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