Link Feast For Writers, vol. 39
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: Starting from next week, I’ll gather together all the links from the previous Feasts. So for few weeks, you can expect old links that are the best advice I’ve ever read about the topic.
If You Have Time For Only One Thing
58 Tips for Transforming Your Blog and Dazzling Your Readers by Marya Jan
On Writing
Amazon Bestselling Author Theresa Ragan says: “Write!”
Enemies of ther Art, Part 2: Psychic Vampires by Kristen Lamb
Enemies of the Art, Part 3: F.E.A.R. by Kristen Lamb
9 Tips For Finishing That Novel by Anna Staniszewski
Super Hero Nation’s Writing Post Index (dozens of excellent posts)
Make Your Writer’s Bookshelf Work For You by Jenny Hansen
How Much Do You Understand About Your Writing Process by Janice Hardy
3 Vs of Fiction: Vision by Darcy Pattison
3 Vs of Fiction: Voice by Darcy Pattison
3 Vs of Fiction: Vulnerability by Darcy Pattison
Beware the Under-Cooked Story Concept by Larry Brooks
Michael Hauge On How to Summarize Your Novel by Karen Woodward
Do You Like a Little Contradiction In Your Characters? by Jen Kirchner
Help With Character Development by Elizabeth S. Craig (great links)
What Nashville Can Teach Us About Character Archetypes by Janice Hardy
Aliette de Bodard on On Worldbuilding, Patchwork and Filing off Serial Numbers
Managing Story Conflict by Stavros Halvatzis
How to Write Powerful Endings by Stavros Halvatzis
An Easy Fix For a Tighter Point of View by Janice Hardy
Four Techniques to Show Rather Than Tell by Marcy Kennedy
Lessons From Oleander – Beware of Premature Editing by Kristen Lamb
Now You Can Revise, Part 4: Add More “I Understand You” Moments by Matt Bird
Now You Can Revise, Part 5: Set Up Your Pay-Offs Better by Matt Bird
Feedback on a Works in Progress: When, How Often, How by Darcy Pattison
Time Saving Tip When Writing a Book Series by Elizabeth S. Craig
Book Marketing
Different, Because (The Story of Telling)
A + B = You (The Secret Equation Every Author Needs to Know) by Shannon at DuoLit
The 4 Elements of Voice {& Why You Should Notice Your Own & Other People’s} by Abby Kerr
Branding 101: Who Do You Want to Be? by Jami Gold
Marketing Strategies: Who You Know, What You’ll Do and How You Access Readers? by Darcy Pattison
Are You Targeting the Wrong Readers? 7 Tips to Fix the Problem by Gary Korisko
How to Make Your Message Stick (The Story of Telling)
How to Engage Your Reader by Matthew Turner
Don’t Lose Your New Year Momentum! 5 Ways to Keep Up Marketing Motivation by Toni at DuoLit
8 Things to Do Immediately After You Get a New Email Subscriber by Ramsay at Blog Tyrant
How to Enlist “Interns” for Free: Getting Friends and Family to Help You Promote Your Book by Chris Robley
What Makes a Good Book Trailer: Some Key Elements by Laura Pepper Wu
Authors – Thinking About Partnering Up?: How The Partners in ParanormYA Did It by Angela Brown and Gwen Gardner
Slow Media by Seth Godin
Getting Your Book’s Goodreads Reviews On Kobo by Tamara Ward
To Ad or Not To Ad? by C.J. Lyons
(Self-)Publishing
Tick Tock: Timelines In the Author Business Plan by Susan Spann
The Business Rusch: Found Information by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Business Rusch: Editorial Revisions by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
7 Step Writer’s Guide to Submitting Work to Publication by Chris Robley
10 Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Query Letter by Brian Klems
Long Tail, Part 2: Eschew Slock by Debra Eve (great videos by Stephen Pressfield and Shawn Coyne)
Attending Conferences and Conventions As an Indie Author by Lindsay Buroker
Two Year Self-Publishing Anniversary–Thoughts on the Past and What’s Going to Work in the Future by Lindsay Buroker
Susan Kaye Quinn’s Self-Pub Basics (Part Three of Four): Formatting, The Hard Way
Blogging
Behave… The Internet Never Forgets by Jami Gold
Blogging For Writers by Elizabeth S. Craig (Is it worth it?)
Blogging From A to Z by Melinda F. Emerson
Who’s Your Blog’s Ideal Reader? by Annabel Candy
How to Improve Your Blog by Refocusing by Bryan Allain
Finding and Communicating Your Value by Chris Garrett
11 Easy Ways to Get Hundreds of Great Blog Post Ideas by Annabel Candy
Checklist: 7 Things You Have to Do to Write Unforgettable Articles by Henri Junttila
The Power of Collaboration by Amy Lee Andrews
How to Get Facebook to Pull the Right Images from Your WordPress Blog by Amy Lynn Andrews
Social Media
Feeling Overwhelmed? Social Media Can Make Us Crazy–Part 1 by Kristen Lamb
Maximizing Facebook–What We Can Learn From Puppy Dog Eyes and LOL Cats by Lisa Hall-Wilson
3 Simple Ways to Engage On Your Author Facebook Page by Caitlin Muir
Facebook Magic, Part 2 ~ From FB Goddess, Lisa Hall-Wilson
12 Tips to Engage People on Twitter by Cindy King
How to Nurture Your Twitter Community by Laura Lee Walker
10 Types of Social Media Updates—How Many Are You Using? by Michael Hyatt
What to Tweet – And What Not by Michelle McNickle
9 Ways to Use Social Media to Launch a Book by Michael Stelzner
Collected Wisdom
Writing Resources: January 2013 by Gene Lempp
Twitterific by Elizabeth S. Craig
Deep Stuff
What Does Your Behaviour Say About Who You Are? by Marcy Kennedy
“Better” Has No Finish Line – Lessons I’m Learning From Crossfit, Part 2 by Jenny Hansen
7 Principles to Live by in 2013 by Amy Lynn Andrews (these all really resonate with me)
The Question You Need to Ask Yourself by Justine Musk
How to Be a Visionary by Justine Musk
Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Who Served in the Military and How It Changed Their Work by Charlie Jane Anders
Why We Remember Young Adulthood Better Than Any Other Age? by Katy Waldman
Fun Stuff
Yet Another (Hilarious) Reason to Invest In an eReader by Jenny Hansen
Fiction Affliction: February Releases In Fantasy by Suzanne Johnson
Fiction Affliction: Genre Benders For February by Suzanne Johnson
All the Game of Thrones Fan Theories You Absolutely Need to Know by Rock Bricken
111 Movie Sequels Currently In Works by Simon Brew
Thanks for the shout-out, Reeta. Another phenomenal roundup!
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