So sorry for the absence this week. Been hitting it hard with the new workout routine while deep in editing mode. Stressful? Nah….it’s all a piece of cake! ;0)
Playing on the Zune: Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones
Social Media and Author Websites
How to Keep Your Blog Readers Coming Back for More by Stanford Smithat on Pushing Social
Self-Promotion: An Author’s Perspective and Guide by Susan Dennard on Pub(lishing) Crawl
Should Unpublished Novelists be Platform-Building? By Rachelle Gardner
Checklist: 7 Things You Have to Do to Write Unforgettable Articles on Write to Done
The Great Twitter Experiment: What Does “More Tweets” Really Get You? on The Other Side of the Story with Janice Hardy
40 Twitter Hashtags for Writers by Simon Kewin on Daily Writing Tips
On the Craft
The Rules of Storytelling, Pixar Style by Rachel Scheller on Writer’s Digest
It’s Time to Declutter Your Writing by Jeff Goins
25 Things You Should Know About Writing Fantasy by Chuck Wendig
“Your Structure is Off…” – What Does That Even ‘Mean’? by Larry Brooks on Storyfix
Spice Up Your Fiction – Simple Ways to Create Page-Turning Conflict by Kristen Lamb
Scene Structure: How to Write Turning Points by Courtney Carpenter on Writer’s Digest
Why You Need to Stop Rewriting by Ava Jae on Writability
On My Writerly Bookshelf by Stina Lindenblatt on Seeing Creative
How to Improve Your Story with Specificity by K.M. Weiland
3 Myths About Villains by Angela Ackerman on QueryTracker.net
The Four Story Pillars by Amy Deardon on QueryTracker.net
Writerly Inspiration
Urgency to Write: How to Keep the Fire Burning by August McLaughlin
Blog Takeover: Angela Ackerman Shares the Key to Success (I Promise!) on The Other Side of the Story with Janice Hardy
What To Do When You Feel Like a Lousy Writer by Jody Hedlund
Letter to a Writer Who is Losing Confidence by Roz Morris on Nail Your Novel
On Editing, Critiquing, Querying, Publishing and more…
How to Maximize eBook Royalties and Minimize Hassles by Ray Rhamey on Writer Unboxed
Understanding Revisions: What You Get and What the Editors/Agents Want by Scott Eagan
What Do Readers Want More: Quantity or Quality? By Jody Hedlund
The 5 Stages of Editing Grief by Lynda R. Young on W.I.P. It: an Author’s Journey
What Should be on a Writer’s Reading List? By Michelle Ule
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)
What I’m Looking Forward to This Summer:
Since there was no post this week on the blog, I’d like to share with you a few things I’m looking forward to this summer. :0)
Continuation of P90X throughout the ENTIRE summer
*Finish line is scheduled for 17 September 2012
*Released on June 15th
*Releasing 3 July 2012
*Releasing 6 July 2012
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (been waiting since Feb 2011 for this one!)
*Releasing 10 July 2012
*Releasing 13 July 2012
The Expendables 2 (been waiting 6 months for this one!)
*Releasing 17 August 2012
A Deep Immersion Master Class with Margie Lawson in Colorado
*and a chance to finally meet and hang with my Editing Partner
*Releases 25 September 2012 (technically not summer time, but looking forward to it nonetheless)
Happy Reading and Writing, everyone!!!
Melinda
