Link Feast For Writers, vol. 27
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.
If You Have Time For Only One Thing
The Best Way To Build a Writer’s Platform Is To Write by Karen Woodward
On Writing
Pantsers, Plotters – And Puzzlers by Ruth Nestvold
6 NaNoWriMo Tips by Jenny Hansen
How To Write a Novel In a Month by James Scott Bell
NaNoWriMo: How To Reach Your Daily Wordcount by Karen Woodward
Put Time On Your Side by C.J. Lyons (new program to help you meet your wordcount)
5 Ways To Make Your Novel High Concept by Dalya Moon
Structure Part 7: Genre Matters by Kristen Lamb
9 Tips For Creating a Compelling Novel by Jody Hedlund
NaNoWriMo Prep: Thematic Image Systems by Alexandra Sokoloff
ABC Character by Lynn Viehl (quick prep technique for NaNoWriMo)
From Idea To Fully Viable Story Plan in One Blog Post by Larry Brooks
How Much Worldbuilding Before You Write by Juliette Wade
Orson Scott Card & the MICE Quotient: How to Structure Your Story by Karen Woodward
Donald Maass’ The Inner Journey Lecture Notes by Karen Woodward
My Favorite Points of View by Bill Hopkins
Structure Part 8: Balancing the Scenes That Make Up Your Novel by Kristen Lamb
Making a Scene: Using Conflicts and Setbacks To Create Narrative Drive by Karen Woodward
Create Vivid Images To Bring Your Novel To Life by Darcy Pattison
Does Your Dialogue Deserve to Exist? by Marcy Kennedy
Chapter Breaks: Where They Should Go by Karen Woodward
Manuscript Revisions – Keep the Promises You Made To Your Readers by Veronica Sicoe
Manuscript Revisions – Is This a Scene? by Veronica Sicoe
Is Genre Dying? by Marcy Kennedy
A Successful Author Builds a Team by Dan Blank
Your Author Platform
Tips For Building Your Personal Brand by Penelope Trunk
Find What Works To Build Your Platform by Laura Howard
How Authors Can Reach Readers Without Self-Promotion by Orna Ross
Is Your Author Website Doing Its Job? 6 Things To Check by Laura Pepper Wu
How To Create Your Own Marketing Team by Rachelle Gardner
Do You Have a Launch Team? (Take a page from Rachelle Gardner’s book)
5 Ways To Build Buzz For Your Next Book by Chelsea Cameron
Tips For Gathering Reviews: A Guide For Indie Authors by DuoLit (5:55 mins long video)
3 Reasons Why Coercing Readers Into Newsletter Subscriptions Is a Bad Idea by Roni Loren
Unconventional Marketing: Three Unique Ways To Promote Your Books by Ryan Casey (One of these is something I would have never thought of)
5 Youtube Promotion Tips for Authors by Chris Robley
7 Reasons Why Your Book Should Also Be an Audio Book by Thomas Umstattd
The Click Moment: Embracing Randomness For Writers by Joanna Penn
Building a Writer Platform: How Much Is Enough by Chuck Sambuchino
(Note: It will likely take at least a year of dedicated work and a few books behind you to reach the lowest of these milestones. See these as long-term goals, not as something you compare yourself to when you’re just starting out)
Are Self-Published Books the New Query Letter by Erin Kern
Ruth Harris Reports: Editors and Editing Part 4
Self-Published Authors: Reach New Readers With New Genres, Story Elements and Categories by D.D. Scott
Self Publishing On the Wrong Side of the Atlantic by Catherine Ryan Howard
Book Review Blogs That Accept Self-Published Work by Karen Woodward
Who Is Reading the 99c Books? by Catherine Ryan Howard
Blogging
Should All Authors Blog? by Rachelle Gardner
How To Blog Smarter (And Get More Readers) by Shannon at Duolit
7 Blogging Tips For Authors by Chris Robley
50 Things To Blog About When You Have Writer’s Block by Caitlin Muir
How To Use Headlines To Get To “One Thought” by Sean D’Souza
56 Guest Posts and Counting: How To Keep On Top of Them All by Timo Kiander
SEO Tips & Tricks: How To Make Google Love Your Blog by Karen Woodward
How To Attribute Artwork Licensed Under the Creative Commons by Karen Woodward
Social Media
Twitter For Writers: Three Essential Types of Tweets by Ryan Casey
10 Twitter Hashtags to Get You Writing (And Keep You Writing) by Krissy Brady
3 Ways To Grow Your Email List With Twitter by Gregory Ciotti
3 Principles For Facebook Fan Pages by Jane Friedman
How To Run a Goodreads Giveaway With Maximal Results: 11 Tips by Emlyn Chand
Collected Wisdom
Blog Treasures by Gene Lempp
Twitterific by Elizabeth S. Craig
Friday Features by Yesenia Vargas
Deep Stuff
Why Not All Who Wander Are Lost by Debra Eve (Are you a Renaissance Soul?)
Six Clever Tricks For a Better To Do List by Ali Luke
Know Yourself by Mark McGuinness
How To Achieve Your Full Potential As a Writer by Carol Tice
The Beginner’s Guide To Unschooling by Leo Baubata
Tinsel Town’s New Favorite Trope: The Female Scientist by Emily Asher-Perrin
The Symbolism of Rabbits and Hares by Terri Windling
Fun Stuff
What Lord of the Rings Character Are You? by Marcy Kennedy
Designing From the Bones: Fruit From the World Tree by Gene Lempp
Fiction Affliction: “Genre-Benders” For October by Suzanne Johnson (such fascinating concepts)
Fiction Affliction: November Releases in Fantasy by Suzanne Johnson
10 Characters Whose Genders Were Swapped In Production by Susana Polo
The Pinterest Effect: The Economic Impact of Pinterest by Traci Davies
Playground Parents by Traci Davies
Wow, what a rich and useful list, Reetta! There’s a lot of great posts and articles up there, some by really incredible writers I love and admire. I’m positively psyched you included my links as well, and I’m very thankful. 🙂
Wish you a happy Halloween!
Thanks, Veronica. I’ve really enjoyed your recent editing posts and I’m glad I discovered your blog.
Thank you again, Reeta, for all the time and effort you put into these superb roundups!
Debra Eve recently posted..Why Not All Who Wander Are Lost
Thanks, Debra. I’m glad I could include your great post 🙂
Wow, thanks so much for this fantastic collection! I just blew 2 hours reading these – and there are more I want to check out! Love the one about unique marketing ideas… yep, it’s funny how the Kindles on display at Staples and Best Buy around here end up on the Time’s Enemy book page every time I’m there LOL. And Gene’s blog treasures (how did I miss that one?) gave me an incredible plot bunny!
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Thank you very much for collating this excellent list! I particularly love James Scott Bell. Not that I would even attempt to write a novel in a month, but the man is amazing. I’ll definitely check out the rest.
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Looks like you’ve got some great marketing links! Off to check them out. Thanks Reetta. 🙂
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