Around the Web: Best Posts on Writing I've Discovered This Week

 I subscribe to and follow several authors, blogs, and writing sources throughout the week.

Each Friday, I include links to FIVE sources to improve your writing that I found useful.

Here are my offerings for this week. Hope they inspire you to start writing and continue writing!

Pelican books publishes an average of 30 new titles a year, related to e regions around the United States (especially the South). Topics are popular history, biography, culture (food and drink), cookbooks, architecture books, and children’s books. Takes unagented submissions. https://www.pelicanpub.com/viewer.php?region=92

Just because you publish a book, it doesn't mean the readers will show up. Here are some good tips on what you can do to have a greater chance of selling your books. https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-self-publish/self-publishing/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-self-publishing-my-book

Pacing and tension is so important. I just finished reading a book by a well-known author who writes in both romance and suspense genres. I've liked her pacing in the romance series, but this suspense book had me scanning through pages when the pacing seemed to slow to a crawl. https://www.livewritethrive.com/2022/05/23/3-ways-to-ramp-up-your-fiction-pacing-and-tension/

Here's some good advice from an author who has been writing and publishing for over 40 years. https://fundsforwriters.com/the-story-isnt-always-a-book/ 

Can you make a commitment to take a course for 8 WEEKS to learn how to write a cozy mystery? If yes, then looking into this writing course. https://savvyauthors.com/community/classes/plotting-and-planning-how-to-write-your-cozy-mystery-with-lori-devoti.1832/