Social Media and Author Websites
Blog Post Quality and Quantity – How to Have Your Cake and Eat it Too by Stanford Smithat on Pushing Social
5 Signs You’re Having a Blog Identity Crisis & 8 Ways to Fix It by Roni Loren
Essential Twitter Hashtags for Authors, Readers and Publishing Industry Professionals by Jordan Dane on The Kill Zone
On the Craft
Three Ingredients for a Strong Scene, guest post by Becca Puglisi on So, You’re a Writer
Not All Characters Deserve to be in the Story by Mooderino on Moody Writing
5 Common Writing Blunders that Can Annoy or Bore Our Readers by Kristen Lamb
Tools for Writers Part 1 by Annie Neugebauer
Flip the Script: Use Adverbs Fearlessly by Jael McHenryat on Writer Unboxed
My Favorite Writing Advice – Trust the Story by Shelli Johnson
Rules of Storytelling, Part One by Tabitha Olsonat on Writer Musings
Going Both Ways: Outlines for Plot, Pantser for Character on The Otherside of the Story with Janice Hardy
Book Series – A Whole Other Food Group by Lynn Price
8 Tips for Unlocking the Secrets of Mystery Writing, guest post by Lisa and Laura Roecker on Adventures in YA & Children’s Publishing
Margaret Atwood’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction on Advice to Writers
How Long Does it Take to Write a Book? by Ryann Kerekes on Novel Addiction
Writing: Where Less Can Be More by Jami Gold
Writerly Inspiration
How to Use Our Weaknesses to Our Advantage by Marcy Kennedy
On Editing, Critiquing, Querying, Publishing and more…
8 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Deciding to Self-Publish by Andrew Galasetti on Duolit
7 Tips for Pitching to an Agent or Editor at a Conference by Sylvia Ney on Writing in Wonderland
Exclusivity and Free by Joe Konrathat on A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing
ABCs of the Content Edit on Writer…Interrupted
Painless Editing by Tonya Kappes
Edit Smartly by Stina Lindenblatt on Seeing Creative
How to Polish Your Writing Until it Shines by Stina Lindenblatt on QueryTracker.net
Why a Bad Agent is Worse than No Agent by Janet Kobobel Grant
4 Ways Agents Work for Clients at a Book Trade Show by Mary Keeley
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)
A ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Treat
Season 9’s Top 10 Girls
Season 9’s Top 10 Guys
The Entire Top 20 Dancers
Happy Reading and Writing, everyone!!!
Melinda
