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

How about a little writing inspiration?

• Middle Grade Minded:  5 Things Every Middle Grade Book Needs by Stacey Trombley @Trombolii @MGMinded 

• Bridget Whelen:  10 Rules for Writing a Synopsis

• Publisher's Weekly:  How to Write YA by Seth Fishman @SethFishman @PublishersWkly

• All Write - Fiction Advice:  How To Avoid Author Intrusion by A. J. Humpage @AJHumpage  

• QueryTracker:  The Rites of Feedback by Stina Lindenblatt @StinaLL

• NEA Arts Magazine:  Plainspoken Inspiration - interview with Sherman Alexie @Sherman_Alexie

Links of Interest to Writers

If you love to write, you'll want to read these articles about writing.

• BookBaby:  Setting Up Your Own Book Tour by Chris Robley, @ChrisRobley @BookBaby

• Unleaded - Fuel For Writers:  John Cleese on "5 Factors To Make Your Life More Creative" [Video] by Day Al-Mohamed @DayAlMohamed

• Writer Unboxed:  Is Your Book Good Enough for Publication? A Cold-Blooded Assessment by Jennie Nash, @jennienash  @WriterUnboxed

• SteamFeed:  8 Characteristics of Highly Effective Fan Pages by Mary Green  @MaryGreenIM @SteamFeedcom

• QueryTracker:  Conference DOs and DONTs by Rosie Genova @QueryTracker

• Writers Helping Writers:  Ask Questions to Find Your Story by C. S. Lakin @LiveWriteThrive 

Links of Interest to Writers

For your reading pleasure...

• Writer's Digest - Brian Klem's Blog: Important Writing Lessons From First-Time Novelists 

• DBW - Digital Book World:  6 Degrees of Agent Evolution by Jason Allen Ashlock

• Huffington Post Books:  Writing Tips:  How To Breathe New Life Into Your Short Stories

• Writers Helping Writers:  How to Cure a Cardboard Villain by Angela Ackerman

• Writer Unboxed:  The Power of Renewal a.k.a. Character Arc by Heather Webb

• The Blue Rose Girls:  Keeping Your Mouth Shut by Grace Lin

Links of Interest to Writers

Here's some great reading on writing!

• The Blood Red Pencil:  When Your Story Takes a Vacation - 5 Ways to Cope by Shon Bacon

• Writers Helping Writers:  Creative Book Launches That Command Attention

• The Character Therapist:  Time, Talent, & Treasure:  What It Reveals About Your Character

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Does Your Dialogue Match Your Character?

• The Virtual Author:  10 Tips for Authors. Getting The Most Value From Beta Readers

• Author, Jody Hedlund:  Author Marketing:  Having Multiple Strategies

Links of Interest to Writers

Read, Write, Publish!

• Time to Write:  How Not to Write the Right Novel or Screenplay by Jurgen Wolff

• Bad Language:  20 Must-Read Blogs for Writers by Clare Dodd

• YA Muses:  Inspiration Days:  Six Ideas for Writers by Joni Kendall

• Children's Book Blog:  Everything You Wanted to Know About Children's Writing (But Were Afraid to Ask) by Rebecca Davies

• Gail Carson Levine:  You, The Narrator, The Character

• HuffPost-The Third Metric:  How Daydreaming Can Actually Make You Smarter by Carolyn Gregoire

• Write to Done:  The 7 People Who Will Help You Fire Up Your Writing by Nicolas Gremion

• ScreenwritingStandard.com:  10 Dead Simple Ways to Make Readers Love Your Characters by Paul Peditto

Links of Interest to Writers

Happy reading and even happier writing!

• Book Riot:  Margaret Atwood Reveals Her Genre Kryptonite:  Horror/Terror Tales

• Daily Science Fiction:  Three Weddings and an Objection by M. M. Domaille (Note:  If you haven't discovered http://dailysciencefiction.com yet, you need to check it out! Free daily short story for you to enjoy and rate.)

• Creative Flux:  Stories Within Stories by Trish Nicholson

• She Writes:  Surviving Feedback, One Step at a Time by Kamy Wicoff

• From the Write Angle:  Banning Books vs. Curating Them by R. C. Lewis

• Get Me Writing:  3 Sure-Fire Ways to Prepare Your Characters by Matt Roberts

• Jeff Goins Writer:  Life Feeds Your Words

• Writer's Digest:  Revision:  How to Edit and Polish Your Writing by Brian Klems

• Publisher's Weekly:  2013 Hugo Award Winners Announced

• BuzzFeed:  10 Fantasy Authors Who Fight the Patriarchy, Gender-Stereotypes, & Possibly Dragons by Sede Makonnen

• Nathan Bransford:  The Bullies of Goodreads 

• Art Works:  How Does George Lucas Define Failure?