Link Feast For Writers, vol. 14
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: I am taking a short break from Link Feast. The series returns as a once a month feature on the last week of each month. Next Wednesday I will blog about Holly Lisle’s Sweet Spot Mind Maps and how to use them to inspire your writing.
If You Have Time For Only One Thing:
Holly Lisle has published the first 5 lessons of her How To Think Sideways writer’s career course as eBooks.
- How To Break Through The 4 Thinking Barriers To Your Writing Success
- How To Discover Your Writing “Sweet Spot” (a brilliant, brilliant technique for idea mining)
- How To Generate Ideas On A Deadline
- How To Recognize And Build On Good Ideas
- How To Define Your Writing Project’s Needs
These are real bang for your bucks. Grab your copies (contains Amazon & B&N links)
On Writing
Writing Fiction With The 1-3-1 Method by Teresa Frohock
7 Simple Ways To Make A Good Story Great by Elizabeth Sims
Add Depth To Your Story With Motifs by Julie Eshbaugh
Writing As MMORPG: Building Your Writing Addiction by Daniel Swensen
Making Heroes Heroic: Why Flaws Are Important by Kristen Lamb
What Would Main Character Do: Creating Depth & Motivation In Your Characters by Amie Kaufman
Revealing Character Through Details by Julie Eshbaugh
Fresh, Fresh, Fresh Character Descriptions by Margie Lawson
Ordinary People Are Boring by C.S. Lakin
Strong Heroines by Vahini Naidoo
Character & Theme Study: You Should See Prometheus Just For Michael Fassbender’s Android David by Natalie Zutter
Special Needs In Strange World by Theresa Frohock
Tips For Writing Heavy Emotional Scenes by Jami Gold
Time Transitions by Ilona Andrews
Ramp Up The Fight To Amp Up The Tension by Jenny Hansen
Worldbuilding: The Hooks of Magic In Your Book by Martina Boone
25 Things You Should Know About Fantasy by Chuck Wendig
Genre Mashing by Jodi Meadows
Titles Matter by Deborah Cannon
5 Stages of Editing Grief by Lynda R. Young
Free Program Spots Cliches & Overused Words by Jason Boog (for PC with Windows)
Inspiration On Demand: Create a Swipe File by Marelisa Fabrega
Urgency To Write: How To Keep The Fire Burning by August McLaughlin
If You Can’t Read More, Read Better by Christopher Jackson
Writing A Great Short Story by Lee Masterson
The Not So Secret Backdoor To Publishing by Mandy Hubbard
How One Editor Edits by S. Jae-Jones
Bringing Your Baby To Editorial Board by S. Jae-Jones
Do you CRAVE Success by C.S. Lakin
Would You Take Bullet For Your Art by Jenny Hansen
Your Author Platform
A Post In Which You Tell Me About Self Promotion by David. B. Coe
(read the comments, they have great insights on what kind of marketing works for these authors & super readers
Why Publishing Your First Novel Is Like Running For Student Body President by Michelle Haimoff
Free Sites To Promote Your eBook by Jason Boog
“No Rules” Marketing For Introverts by Marcia Yudkin
8 Great Examples Of Personal Domain Names In Action (ThinkTraffic)
10 Step Guide To Fixing Your Writer Website That Cost You Clients by Carol Tice
Stop Trying To Go Viral And Start Being Symbiotic by Christopher Penn
Do You Know Why People Buy Your Book? by Brian Feinblum
Self Promotion: An Author’s Perspective and Guide by Susan Dennard
Start Your Grass Root Campaign With 10 People by Brian Feinblum
Does Swag Sell Books by Roni Loren
How To Resolve Your Brand Identity Crisis by Abby Kerr (her site looks awesome, btw)
Amazon’s Ever Changing Algorithms by Edward Robertson
Will You Vouch For Me by Tamela Hancock Murray
Taken Cover Reveal & Interview With The Designer by Erin Bowman
Covers & Cover Designers – Part 3 by Ruth Harris (how much a pro book cover costs?)
