This week’s list is going to be a little short. I’ve been trying to get caught on sooooo much between social media and writing and the dayjob. So next week we’ll be back to normal with at least 25 writing links! :0)
Playing on the Zune: Reckless Abandonment by The Spill Canvas
Social Media and Author Websites
Twitter Tips and Tricks by Talli Roland on The Writer’s Guide to E-Publishing
On the Craft
Figuring Out Where Your Pacing Went Wrong by Roni Loren
Why Packing for a Trip is Like Writing – Do It With Purpose or It Can Cost You by Angela Quarles
Re-Versioning, Not Retelling by Sophie Masson on Writer Unboxed
Are You a Real Writer? By Carolyn Kaufman on QueryTracker.net
Why Your Hero Needs a Yappy Sidekick by K.M. Weiland on Wordplay
Magic Mike’s Guide to Seducing Your Audience (and Leave Them Panting for More) by Betsy Talbot on Copyblogger
Tying Up Loose Ends – Don’t Let Your Reader Down by Scott Eagan
3 Ways to Create Characters that Grip Readers’ Hearts by Jody Hedlund
7 Tips for Crafting a Believable Fantasy, guest post by Leah Cypess on Adventures in YA & Children’s Publishing
3 Ways The Emotion Thesaurus Helps You Write Better by Marcy Kennedy
Using GMC to Add Romantic Tension, guest post by Martina Boone on Joan Swan’s blog
Designing from Bones – Fantasy Realms of the Real World by Gene Lempp
What is Commercial Fiction by Annie Neugebauer
Writerly Inspiration
In the Beginning…. by Ann Aguirre on Writer Unboxed
On Editing, Critiquing, Querying, Publishing and more…
4 Tenets of Self-Publishing and 4 Essential Resources by Fabio Bueno
An Author Speaks Out by Lynn Price on the Behler Blog
An Industry on the Brink – Five Mistakes that are Killing Traditional Publishing by Kristen Lamb
Beginners Guide to Hiring a Freelance Editor by Cassandra Marshall on Pub(lishing) Crawl
The Ultimate #RWA12 Conference Packing List by Jami Gold
What’s Happening With My Publisher Contract? by Rachelle Gardner
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:
Happy Reading and Writing, everyone!!!
Melinda
