Link Feast For Writers, vol. 30
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 Business Rusch: Agents and Money by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (what an eye opener)
On Writing
NaNo Check-In: Lessons From the Halfway Point by Jami Gold
Slow Writer Reformed: It Can Be Done by Roni Loren
7 Habits of Highly Profilic Writers by Henri Junttila
4 Options For Improving Your Fiction by Suzannah Windsor Freeman
How to Prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Dr. Rita Hancock
NaNoWriMo Kernel Idea Examples by Bob Mayer
Writing Starts With “I Want” by Kim Harrison
Why Stories Should Never Begin at the Beginning by Chuck Wendig
Donald Maass Talks About How to Make Your Readers Care About Your Characters by Karen Woodward
Five Common First Chapter Mistakes by Jody Hedlund
Revealing Your Novel’s Theme by Rachel Larow
Bringing the Theater to Your Writing by Evie Manieri
Too Smart? Intelligence in Romance Novels by Heather Massey
3 Types of Humor: Getting Them on the Page by Charlotte Carter
A Cauldron of Spooky Words for Your Halloween by Sharla Rae (how did I miss this one?)
Red Hair Is Not As Uncommon As You Think – 25 Repeated YA Cliches (PDF) by Joëlle Anthony
The New Red-Haired Best Friend (Updated List of Most Used Things in YA) by Joëlle Anthony
Reading Your Work: Pre and Post Editing by The Edit Dude at WG2E
Career Turning Points: Read 200 Books in Your Genre by Joëlle Anthony
Career Turning Points: Finally Call Yourself a Writer by Stephanie Burgis
Career Turning Points: No More Trend Chasing by Eric Luper
An Unorthodox Method to Developing a Wicked Vocabulary by Demian Farnworth
8 Tips For a Great Conference Experience by Janice Hardy
25 Things Writers Should Know About Conferences and Conventions by Chuck Wendig
Your Author Platform
eBook or Print: When Do You Buy One Over the Other by Roni Loren
Three Game Changers to Launch Your Career by C.J. Lyons
What Does Your Online Activity Say About You? by Rachelle Gardner
A 3-Step Way to Becoming a Celebrity Author by John Yeoman
Spacing Releases to Keep Readers Hooked by Elizabeth S. Craig
Book Titles: The Resonance Is All by Barry Eisler
Titles Part 2: Acquired Resonance by Barry Eisler
Why Ignoring Offline Promotion Is a Bad Idea (and 9 Ideas to Get Your Started) by Toni at Duolit
Observations From Running a Free Book Sale by Elizabeth S. Craig
How an Enterprising Author Sold a Million Self-Published Books by Mark McGuinness (she’s C.J. Lyons, a writer of excellent thrillers with heart)
Blogging
Possibly the Best Blogging Tip Ever by Rachelle Gardner
13 Types of Author Blogs: Pros and Cons by Veronica Sicoe
Branding Your Blog: You Make a Promise With Your Every Post by Julie Cottineau
Cheat Sheet to Hypnotic Storytelling by Demian Farnworth
Key To Consistent Blogging Success: How to Find Your Voice by Bill Zipp
What 8 Best Selling Magazines Can Teach You About Irrestistible Content by Demian Farnworth
Which magazine is the best match for your blogging style? Grab a copy and see what you can learn.
5 Steps to Creating an Everlasting Gopstopper of Traffic by Jon Morrow
10 Ways to Beat Online Obscurity by Demian Farnworth
5 Tips to Make Your Blog Posts More Shareable by Andrew K. Kirk
How to Install Google Analytics by Amy Lynn Andrews
Social Media
10 Strategies to Keep You Afloat in the Treacherous Social Media Waters by Janalyn Voight
Avoid the Twitter Timesuck: Twitter Less Than 10 Minutes a Day by Laura Pepper Wu
It’s a Brave New World by Diana Beebe (be careful about what you share)
Lexi Ryan on Using Facebook to Increase eBook Sales
Collected Wisdom
Blog Treasures by Gene Lempp
Twitterific by Elizabeth S. Craig
Friday Features by Yesenia Vargas
Deep Stuff
100 Best Ways to Becoming a Better Writer by Demian Farnworth
The Path to Mastery by Robert Greene
Bullying: The New Dynamic by Lisa Hall-Wilson
High School Halls: What If High School Sucks by Julie Glover
Fun Stuff
Your Sex Life Is Boring and Every Animal on Earth is Laughing About It by Robert T. Gonzales (hilarious video)
Designing From Bones – Evil For a Reason: Morgana and Mordred by Gene Lempp
All Hobbit Trailers Stitched Together in Chronological Order by Meredith Woerner (over 7 minutes of Hobbit)
7 Norse Myths We Wouldn’t Have Without Snorri by Nancy Marie Brown
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My (Half) Brother: Ill-Considered Family Members in SFF by Emily Asher-Perrin
Movie Review: Skyfall Unquestioningly Belongs to Dame Judi Dench by Charlie Jane Anders (Spoiler alert)
Fantasy Novels That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity by Charlie Jane Anders
Alternative History’s Distortive Mirror by Aidan Harte
10 Must Books to Read to Understand the History of Earth by Annalee Newitz
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I'm a Finnish fantasy / urban fantasy writer who loves reading, roleplaying and all things medieval. 
Thanks for the shout out, Reetta. 🙂 This an incredible list! I think I will be here for a few days to get through them.
Diana Beebe recently posted..Decreasing My Footprint
Thanks Diana. The other collected link posts I’m linking to always take me quite a chunk of time 🙂 But I want to read all the links at once so I’m saving browsing them for a moment when I have enough time.
Thank you very much for a wonderful list, again! I’ve read Rachelle Gardener’s blog and she’s absolutely right. I love by Donald Maass too.
Am deep in the editing pit but had to step out and comment!
CC MacKenzie recently posted..RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE FAMOUS
Good luck with editing! And thanks for taking the time to leave a comment 🙂
Awesome as always! I never miss KKR, and I was LOL at the one about red hair in YA. Glad to see I didn’t commit any of those cliches in my WIP. Thanks again for collecting these!
Jennette Marie Powell recently posted..ROW80: Running out of Story
Kristine Kathryn Rusch rocks. And cliches can be embarrassing but also fun when done with a new twist. It’s always good to know your book is free of the bad cliches.
I knew I could count on you to take care of me while I was away. This is fantastic! Thanks, Reetta! I need to go lock myself in a quiet room so that I can read all day long.
Debra Kristi recently posted..Creating Gods with Krystal Wade : Immortal Monday
Welcome back! I’m glad you found the links useful.