Playing on the Zune: Welcome to England by Tori Amos
Social Media and Author Websites
Six Essential Tips for Getting Your Guest Posts Accepted by Ali Luke on Write to Done
6 Tips for Successful Networking by Rachelle Gardner
How to Build a Readership for Your Blog and Books by Jody Hedlund
3 Reasons Why Coercing Readers Into Newsletter Subscriptions is a Bad Idea by Roni Loren
Social Clear-Cutting – Can Our Social Media Behaviors Destroy Our Social Environment by Kristen Lamb
A 10-Point Plan for Connecting with Online Influencers (Without Turning into a Suck-Up) by Sonia Simone on Copyblogger
Discovering Your Author Brand by Stina Lindenblatt
Why Every Author Should be Guest Posting by Ali Luke on Aliventures
On the Craft
How to Become a Better Writer by Rachelle Gardner
Are Your Characters Based on Real People? by Jami Gold
What’s Your Vision? by Jodi Meadows on Pub(lising) Crawl
Character Development: Exploiting Weaknesses by Ava Jae on Writability
Is Your Scene Break a Lying, Cheating Fraud? by K.M. Weiland on Wordplay
It’s Not Just About the Writing by Martina Boone on Adventures in YA & Children’s Publishing
Ten Guidelines for Co-Writing on Romance Writers Behaving Badly
Flip the Script: End Anywhere by Jael McHenry on Writer Unboxed
Writing Mistake: Are Your Characters Invincible by Ava Jae on Writability
Five Smarter Habits of Great Writers by Joe Bunting on Write to Done
Commas and Dashes and Colons (oh my!) by Linda Gray on Write of Passage
Writerly Inspiration
WOW Wednesday: Nikki Loftin on Writing Big or Going Home on Adventures in YA & Children’s Publishing
Fall – Season of Renewed Hope and Commitment by Yelena Casale
7 Tips for Keeping Your Motivation as a Writer by Roz Morris on Nail Your Novel
On Editing, Critiquing, Querying, Publishing and more…
In Publishing, You Need Patience; Things Take A LOT of Time by Scott Eagan
What to Do When People Don’t Get Your Story by Jody Hedlund
Pitch to Win! by Michael Ehret on Novel Rocket
Why Every Author Needs a Professional Photo – Guest Post by Brent Foster on Marcy Kennedy’s blog
Writing Contest for Published and Unpublished Authors (Maryland Romance Writers) by Christi Barth
Submission Dos and Don’ts by Nephele on The Knight Agency blog
How to Deal With Revision Fatigue by Nathan Bransford
The Death of Genre: Drifting Toward a Post-Genre Future by Chuck Wendig
How to Be a Know-It-All by Jane Lebak on QueryTracker
Ways to Become an Insecure Writer by Lynda R. Young on W.I.P. It: an Author’s Journey
Ownership in the Digital Age, Part 1 on Dear Author
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)
This week on the blog:
My Guest Posts This Week:
Happy Reading and Writing, everyone!!!
Melinda
