Maureen Crisp
@craicer.bsky.social
@craicer Writer Teacher Geek. I write a weekly roundup of publishing news writing craft tips and book marketing links. (17 years and counting...) www.maureencrisp.com My kids books are at www.maureencrispbooks.com
And suddenly I can figure out what is missing in my manuscript. Excellent article on mirror moments! writersinthestormblog.com/2026/08/why-...
Why A Sagging Middle Needs a Strong Mirror Moment
What makes characters memorable? We love them because they overcome, moving past situations or people, which in turn creates growth and inner joy.
writersinthestormblog.com
Paper shortages in WW1 and WW2 led to much terser books and also uncoincidentally to Harold Innis kinda sorta inventing communications/media theory
Benjamin Hoffman@bhh.bsky.social · 2d agoI’m reading a book published in 1944 and this logo is so unbelievably tough. I’d absolutely wear a shirt with this exact design.
Cow helps his Dog pal get his stuffy and they play
“It is about what happens when years of stagnant funding leave Creative New Zealand unable to support the organisations that enrich our communities and sustain New Zealand’s creative life.”
Opinion: Arts are not a luxury purchased after prosperity is achieved
Opinion: Arts are not a luxury purchased after prosperity is achieved
odt.co.nz
Add the steps - undermining voting rights, women's rights, education etc - and you're fast tracking the country right into a fascist state. www.theguardian.com/world/2021/d...
America is now in fascism’s legal phase | Jason Stanley
The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy
theguardian.com
Ernst Lubitsch: “It is the task of the screenwriter to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that their personalities clearly and organically unfold before the eyes of the audience." gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin...
In an initiative launched by Michael Rosen, Great Western Railway has installed mini libraries at 10 stations after research found that one in five parents noticed a decline in their children’s reading ability over the summer holidays.👇
Michael Rosen launches GWR station mini libraries
ebx.sh
🥳https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/te-reo-maori-picture-books-make-global-remarkable-reads-list
Te reo Māori picture books make global 'remarkable' reads list
The two Kiwi tales have been recognised by an international literature initiative.
rnz.co.nz
A couple of weeks ago I rode to Newburyport MA and saw this COVID memorial and realized this is the only one I have ever seen anywhere. And the fact that I nearly broke down seeing it is something I still think about.
Hayley’s story is devastating. It should be on all the bulletins and all the front pages. www.odt.co.nz/canterbury/c...
‘She was someone’s daughter, friend’: Homeless woman found sleeping under pier dies in hospital
‘She was someone’s daughter, friend’: Homeless woman found sleeping under pier dies in hospital
odt.co.nz
It just occurred to me that the reason why you repeatedly get these facile comparisons is that the neolibs think things like tax and social investment are not part of the economy but are simply "added on". The truth is they are a fundamental part of how an economy/society works. #nzpol
Joe Wozzaa #toitūtiriti@joewoz.bsky.social · 3d agoLuxon says average Irish person ‘is now twice as wealthy as average Kiwi’ | Stuff share.google/b0CAZNaVYjI6... Ireland has a capital gains tax of 33% Ireland taxes their wealthiest at over 50%. Thanks for the comparison. #nzpol
Kia and congratulations to Huia Publishers. Six of their te reo Māori books have been selected for the IBBY–UNESCO Collection of Remarkable Books for Young Readers in Indigenous and Endangered Languages. Find out more: www.facebook.com/huiapublishe... ^DR #pukapuka #booksky
Suggested reading: The Almost Moment Is The Secret To Successful Romance Writing
The Almost Moment Is The Secret To Successful Romance Writing
If you are writing romance, you need to know that the secret to successful romance writing is mastering the almost moment.
writerswrite.co.za
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Creating A Reading Community buff.ly/8mcrMFn #Writingcommunity #BookIndustryNews
Creating A Reading Community
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
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My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Creating A Reading Community buff.ly/8mcrMFn #Writingcommunity #BookIndustryNews
Creating A Reading Community
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Creating A Reading Community buff.ly/8mcrMFn #Writingcommunity #BookIndustryNews
Creating A Reading Community
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Creating A Reading Community buff.ly/8mcrMFn #Writingcommunity #BookIndustryNews
Creating A Reading Community
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Creating A Reading Community buff.ly/8mcrMFn #Writingcommunity #BookIndustryNews
Creating A Reading Community
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
Kathleen Schmidt nailing the problem facing publishers and AI. Who are you going to trust? the flawed AI detection program or the author with the metadata proof. $2.5 M on the line they went with the AI. open.substack.com/pub/kathleen... #writingcommunity
AI Accusations and Book Publishing
Things can't go on like this.
open.substack.com
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Creating A Reading Community buff.ly/8mcrMFn #Writingcommunity #BookIndustryNews
Creating A Reading Community
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Creating A Reading Community buff.ly/8mcrMFn #Writingcommunity #BookIndustryNews
Creating A Reading Community
Going boldly into the unknown...a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer. Comments always welcome.
buff.ly
Featuring my nephew, Benji! Thanks The Sapling for continuing your excellent coverage of NZ books and for introducing them to new readers. It also shows there is still an assumption among rangatahi that NZ books aren’t as good as ‘overseas’ books so it’s great to do things like this to dispel that.
The Sapling@thesaplingnz.bsky.social · last wk.'... there's not many other novels, I think, that do that' Teens and their teachers read the #NZCYA Young Adult finalists: www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t... #pukapuka #booksky #YAfiction @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social
I could barely afford vibranium as it was
Asperas Bompar@asperasbompar.bsky.social · last wk.Wakanda tariffs going to get doubled now
Type designers have created a free font that "poisons" AI flip.it/TJLCTN #writing #writers #fonts
This free font "poisons" AI
Hate AI? Then you might want to try ShieldFont.
flip.it
"Nevertheless, outsourcing the entire writing process to LLMs may deprive us of the opportunity to reflect on our field and engage in the creative, essential task of shaping research findings into a compelling narrat..." www.nature.com/articles/s44... #ai #writing #thinking #forklift…
Writing is thinking - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models.
nature.com
This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.
Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · 2w agoSome avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...
