Hello again.

Busy week here in leafy Sheffield, so this edition of Unslush comes in one of my somewhat tighter link-sharing formats. Still full of golden writerly nuggets though.

Speaking of which, before we crack on, new subscribers may be interested in some of the following posts published here in the last few months. Heck, old subscribers, you might've missed them too.

• Platforms for selling products, memberships and online courses

• 101 things you need to know before going freelance

• Three writing apps I use every day

• 14 alternatives to writing

• How to start a book group

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Links of the week

Every issue I collect and share the best advice, apps and other shenanigans that I find on my internet travels. Find something useful? Subscribe for free.

1. Kurt Vonnegut on how to write a short story – concise advice for any writer

2. Ten rules for writing fiction – famous writers offer 10 tips and much wisdom

3. Novel planning template for Airtable – spreadsheet-based outlining

4. How to do an essay collection – agent Kate McKean explains how it works

5. Why Goodreads is bad for books – Sarah Manavis on the mess that is Goodreads

6. Greg Pak on how to write a comic book script – Marvel author reveals all

7. Does the Pomodoro Technique really work? – does for me (helps with chunking)

8. Character Name Generator – prepare to lose 30 minutes of your day

9. How to write during a pandemic – it can't be done! (okay fine, maybe it's just me)

10. The anatomy of a six-figure email course – marketing tips galore, whatever you're selling

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Tweets of the week

Tweets are but warty toads in the most awful swamp. But some of them are quite good. You can follow @iainbroome and @unslush on Twitter.

Emma Gannon @emmagannon

I see so many apologetic "sorry I'm going to have to promote my book for a bit 🙈" tweets (including myself in the past) and it's so strange that we have to cover it up with sarcasm or apologies. reminder that you are allowed to promote your thing!

September 14th 2020

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Molly Flatt @mollyflatt

📢 All the videos from #BigBookWeekend are now up on the website! Neil Gaiman, Maggie O'Farrell, Marian Keyes, Michael Morpurgo, Robert Webb, Luke Jennings, Sir Tim Rice, Patrick Ness... 28 talks, interviews, panels, kids events & it's all free! Enjoy 📚 🎉bigbookweekend.com/watch-videos/Watch BIG BOOK WEEKEND - The Big Book Weekendbigbookweekend.com

September 17th 2020

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Olivia Chadha 🚀preorder RISE OF THE RED HAND 🚀 @ockaur

What you think an agent does: sell your books What an agent actually does:

September 22nd 2020

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