Link Feast For Writers, vol. 15
Writing blogs are a great way to learn about the craft and marketing our work. Enjoy the posts I’ve hoarded, some older, some recent.
(Note: Last week I said that Link Feast would become a monthly feature. But in two weeks I gathered already so many links that I will likely post these every other week.)
If You Have Time For Only One Post:
Perfection by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
On Writing
The Ending Debate: Make Mine Realistic by Lisa Hall-Wilson
The Ending Debate: Make Mine Happy by Melinda Van Lone
The Ending Debate: Make Mine Hopeful by Marcy Kennedy
The Ending Debate: Make Mine Open by Diane Capri
The Hard Work Of Writing: Do You Embrace It by Jami Gold
How To Put Your Story Together In One Neat Tweet by Theresa at Edittorrent
It’s All Fun And Games Until Somebody Writes A Story About It by Kristin Nador
Worse Than A Cliché by Tiffany Lawson Ingman
My Character Is Like… Fill In The Blank by Darcy Pattison
Character Arcs Made Easy by Fae Rowen
Voice Experiments by Darcy Patterson
Finding Your Voice Workshop by Jennifer Stevenson
When Something Is Not Quite Right With A Scene by Elizabeth S. Craig
Politically Correct Overkill by S.B. Stewart-Laing
His Or Her Story? Using Multiple Main Characters and Story Lines by Michelle Davidson
Point of View: Common Types & 5 Tips To Strenghten Yours by Lori Devoti
5 Advantages To Using Omniscient Point Of View by Linda Adams
Marks of the Amateur – Starting a List by Alicia at Edittorrent
Freelance Editor Talks About Authors’ Habits & Predictable Writing by Elyse Dinh-McCrillis
How To Write Massive Quantities On Demand by James Chartrand
10 Things To Do With Your Write Hand by Suzannah Windsor
8 Tips To Waking Up Early & Conquering The Alarm Clock by Loren Pilinis
The Business of (Successful) Writing by Greg Carrico
Your Author Platform
What Makes You Special by Mark McGuinness
10 Word Branding Challenge & 7 Free Sites To Promote Your Book by Marcia Richards
Publishing Isn’t A Meritocracy, It’s A Casino by Kameron Hurley (how her book became an Award nominated success)
Promote Your Book on a Budget: 20 Thrifty Ways to Get Your Writing Out There by Chris Robley
What To Avoid When Writing Back Cover Copy by Allie B. Books
Debra Eve’s Successful Blog Re-Launch & Self-Publishing Launch (Amazon #1 Bestseller) (PDF)
How To Engage Your Crazy-Dedicated Fan Base by Shannon at Duolit
3 Steps to Pinpoint Your Crazy-Dedicated Readers’ Favorite Hangouts by Toni at Duolit
How To Keep In Touch With Fans by Lindsay Buroker
Newsletters 101: Email Marketing for Authors by Lindsay Buroker
How I Increased My Email Subscribers By 500% In One Week (SocialMouths)
4 Ways To Improve Your Amazon Ranking (And Sell More Books) by Laura Pepper Wu
Undead Advertising by Ellie Ann Soderstrom (can you make your plugs this funny?)
20 Easy Ways Readers Can Help Promote Your Book by Jody Hedlund
How To Query Amazon: The Little Goat That Could by David Gaughran
Gathered Query Post Links by Elana Johnson
Great Example Of An Unsolicited Query Letter That Sold by Jenny Bent
Blogging
Why I Think Some Authors Go Hermit by Michelle Davidson
Author Blogging 101: 8 Blogging Styles by Joel Friedlander
Types Of Blogs: Which One Is The Right For You? by Sommer Leigh
College of Blogging: Nine People’s Favourite Thing by Sommer Leigh
Blog Follower Explosion by Elana Johnson
College of Blogging: Feedly – The Magic Button To Make Your Blog Reading Easy by Sommer Leigh
College of Blogging: Tools & Tips For Managing Your Blogging Time by Sommer Leigh
Content Marketing Zen: The 5-Step Process to Creating Remarkable Content by Gregory Ciotti
Do You Have An Idea Garden? by Charlie Gilkey
12 Must-Do Tasks For The New WordPress Site Owner by Pamela Wilson
10 Steps To Finding Your Blog’s Writing Voice by Jeff Goins
5 Signs You’re Having A Blog Identity Crisis & 8 Ways To Fix It by Roni Loren
A Look At The Blogger / Publisher Relationship (Staffer’s Book Reviews)
Social Media
‘Social’: Over The Top by Porter Anderson
The 6 Types Of Social Media Users (Social Media Today)
Twitter – A Matter Of Personal Taste Or A Set Of Rules? by Rachel Abbott
Revamp Your Twitter Page In 7 Days (Wise Ink)
5 New Twitter Marketing Tools by Social Media Examiner
How Should Authors Handle Facebook by Jody Hedlund
8 Fast And Furious Ways To Maneuver Facebook Changes Without Crashing And Burning by Kristin Nador
Collected Wisdom
Blog Treasures by Gene Lempp
Twitterific by Elizabeth S. Craig
Friday Features by Yesenia Vargas
Writing on the Ether: Independence by Porter Anderson
Extra Ether: eBooks Gone In 5 Years? by Porter Anderson
Deep Stuff
Simple Steps to Better Health, Organization and Progress Toward Your Goals by Lynn Johnston
The Many Reasons We Rely On Our Clutter by Leo Baubata
10 Myths About Introverts by Anna Wojnarowska
The Importance of Ripples by Tracy Hurley
“You’re Not Special”, He Says At High School Graduation Commencement by Shannon Lell
Fun Stuff
Ellen De Generes Reads E.L. James’ Fifty Shades Of Gray by Emma Meade (Hilarious video!)
Your Punctuation Personality Type by Leah Petersen
Rejection Letters: The Publishers Who Got It Embarrassingly Wrong (Huffington Post)
Stupid Deaths by S.B. Stewart-Laing
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Wow, Reetta! You’re not kidding that this is a link fest! So much great stuff here! Thanks so much for including my post and I see so many others I have to read! Thanks!
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Thanks for the awesome post, Marcia.
I remember seeing that Ellen video—it is so funny! Thanks for more great links!
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Ellen De Generes is one of my favourite TV people. Thanks for checking the links out 🙂
This extra, unexpected link feast is welcome, Reetta. Thank you! Are the 23-hour-of sunshine days keeping you awake and at your keyboard?
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Thanks for the comment love, Pat. I’ve been staying up late recently but I need to type more my own stuff and read other people’s blogs less 😉 WANA friends make resisting that temptation hard, though.
Your link feasts are insane! You must spend an absorbent amount of time on the internet! Thanks so much!
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I admit my guilt there 😉 Reading people’s blogs and learning new things is just so much fun.