Friday, February 24, 2012

This Week in Favs….

Playing on the Zune: Attack by 30 Seconds to Mars

**Note: My apologies, but one-sentence descriptions are not available this week due to out of state travel for business/day-job. Next week’s a new – and slower (hopefully) – week! :0)


Social Media and Author Websites


“22 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue [Infographic]” by Copyblogger

“Twitter Tips” by Jessica Faust on the BookEnds, LLC blog

“The 90/10 Promotion Rule: What to Do With the 10%” by Nicola Morgan on Help! I Need a Publisher

“How to Balance Your Social Networking Time” by Lynda R. Young

“Author Websites: Layering Yours with Sticky Extras” by Roni Loren



On the Craft

“Take Your Characters to Therapy” by Tracy Hahn-Burkett on Writer Unboxed

“Ten Obstacles to Creativity – and How to Overcome Them” by Cheryl Reif

“Can We Have Too Much Voice?” by Jami Gold

“What to Write First When Writing Fiction” by Beth Bill on The Editor’s Blog

“Keeping Readers Worried: A Cheat Sheet” by Lynette Labelle

“The Seven Deadly Sins of Prologues” by Kristen Lamb

“Be Careful Just Sitting Down and Writing Words Without Thinking” by Scott Eagan

“How to Restore a Character’s Voice When They Develop Laryngitis” by Jan O’hara on Writer Unboxed

“The Dynamic Character Profile” by Mark Landen

“Craft & Creativity of Writing. Learned or Developed?” by Yvonne Lehman on Novel Rocket

“Casting Your Characters” by Merry Farmer

“Writing About the Dark Side of Humanity” by Jeff Bennington on The Writing Bomb

“A Step-by-Step Approach to Persuasive Writing” by David Masters on Write to Done

“Weather Thesaurus Entry: Flood” by Becca Puglisi on The Bookshelf Muse

“Elevate Your Story Through the Sublime – and Subliminal – Use of Sub-Text” by Larry Brooks on Storyfix

“Outlining for Fun and Word Count” by Daniel Swensen on Surlymuse

“Writing by the Seat of Your Pants” by Carolyn Kaufman on QueryTracker.net

“How to Tell if Your Story Begins Too Soon” by K.M. Weiland on Wordplay

“And…End Scene: When to Add a Scene Break” by Janice Hardy

“First Paragraph, First Thoughts” by C.S. Lakin on Live Write Thrive



Writerly Inspiration

“25 Things I Want to Say to So-Called ‘Aspiring’ Writers” by Chuck Wendig on Terribleminds

“6 Reasons for Writers to Be Optimistic” by Rachelle Gardner

“How to Be Happy” by Ava Jae on Writability

“You Can Do This” by Rachelle Gardner

“Writers Aren’t Painters They’re Magicians” by Nathan Bransford



On Editing, Critiquing, Querying, Publishing and more…

“The 5 Steps to Writing a Novel that Sells” by Blythe Camenson & Marshall J. Cook

“Making and Learning From My Mistakes with PR” by M.J. Rose on Writer Unboxed

“How to Find an Audience for Your Novel” by Janalyn Voigt on Wordserve Water Cooler

“Those Who can’t – Self-Publish. Really?” by Lisa Hall-Wilson on Girls with Pens

“The Editorial Process – My Experience vs. My Misconceptions” by Mary Lindsey on QueryTracker.net

“Why a Critique Relationship is Crucial for Better Writing" by Adrienne Giordano, Kelsey Browning, and Tracey Devlyn (of Romance University) on Write to Done

“What If I Love Dystopian Vampires” by Lisa Gail Green on Paranormal Point of View

“The Death of a Genre?” by Lisa Hall-Wilson on Girls with Pens

“Ask Jami: Editing Tips – How to Use Color-Coding” by Jami Gold

“The Busy Writer’s Guide to Time Management” by Jody Hedlund

“Critique Groups – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” by Left-Brained Business for Write-Brained People

“13 Ways to Impress an Agent” by Rachelle Gardner



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Happy Reading and Writing, everyone!!!

Melinda

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Thanks for mentioning my post, Melinda! Also, I love 30 Seconds to Mars...just thought I'd throw that in there. :D
1 reply · active 684 weeks ago
Hi Ava! You're most welcome! Thank you again for a great post this week!

I do believe that you and I need to share some playlists...this is week 2 where we've both loved the song of the week choice. :)

Thank you for commenting! :D
Thanks for including my post! :) You found a lot of good ones this week. Thanks!
1 reply · active 684 weeks ago
Hi Roni! You're most welcome! Keep up with those awesome social media/author website posts! They're incredibly helpful! :)

Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
Thanks for the mention! Much appreciated. Lots of great links I'll have to check out.
1 reply · active 684 weeks ago
Hi Marcy & Lisa! You're most welcome! Loved the post this week! :)

Thank you for stopping by and commenting! :D
You've been uber busy again! Wow what a list. Thanks for the inclusion. I hope you get some breathing time next week. :D
1 reply · active 684 weeks ago
Hi Lisa!

Ah, yes.... it's been one of those insane weeks where you wake up not knowing what day of the week it is. LOL!

You're most welcome! Thank you for that great post! It started my week off in the right direction to writing land. ;)

I'm sure next week will be a bit slower - at least I've got my fingers crossed for it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting! :D
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Anna Soliveres · 683 weeks ago

Hi Melinda,
Great post! Thank you for listing them all out for us. I can't tell you how much time it's saved. This is going to be a "favorite" link for me to refer to.
Thanks again!

Cheers,
Anna Soliveres
1 reply · active 683 weeks ago
Hi Anna,

Thank you so much! I'm happy to hear that these links saved time for you. :D

Aww... why thank you! I appreciate you stopping by and commenting!

Hope you have a productive Sunday. :)

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