Frequently Misunderstood Works of Literature

On Maggie Bradbury, the woman who “changed literature forever.”

Judge tosses suit that tried to deem books obscene for kids

‘Every time I write, it’s like the first time’: Joyce Carol Oates on her 61 novels, Twitter storms and widowhood

Weekly News Round-Up (August 26, 2022)

Howdy race fans and welcome to another installment of your favorite weekly festival of writing-, publishing-, and book-related news and information. The good news is that, once again, I've managed to do this on Friday, as I'm supposed to. The bad news, aside from the fact that my audience is still minuscule, is that I may not have to do any more of these because, low and behold, there is an article in this week's batch that provides the legend to the map, the keys to the vault, and the secret to the proverbial sauce. That article (under "The Business") is "How to Get Published," and it really does tell you everything you need to know about how to get your foot in the door (e.g., get an agent and have him or her open the door for you). Of course, before you can get an agent, you have to write something, so maybe my work isn't done here just yet.

Well, that's it for now. To coin a phrase, keep in touch and do good work.

We'll leave the light on for you.

 

WRITING ADVICE & TOOLS:

Mary Gaitskill on the Challenges—and Risks—of Writing Political Fiction

Harrison Christian on the best piece of writing advice he's been given

How to write like the best-selling author of all time - Jamie Bernthal

Alan Moore's Incredibly Underrated Writing Guide

10 Tips for Writing an Engaging Blog Post

PanWriter: Cross-platform writing tool runs on anything and outputs to anything

THE BUSINESS: 

How to Get Published

A Trial Put Publishing's Inner Workings on Display. What Did We Learn?

The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers

Interview with an Indie Press: And Other Stories

How to Learn About the Publishing Industry With Reedsy's Resources

Amazon Stands by Books

MISC: 

This Educator Is Bringing Clemente High School's Library Back To Life

Strangers can write a book together on the Infinite Chapters website

Cheryl Strayed on the 1995 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hike That Changed Everything

Missing Pages: the podcast revisiting jaw-dropping literary scandals

Weekly News Round-Up (August 19, 2022)

Hello and welcome to the August 19, 2022 installment of the Underpublished's Weekly News Round-Up!

You know, I just mistakenly typed hello as "hellow" and now I'm wondering why we don't spell that word that way all the time. Anyway, as usual, we I have cobbled together a collection of pertinent and useful writing, publishing, and book- and/or literature-related articles for your (and my) edification and enjoyment. I hope you have as much fun reading them as I did finding and collecting them.

WRITING ADVICE & INSTRUCTION

How I published a bestselling book at 23 without agent + best tips

7 Tips for Fictionalizing Real Historical Characters

How To Write and Research a Local History Book

Sidik Fofana on Crafting Distinct and Unforgettable Literary Voices

Roselle Lim: On Resting in the Writing Process

How a Teenager Found Her Writing Voice

THE BIZNEZZ:

Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2022

Filling the Void 

Is the consolidation of publishing houses good or bad for authors?

LinkedIn Pages Can Now Publish Newsletters 

Publishing startups want to use web3 and NFTs to sell shares in books

MISC:

School librarians in Missouri pull books as new law allows charges for 'explicit' material

The great American novel according to Hunter S. Thompson

Are literary festivals doomed? Why book events need to change