Links of Interest to Writers

More great writing advice!

• Stavros Halvatzis:  How Conflict Leads To Character Growth

• Pretentious Title:  FAQ:  To Blog Or Not To Blog 

• The Business of Being an Author:  Simple Tactics To Grow Your Author Platform by Marquita Herald

• Susan Uhlig:  175 Proof  (Are you watering down your stories and articles by not proofing carefully?)

• All Write - Fiction Advice:  The Art of Layering - Part 1 by A. J. Humpage

• The Creativity Post:  Daring To Push The Boundaries of Creativity by Carla Woolf

Links of Interest to Writers

Need something to read? How about some articles on writing?

• The Purple Crayon:  Children's Book Agents & Artist's Representatives:  a Guide by Harold Underdown (If you haven't discovered The Purple Crayon yet, you need to head there RIGHT NOW! It has pretty much anything you'd ever need to know to write for children.

• Writer's Digest:  The 12 Dos and Don'ts of Writing a Blog by Brian A. Klems

• Laini Taylor's Blog:  Book Finishing Day + Retreat Advice

• Author Magazine:  How to Set Up a Virtual Book Tour by Midge Raymond

• Creative Writing Video Tutorials for The Multimedia Age:  Critical Thinking for Creative Writers and Artists by Cy Porter

• Wordy Birdie:  What's Wrong With My Picture Book Text?

Links of Interest to Writers

Education never stops! Here are some articles that might help you learn more about your writing.

• The Plot Whisperer:  How to Pre-Plot a Series

• GalleyCat:  Free Writing Cheat Sheet (article by Jason Boog, Sheet by Mike Shea)

• Tranquility:  A free text editor that helps you with poems - rhyme helper, syllable counter

• Slick Write:  A free text editor for prose

• Write to Done:  Transform Your Post from 'Good' to 'Awesome': 6 Ways by Francesca Nicasio

• The Write Now Coach:  How to Have Fun AND Create Amazing Characters by Rochelle Melander

• Wordswimmer:  Procrastination and Perspective

Links of Interest to Writers

Write, write, and then write some more!

• The Other Side of the Story:  The Alchemy of Inspiration - How to Turn Ordinary Ideas Into Gold by Tiffany Reisz

• Prolific Living:  9 Mistakes that Rob You from Living Your Dream Life 

• A Writer's Journey: Killing Your Darlings by Nat Russo

• Pink Tea & Paper:  Time Management:  Working Full-Time & Writing by Ellen Brickley

• Daily Infographic:  The Psychology of Book Abandonment [infographic]

• Author, Jody Hedlund:  Plotting:  How to Know Which Scenes to Include in Your Book

• A List Blogging:  What Exactly Makes a Blog Fail? by Mary Jaksch (Some great info in the comments on this post!)

Links of Interest to Writers

What would motivate you to write? How about a good article about writing?

• Write to Done:  The Surefire Way to Attract New Readers With Every Blog Post You Write by Peter Sandeen

• Writing.ie:  Balancing Plot and Character by Sheila Bugler

• Mythic Scribes:  Ticking Clock as Motivation

• A. Victoria Mixon:  8 Lessons to Learn from Screwing Up Your Manuscript

• All Write:  Expressing Tone in Your Writing

• Jody Hedlund:  The Sacrifices Writers Make in Order to Have Writing time

• Beyond The Margins:  Leaving a Literary Legacy:  Who Will Watch Over Your Work? by Ann Bauer

• The Write Practice:  Are You in the Stare-Into-Space Phase of the Writing Process? by Joe Bunting

• The Hermit in The Woods:  Guest Post:  Author Bruce Blake on Maximizing Your Writing Time