Links of Interest to Writers

After reading these articles about writing, you can't help but sit down and write!

• Writer's Digest/Guide to Literary Agents Blog:  11 Steps to Finding The Agent Who'll Love Your Book, Guest Column by Lori Rader-Day @LoriRaderDay; Blog by Chuck Sambuchino @ChuckSambuchino
• Are you looking for an agent? Great ideas here.

• Publishers Weekly:  Spring 2015 Children's Sneak Previews compiled by Shannon Maughan @PublishlersWkly
• Start your list of books to read next spring! Always fun to see what's ahead.

• Highlights Foundation:  Why You Should Be Outlining by Alan Gratz @AlanGratz
• Author Alan Gratz offers some interesting ways to include your research in your outline so you can sit down and concentrate on writing your book.

• Copyblogger:  The Prepared Writer's Process for Creating Excellent Content Every Day by Katie a.k.a The Wellness Mama @wellnessmama
• Ways to assist you in sitting down every day to writer - adaptable to any type of writing.

• K.M. Weiland/Helping Writers Become Authors:  10 Best Tools to Make Writing More Successful, Organized, and Effective by Sandra Miller @KMWeiland
• Some great apps mentioned in this article that I hadn't head about yet.

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

Tips for utilizing your writing time wisely!

• Creative Writing With The Crimson League:  The Pros and Cons of Writing on Paper First by Victoria Grefer @vgrefer

• QueryTracker:  Five Ways to Land an Agent by Stina Lindenbratt @StinaLL @QueryTracker

• Writer.ly:  The Importance of Hiring a Professional Editor by Archana Murthy @archiemurthy @WriterlyTweets

• Moody Writing:  Motivating Your Inner Writer by Mooderino @mooderino

• She Writes:  Kickstarter Isn't For Wimps by Elaine Soloway @ElaShapSolo

• Worddreams: 10 Tips From Toxic Feedback by Jacqui Murray @AskaTechTeacher

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

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

Here's some great advice on writing!

• AuthorCulture:  Revision Decisions by Jody Bailey Day

• Kayla Currie:  My Marketing Advice for Beginning Authors

• Huff Post Books:  Why Agents Reject 96% of Author Submissions by Heather Hummel

• Writer's Fun Zone:  Give Your Characters Tough Goals by Kay Keppler

• Matthew Schuler:  Why Creative People Sometimes Make No Sense

• Reece Ryan:  5 Ways Introverts Can Succeed Without Forcing Themselves to Become Extroverts

Links of Interest to Writers

I love writing! Do you? There seem to be a lot of sevens in today's posting!

• Writer's Digest/Brian Klems:  The 7 Rules of Picking Names for Fictional Characters offered by Elizabeth Sims

• Writer UnBoxed:  The Creative Personality by Barbara O'Neal

• Guide to Literary Agents:  7 Things I've Learned So Far by M. M. Vaughan

• Socialpolitan:  7 Types of Narrative Conflict by Mark Nichol

• A Writer's Journey:  Poor Word Choice is Killing your Story by Nat Russo

• Ninie Hammon:  The Three Best Ways to Describe Your Characters

• Jamie Gold:  What Do Your Characters Falsely Believe?