Ink Links Roundup: Silkpunk, Writing Tools, Poetry

If you need to feel better about struggling through your manuscript, Kate loved this article featuring Rory Gleeson: ‘Writing wrecks your head’

Writing can’t be that bad, cant it? He looks incredulous. “Oh yes it can. You’re wrecked and you hate it and you hate yourself. And then you think you’re brilliant and then people try to help you with it and the ones that are truthful are the worst because then you hate them as well.”

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Kate also came across a new genre this week and fell in love with the covers for some new books.

Silkpunk, as described by Ken Liu, is “draws inspiration from classical East Asian antiquity.”

Kate discovered this through an article featuring the covers of these upcoming novellas from fantasy writer J. Y. Yang:

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In her quest to increase productivity this year, Elisa found this list of writing tools that she intends to try out. What are your favourite means of increasing and tracking your productivity?

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“Every writer creates stories differently, and finding a method that works best for you is an essential part of being a writer.” This is an ongoing and ever-evolving process, and this article has made Melissa add new books to her to-read pile.

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Melissa has been trying to develop a greater appreciation for poetry, and this is a fantastic project with some breathtaking poetry. She also adores seeing translated work, because it provides a larger platform from which to hear these voices.

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