Social Media and Author Websites
Social Media is an Imperfect Sales Tool. Use it Anyway. by Nathan Bransford
Six Sinister Blog Time Wasters by Stanford on Pushing Social
The Bodacious Blogger’s Essential Ingredients by August McLaughlin
7 Tips for Turning Your Blog into a Book by Brian A. Klems on Writer’s Digest blog
How Much Interaction Should Authors Have With Readers? by Jodi Hedlund
5 Habits That Make Me a More Creative Blogger (and Writer) by Judy Dunn on Cat’s Eye Writer
On the Craft
Writing Characters Worth Reading by Mooderino on Moody Writing
Writing as MMORPG: Building Your Writing Addiction by Daniel Swensen on Surly Muse
Who’s There? Introducing Characters in a Scene on The Other Side of the Story by Janice Hardy
Writing Dangers: Shiny New Idea Syndrome by Ava Jae on Writability
Finding Time to Write: Making Hard Choices by Amie Kaufman on Pub(lishing) Crawl
How to Write a Best Seller – Advice from an Olympic Medal Winner, guest post by Dr. John Yeoman on Write to Done
The Drama Bomb – Drop it!, guest post by Mario Acevedo on Writers in the Storm blog
Writerly Inspiration
Think Like an Author by Danyelle Leaftyl on QueryTracker.net
Icarus and My Fear of the Sun by Marcy Kennedy
Respecting Your Natural Rhythms by Barbara O’Neal on Writer Unboxed
On Editing, Critiquing, Querying, Publishing and more…
Digital Publishing – A Marathon, Not a Sprint by C.S. Lakin on Live Write Thrive
What Will Make an Agent Gong Your Pages by Roni Loren
Don’t Think Too Much, You’ll Create a Problem That Wasn’t Even There, guest post by Julie Musil on Adventures in YA & Children’s Publishing
Rankings or Dollars by Terry ODell
10 Tips for Attending a Writers’ Conference by Annie Neugebauer
Mastering Your Author Headshot with Photographer Ken Dapper by August McLaughlin
The Truth and Nothing but the Truth on Promotion and Publicity for Debut Authors by Joanna Volpe on Pub(lishing) Crawl
All About Advances by Rachelle Gardner
What Does the Editing Process Look Like? by Rachelle Gardner
5 Things Every Author Needs to Understand About Self-Publishing by James Scott Bell on The Kill Zone
Break it Down: Trimming Words From a Too-Long Manuscript on The Other Side of the Story with Janice Hardy
Other Round-Ups
Stina Lindenblatt’s Cool Links Friday
Roni Loren’s Fill-Me-In Friday
Elizabeth S. Craig’s Twitterific (compilation of all the writing links she’s shared this week – updated on Sundays)
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Happy Reading and Writing, everyone!!!
Melinda
