Links of Interest to Writers

Writing advice to get you motivated!

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Adding Depth to Your Stories @greyhausagency
• Great advice on how to add depth by getting into your character's head.

• Julie Musil:  What To Do Before You're Published by C. Lee McKenzie @cleemckenzie
• Steps you can talk to become known before your first book comes out.

• Michelle4Laughs:  Query Questions with Jessica Watterson  @JessWatterson @Michelle4Laughs (Michelle Hauck)
• In the process of writing your query? Jessica Watterson offers advice on what to include and what to leave out!

• Write Into Print:  Self Editing 4 Fiction #7 Interior Monologue posted by Stef Mcdaid @WriteIntoPrint 
• What is your character thinking? We really want to know!

• Janice Hardy's Fiction University:  Sharing the Spotlight:  How Much Page Time Do Your Supporting Characters Need by Janice Hardy @Janice_Hardy
• How much is too much when writing your supporting characters? Do they take over the story or are they barely there?

Links of Interest to Writers

Click a link to expand your writing horizons.

• Writer's Village:  Could this "Magic" Trick Rescue Your Story? (Write a Frame Story) by John Yeoman @Yeomanis

• Wordserve Water Cooler:  Organizing Ideas into an Outline Christina M.H. Powell @dr_christina

• A Brain Scientist's Take on Writing:  Switching Points of View Without Losing Your Reader by Livia Blackburne @lkblackburne

• Kidlit.com:  Secrets to a Good Logline by Mary Kole @Kid_Lit

• Creative Writing with the Crimson League:  Two Ways to Introduce Flashbacks:  That Emphasize Very Different Things by Victoria Grefer @vgrefer

• Moody Writing:  The Escalation of Complications by @mooderino

Links of Interest to Writers

Here's some writing wisdom to motivate you today.

• Patricia C. Wrede:  Writing Scenes

• Books & Such Literary Management:  The Author-Agent Partnership:  Finding the Right Fit by Mary Keeley @marygkeeley

• Nathan Bransford:  8 Ways To Know If You Have a Good Agent @NathanBransford

• Write to Done:  2 Amazing Ways To Revise your Novel (And When To Use Them) by Darcy Pattison @FictionNotes, blog:  @WritetoDone

• The Blabbermouth Blog:  Five Things You Can Do To Improve Your Query Letter by Tara Slagle @TaraSlagle, blog: @LindaEpstein

• Jane Friedman-Writing, Reading, & Publishing in the Digital Age:  The Complete Guide to Query Letters That Get Manuscript Requests @JaneFriedman

Links of Interest to Writers

Want to read a little about writing? Here are some great places to start!

• Kidlit.Com:  Building Emotional Anticipation by Mary Kole @Kid_Lit (Note:  I'm currently reading Mary Kole's book Writing Irresistible Kidlit:  The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Fiction for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers. I'm discovering loads of great information and examples.)

• Moody Writing:  The Three Dimensions of Character @mooderino

• Bad Language:  Cheat Sheet:  We're Giving Away Our Proofreading Checklist by Clare Dodd @claredodd

• Writer Unboxed:  When the Thrill is Gone By Barbara O'Neal @WriterUnboxed  @barbaraoneal

• Open Culture:  Stephen King's Top 20 Rules for Writers @OpenCulture @StephenKing

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Query Letters 101 @greyhausagency

Links of Interest to Writers

What are you going to write next?

• Creative Writing With The Crimson League:  First Person Narration:  Is It Like Dialogue? by Victoria Grefer

• Writers Helping Writers:  Good Heavens--Another Post About Opening Lines? by Becca Puglisi

• The Write Now! Coach:  Your Query Letter:  How to Write An Irresistible Offer by Rochelle Melander

• Writer's Digest - Chuck Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents Blog:  7 Tips for Pitching to an Agent or Editor at a Conference by Peggy Eddelman

• Publishers Weekly:  DiCamillo, Floca, Sedgwick Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz (Awards) by Diane Roback

Links of Interest to Writers

If you're a writer, you're going to love these blog posts!

• Thup:  Keeping Track by Erin Brown Conway (Have you ever lost track of a character?)

• Just Write a Book Blog:  Writing Short Stories For Fun & Profit:  How Fast Can You Write? by Angela Booth

• The Season Blog:  The Self-Publishing Survey Results - It's a Brave New World by Beverley Kendall

• Writer's First Aid:  The Vicious Procrastination Cycle by Kristi Holl

• Molly Greene, Writer:  Query Letters:  What Agents Love and Loathe

• The Creative Penn:  Stories That Kill - 7 Tips For Writing Crime by Luke Preston

Links of Interest to Writers

Some vital reading for all writers:

• The New York Times:  Newbery Winner to Promote Her Genre:  Kate DiCamillo to Be Ambassador of Young People's Literature by Julie Bosman

• Glass Cases:  2013:  A Year in Queries by Sarah LaPolla

• Writers Helping Writers:  Using Colloquial Speech To Spice Up Dialogue by Eli Dahle
• Writers Helping Writers:  Writing Tools

• Daily Writing Tips:  The New, Delightful Use of Because by Maeve Maddox

• Writers In The Storm:  Query Letter Pet Peeves - Agents Speak by Chuck Sambuchino

• Brain Pickings:  How Long It Takes To Form A New Habit by Maria Popova

Links of Interest to Writers

Here's a little inspiration for your writing.

• Tara Brache:  FREE Guided Meditations (To get you focused before you write!)

• Charlotte Rains Dixon:  Writers, What's On Your Christmas List This Year? 25 Items to Add 

• The Washington Post:  Mo Willems on Writing for The Reluctant Reader

• W.I.P. It:  7 Biggest Threats to Writing By Lynda R. Young

• Amanda Bumgarner:  Resources for Query Letters

• All Write - Fiction Advice:  Creating Character Dynamics - Part 1

Links of Interest to Writers

Happy reading! Then, get to work and write that novel!

• AuthorCulture:  The Top Ten Writing Fallacies by Kevin B. Parsons

• Now Novel:  Talking About Your Character:  Eyes

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Your Query Letter Did Not Sell Your Book

• Storyfix:  A Paradoxical Perspective on the Creative Process by Larry Brooks

• Beyond the Margins:  Help! My On-Line Presence is Killing Me

• The Writer:  Improve Your Writing:  Step Away From The Desk by Megan Kaplon

• Guide to Literary Agents:  The Writer's Promise:  How to Craft a Book's Pitch by Tony Vanderwarker

Links of Interest to Writers

Here are some links I enjoyed discovering today:

• Margaret Atwood's 10 Rules of Writing (Brain Pickings)

• 10 Inspiring Bookshops around the World (Messy Nessy Chic)

• When Comparison is Good & Necessary (Rachelle Gardner)

• Top Two Pieces of Writing Advice (Jody Hedlund)

• 4 Big Pitfalls in Story Openings (Jane Friedman)