Links of Interest to Writers

Looking for ways to enrich your writing life? Here are some articles that might help!

• Write to Done:  How to Get Your Life Back: 17 Crucial Tips for Bloggers by Janice Wald @MrsPazananski @WritetoDone

• The Write Life:  10 Fun Writing Ideas to Help You Get Creative This Summer by Jessica Lawlor @jesslaw @thewritelife

• Kristen Lamb's Blog:  Are you Botching Your Dialogue? @KristenLambTx

Links of Interest to Writers

Here are some great posts about writing!

• Charlotte Rains Dixon:  8 Different Creative Practices @Wordstrumpet

• Thaddeus Hunt:  Writing and Tips:  Creating a Custom Project Template in Scrivener @thaddeushunt

• Jami Gold, Paranormal Author:  Blogging Tips, Tricks, and Knowing Your Goals @JamiGold 

• Writers' Village:  5 Practical Ways to Kill Your Characters by Stuart Aken @stuartaken

• The Creative Penn:  Productivity for Authors, Fighting Overwhelm and How I Am Refocusing My Workload by Joanna Penn @thecreativepenn 

• Lauren Sapala:  3 Tips for Finding Awesome Beta Readers @losapala

Links of Interest to Writers

Love to write? These links to articles about writing are for you!

• Writin Geekery:  A Balance of Strengths to Take Your Story Higher by MJ Bush @Writingeekery

• Wordcraft:  The Key to Suspense by Avi

• Anne R. Allen's Blog:  How to Write Blog Content:  9 Tips to Entice Readers to Your Author Blog @annerallen

• Daily Writing Tips:  100 Exquisite Adjectives by Mark Nichol @writing_tips 

• Amanda Bumgarner:  Tips for Humor Writing (Part 1) (Part 2)

• Creative Writing Video Tutorials for the Multimedia Age:  If You Have a Great Character but No Plot by Cy Porter 

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

Happy writing!

• Anne R. Allen's Blog:  Is Writing a Hobby or a Profession for You? Why Either Path Can Be a Good Choice

• Fiction Notes:  If You Only Do One Revision, Do This by Darci Pattison

• The Write Now Coach:  Set your Writing Goals for 2014 by Rochelle Melander (That's right - it's not too late!)

• Jane Friedman:  What Do You Want From Your Writing in 2014 -- And Beyond? by Dan Holloway

• QueryTracker:  11 Tips for Making a Book Trailer by Stina Lindenblatt

• Pretentious Title:  FAQ:  To Blog or Not to Blog by Rachel Aaron

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

Even if you're not participating in NaNoWriMo, you can still ride the energy and write as much as you can!

• Project Eve:  10 Tips to How to Stop Procrastinating by Danielle Boulton

• K. M. Weiland:  3 Signs You Should Give Up on Your Story

• Stavro Shalvatzis:  Positive & Negative Story Space

• QueryTracker:  Book Blogging for Fun & Profit  by Sarah Pinneo

• Brain Pickings:  20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson's Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life by Maria Popova

• PUB(lishing) Crawl:  Simple Tricks to Unstick Your Story: The Domino Effect by Susan Dennard

• The Other Side of the Story:  Give It a Rest - Poetic Pauses in your Writing by Robyn Hood Black

Links of Interest to Writers

Hope you find one of these articles helpful in motivating your writing!

• i09:  10 Ways to Make Everyone Root for Your Amoral Protagonist by Charlie Jane Anders

• The Atlantic:  The 8 Habits of Highly Successful Young-Adult Fiction Authors by Nolan Feeney

• dwiFilms:  How to Speed Read (YouTube)

• Project Eve:  Amateur Blogging:  Getting Started

• Live, Write, Thrive:  Use Camera Angles to Supercharge Your Novel by C. S. Laken

• YARN:  Commit to Your Writing Now...And Later.

• HootSource:  5 Authors Using Social Media to Reach Readers & Sell Books by Alyssa Kritsch

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

Here are some blog posts I found interesting on the Web today:

• Writer's Fun Zone:  How to Create Characters: 10 Ways to Create Deeper & Unforgettable Characters by Margaret Aslanis-Nystrom

• Writability:  How to Make the Most of Your Chapter Endings by Ava Jae

• Viva Scriva:  Facing Our Fears by Sabina I. Rascol

• Time to Write:  The Danger of Waiting for Your Muse Before You Start to Write by Jurgen Wolff

• Author, Jody Hedlund:  Blogging Changes (Observations about changes in blogging over the past 9 months.)

• AuthorCulture:  Word Choice by Lisa Lickel

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  The Art of the Simultaneous Submission

• Courage to Create:  Stop Hesitating: Take a Step Forward (Even if you think you're not prepared) by Ollin Morales