Blogging
How To Balance Your Blogging Tasks Without Going Crazy (Pushing Social)
6 Sinister Blog Time Wasters (Pushing Social)
21 Quick Actions For Massive Blog Success (ThinkTraffic)
5 Habits That Make Me A More Creative Blogger & Writer by Judy Dunn
Harry Potter Headlines: 10 Ways To Conjure Up a Viral Blog Post Title by Judy Dunn
Search Engine Optimize Your Blog by Annabel Candy
How To Land A Guest Post Every Time by Mary Jaksch
3 Metrics Every Blogger Should Be Tracking by Michael Hyatt
Social Media
The Great Twitter Experiment: What Does More Tweets Really Get You by Janice Hardy
Coming Clean About My Twitter Success by Claude Bouchard
A Twitter Love Story by Tiffany Reisz
Why You’re Better Off Following The Little Guy by Steven Rossi
Why 150 Twitter Followers Is All You Really Need by Srinivas Rao
#followfriday Revolution by Maija Haavisto
8 Tips About Twitter Lists by Jade Craven
Why Twitter Lists Are Less Effective by Ari Herzog
How To Increase Engagement On Your Facebook Posts [Infograph] (Social Mouths)
Can Google+ Pull More Readers To Your Blog by Judy Dunn
Collected Wisdom
Blog Treasures by Gene Lempp (June 23)
Twitterific by Elizabeth S. Craig (June 24)
Writing on the Ether: Clear Surface by Porter Anderson (June 21)
Fill Me In Friday by Roni Loren (June 22)
Friday Features by Yesenia Vargas (June 22)
This Week In Favs by Melinda S. Collins (June 21)
Deep Stuff
If You’re Consuming Too Much, You’re Creating Too Little by Cynthia Morris
The Truth About Yourself by LaRae Quy
Boy Books, Girl Books by Clare Langley-Hawthorne
Fun Stuff
The Men Of True Blood Video by Roni Loren (Yum!)
True Blood Fan Confession: I’m So Over Sookie Stackhouse by Shoshana Kessock
Watch The Avengers Get A Firefly Intro (0:54min video)
Designing From Bones: Cannibalizing Fiction by Gene Lempp
Game Of Thrones: Valar Morgulis by Leigh Alexander
June Releases in Urban Fantasy by Suzanne Johnson
An Introduction To Bordertown (tor.com) [Bordertown is one of the first Urban Fantasy works]
Shannon’s Law: A Short Story by Cory Doctorow in the Bordertown setting (what happens when you mix internet and another realm?)
Explore The Summer Reading Flowchart
The Origins of Zorro by Mary Miley
What Your Books Do When No One Is Watching (1:51min video)
7 Most Insane Things Ever Done To Get Out Of Something (cracked.com)
6 Greatest Things Accomplished by Dead Bodies (cracked.com)
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About Reetta
I'm a Finnish fantasy / urban fantasy writer who loves reading, roleplaying and all things medieval. 
Wow, Reetta. Between you and Gene, the writing world is set for mashups! And each of yours is unique. Thanks for including me in another wonderful one.
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Thank you, August 🙂 I love your blog. I can always rely on finding a post from you to feature.
Holy cow! I know where I’ll be for the next couple of hours. 🙂
Great roundup of links–thanks for including mine!
Jami Gold recently posted..3 Tips for Writing Heavy Emotional Scenes
*grins* Thanks, Jami. I know the feeling. I always lose at least an hour with Twitterific and Gene’s and Yesenia’s mashups. And that’s despite me reading all these blogs.
Really useful link feast, Reeta! I can see how much work you’ve put in…it’s appreciated. Now to read the stuff I’ve missed…
Debra Eve recently posted..Do You Know How Tuscany Got Its Name?
Thank you, Debra. What a catchy title your most recent blog post has. I have a vaguely recalled idea on how Tuscany got it’s name but I must read and find out.
Your Link Feasts are sumptuous, Reetta. The once-a-month schedule makes them even more desirable–and I appreciate that you don’t require reservations. Okay, I’m off to check out Holly Lisle’s lessons. Thanks, Reetta!
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Hi, Reetta —
Thank you SO much for featuring my article on resolving your brand identity crisis in this feast. Honored to have my work included. 🙂
— Abby
Abby Kerr recently posted..A Plea to the Entrepreneurial Blogosphere: Stop Mimicking A-Listers & Other Brand Idols. Please.
amazing job, Reetta. I totally understand why this will become a monthly feature. well done, my friend.
Louise Behiel recently posted..Do You Like Making Decisions or Do You Defer in ALL Things to Somone Else? Dependent Personality Disorder
Holy cowbell, Reetta! This is SUCH a feast. I’m worrying I won’t get through all these before my vacation so I’m going to take your advice and start with Holly Lisle’s. 🙂
Jenny Hansen recently posted..Crazy Books, Part 2: When OMG Measures Up To Its Acronym
Wow, tons of good stuff here as always! I don’t see how you find the time to compile it all – bookmarking to read some of these later!
I love that you started with Holly Lisle, too. I’ve taken several of her workshops (working through How to Think Sideways now, as a matter of fact), and I can’t recommend them enough. Her How to Revise Your Novel workshop truly took my writing to the next level!
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