Taking Time To Recharge
Like many others, writers also sometimes need to step back and taken a break from their writing. Sometimes all it takes is a day away from the desk to find plot hole solutions and brainstorm next steps. Taking a writing vacation can be the best medicine for preventing writer burnout.
In Publishing News this week,
The new Tutulia app is making little waves in the book community. The App uses a Machine learning AI to recommend your next read based on the information you feed it. The AI scrapes all the book sites and reviews and buzz to pull together a list of books that will suit you. As Ingram is a founder investor you can buy the book from inside the app and Ingram will print it and ship it to you. This is next Gen thinking.
Publishing Perspectives reports that Bonnier owned Bookbeat is expanding Europe. They seem to be competing in the Audiobook sector with Storytel. They want to increase more competition in Audiobooks. Their pricing subscription reflects this with by the hour of listening instead of monthly fees.
Mark Williams has an optimistic view of the big book fairs happening in the Middle East. They are back to clocking up a million visitors and audio looks like it will be taking off there as well with audio subscription services chasing this big market. Publishers should be taking note of the expanding audio markets.
Kris finishes The How Writers fail series with a pithy article on quitting too soon. This is a thought provoking article on how writers can self-sabotage their writing.
Sam Missingham has a great newsletter called The Empowered Author. She has her finger on the pulse of the UK publishing scene and is often amplifying authors across social media. Recently she updated her fabulous post on all the different ways Author Collectives operate and their value to the writers involved. ( So of course I would be all over it.)
Recently Dan Blank was commenting on generosity as a book marketing idea. He has some really interesting examples of how this has been playing out in the author community.
Terry Odell on The Killzone blog recently wrote about giving yourself permission to step back from your writing. Sometimes life gets in the way and writers can tie themselves into knots trying to get their word count in or their projects finished. This is a great little article.
If you need to take a longer creative rest- check out Orna Ross and Joanna Penn’s latest podcast transcript. Joanna has just walked the Santiago Camino Trail and talks about how she is structuring creative rests into her writing calendar.
If you are preparing for NaNoWriMo which starts in November, Don’t Forget to check out all the good offers/ deals available for participants. (pssst Scrivener is on sale).
James Scott Bell is a great writing craft teacher. I have a few of his books and they are constant dip-ins when you get stymied. He is guest posting over on Anne R Allens’s Blog with a great 10 commandments of writing post- This is print out gold!
In The Craft Section,
7 tips to add complexity to the story– K M Weiland- Bookmark
2 tips to amp up the conflict– Angela Ackerman- Bookmark
Handwriting vs Typing– Kay DiBianca
Prologues- Do we need them?– Janice Hardy – Bookmark
Fear Theasaurus- Not being believed– Angela Ackerman Becca Puglisi
In The Marketing Section,
Marketing beyond the bookstore
7 strategies to focus on book marketing– Penny Sansevieri- Bookmark
Publishing resources Free downloads- Shala Raquel- Bookmark
The key elements of eye-catching book design– Jane Friedman- Bookmark
How to publish a Hardcover book on Amazon
To Finish,
It’s Frankfurt Bookfair time which means The Alliance of Independent Authors runs one of their free online conferences. SelfPubCon. Check out the link to see who the speakers are this year and sign up. The sessions are all prerecorded and usually 30 minutes long and chock full of information. It is free and there are often neat little deals and competitions on offer.
Maureen
@craicer
Pic Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
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