Link Feast vol. 6
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.
On Writing
Better writing through pressure by Lara Schiffbauer
How to make your book pop out from the sea of same by P.W. Creighton (btw, notice how every picture in this blog has the same misty look than the blog’s background)
Book review of John Truby’s Anatomy Of A Story by Jennifer Jensen
Wonders happen in the writing world too. How Jennifer Jensen’s writer’s blog got her an agent.
How to create a remarkable writing voice by Les Edgerton
Elements of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Act One by Alexandra Sokololoff
Are you a craft junkie? by Jillian Kent
Man against nature – how to make it work by Kristen Lamb
What parts of your life are not homogenized, pasteurized, FDA-approved, plastic-wrapped, unscented, tasteless, pablum? by Holly Lisle
Escalate the scale of your story by Donald Maass
Why you should be writing short stories by Anne R. Allen
10 ways to spark creative connections by Cheryl Reif
25 realizations writers need to have by Chuck Wendig
Your Author Platform
What should you blog about? by Anne R. Allen (from February but one of the most helpful blogs about the topic that I have seen)
8 ways to build a loyal readership for your blog by Judy Dunn
Killer Flagship Content by Chris Garret (free 17 page PDF book)
Quote: “What we really want is
one trusted resource
that fully answers the question,
in a language we can understand,
in a place we can easily find”
And I would add to that: in a site that looks good. That means both the website design and the structure of the blog post (grammar, subtitles, having white space, great pictures etc.)
So, what questions are your blog posts answering (and asking)?
279 days to overnight success – An unconventional journey to full time writing
A free 79 page PDF book by a blogging guru Chris Guillebeau
1000 days after overnight success by Chris Guillebeau
How to profit from your creative work, not by teaching ‘how to’ by Chris Garrett
Has social media handicapped our social skills? by Bri Clark
Author Branding Plan: The Icon by Jen Talty
How to build a reputation by C.J. Lyons
Ruth Harris Reports: Covers & Cover designers (part 1)
Book Marketing: Why I gave up trying to build a huge Social Media following by J. Steve Miller
Social Media
How to become a Twitter Ninja by Michael Hyatt
Twitter chat tips for introverts by Judy Dunn
5 ways to enchance your Facebook timeline with images
The Power of Photos: How to get more traffic from Pinterest by Judy Dunn
Tumblr tips for writers (check out best selling YA writer Cassandra Clare’s Tumblr blog to see someone acing it)
Collected Wisdom
Blog Treasures by Gene Lempp (April 28th)
Twitterific by Elizabeth S. Craig (April 29th)
Writing on the Ether by Porter Anderson (April 26th)
Fill me in Friday by Roni Loren (April 27th)
Deep Stuff
The greatest girl characters in literature by Mari Ness at tor.com
Everybody’s a Bitch by Emma Burcart
Catie Rhodes gets nostalgic and gives us a glimpse on how life was like in 40s and 60s – and now.
Fun Stuff
10 bestselling authors of all times (can you guess who they are?)
Jenny Hansen has gathered fun random facts about women
Everything I need to know about Sci-fi, I learned from Star Trek by Piper Bayard
Neologistically speaking by Julie Glover (have you ever heard these words before?)
And oldie but goodie by CC MacKenzie: What if Bill Gates built a car & Ford’s response
K.B. Owen’s hilarious post about raccoons
Boyfriend of the week: Paul Wesley by Roni Loren
Best American Idol performances ever by Roni Loren (with videos!)
Spoiler free Avengers movie review
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog by Joss Whedon (YouTube video)
Thanks, Reetta, for the raccoon blog link! I can see by your list that we read a lot of the same bloggers, LOL. Great mashup!
K.B. Owen recently posted..Writers and language: a humor mashup
My pleasure. I love your blogging voice 🙂 And you’re right, most of my links comes from WANA blogs so if you read them already, there might not be much new things.
Thanks for all those links! *click* *click* *click*
😀
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Thanks so much for including my blog post! You’ve got some great links listed up there, and it makes me feel good you thought to include mine! I’ll be spending some time checking them all out. 🙂
Hi, Reetta. Lovely surprise to be included – thanks! And it looks like you’ve got some great links here, most by bloggers I’m familiar with, but a few new ones. I’m going to be busy reading for a while!
Jennifer Jensen (@jenjensen2) recently posted..Can a Writer’s Blog Really Help You Get an Agent?
What a wonderful mashup. Some of these links deal with things I’ve been looking for info on, so thanks Reetta!
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I’m glad to hear you found the links useful 🙂 Thanks for the comment, Lynn.
That what we really want quote is great!
Thanks for sharing more great stuff 🙂
The quote was from Chris Garret’s eBook. Thanks for checking the links out, Coleen.