To keep with our new once-weekly posting schedule, Links of the Week is now Links of the Month! We determine which links get included by your RTs on Twitter — if you like a link we tweet, be sure to retweet it!
Writing
- The Whole Story: Plotting Multibook Goals by Janice Hardy
- Is The First Book We Write Usually Garbage? via @BubbleCow
- Should you re-name your novel? via @BubbleCow
- Keeping Dialogue Real via @elizabethscraig
- How to Grow Your Writing Career via @BubbleCow
- YA Fiction-Style & Content-Part II via @elizabethscraig
- 10 Ways to Embarrass Your Character via @elizabethscraig
- 10 Latin Abbreviations You Might Be Using Incorrectly via @MuseInks @MelissaWrites
- How to Write A Memoir by @TuffyPants via @JohnBetcher
- Most Common Mistakes: Are You Confusing Readers With Poor Cause and Effect? via @KMWeiland
- Great post explaining the importance of emotion in writing via @BubbleCow
- 5 Lessons for Mixing Past and Present Tense via @elizabethscraig
- Zen and the Art of First Draft Writing via @thewhitespike @ckingwriter
- Using Advertising Lessons to Make Your Story via @hopeclark via @thecreativepenn
- Writing for the Emotions via @elizabethscraig
Revising and Editing
- Revising a Short Story via @elizabethscraig
- How to Crush Clichés: Nix ’em or Fix ’em via @elizabethscraig
- 5 Keys to Better Sentence Flow via @BubbleCow
- A Left-Brained Approach to Revision via @elizabethscraig
Publishing
- The First Rule of Self-Publishing by @MoriahJovan via @Bookgal
- Clearly Communicating the Essence Of Your Book To Agents & Publishers via @BubbleCow
- Great posts on self-publishing ebooks via @Rule17 @thecreativepenn
- E-Publishing & Pricing: How Much Is A Book Worth? via @JenniHolbrook @Bob_Mayer
- Changing times in Publishing by @AnnaDeStefano via @JenniHolbrook
- Tips For Publishing On The Kindle via @tonyeldridge
Marketing and Promtion
- Promote Yourself, Not Your Book via @JodyHedlund
- How to Grow and Build Your Platform via @BubbleCow
- The Seven Book Marketing Mistakes That Authors Make via @BookBuzzr
- Make Time To Promote Your Book via @Bookgal
- Content Marketing For Authors And Writers via @simplywriting @thecreativepenn
- 10 Marketing Strategies You Can Implement Today via @elizabethscraig
- 10 laws of author self-promotion by @ZiggyKinsella via @BubbleCow
Social Media
- Why Most People Quit Blogging: The Princess Syndrome via @elizabethscraig
- How To Leave Meaningful Blog Comments via @JodyHedlund
- Has Facebook Peaked? by @annerallen via @elizabethscraig
- Blog Tours For Authors: The 5 Commandments Of Blog Tourists @thecreativepenn
- 7 Reasons Why Your Posts Aren’t Getting Retweeted via @BubbleCow
- How To Avoid Becoming Another Boring Writer’s Blog via @BubbleCow
- 10 Ways To Measure Your Audience On Facebook via @Bookgal
- 10 Reasons Your Facebook Page Is Not Taking Off via @Bookgal
Motivation and Inspiration
- Coping With Rejection by @icypop via @fuelyourwriting
- How to Beat the Fear of Being a One-Book Wonder via @JodyHedlund
- It’s Time To Finish Your Book: 9 Productivity Tips for Writers via @BubbleCow
- The Most Important Thing A Writer Can Do (Other Than Read And Write) via @thecreativepenn
- “Should you really be devoting so much time to writing?” via @JodyHedlund
Life, Contests, POV and Fun
- Making a Living as a Writer in the 21st Century by @LitNetNI via @cathryanhoward
- How To Make A Living As A Writer via @BubbleCow
- A writing contest for unpublished writers @jhansenwrites via @elizabethscraig
- Would Shakespeare tweet? via @ProjectDomino @thecreativepenn
- A Love Letter to Writers’ Spouses via @elizabethscraig
- Take The Times WordNerd test via @cathryanhoward
Resources
- Top Tips On Being An Indie Author by @thecreativepenn via @BookBuzzr
- Writers Helping Writers via @CPhillips @jillkemerer
- An agent answers 10 quick questions via @elizabethscraig
- The Independent Author Network: A welcoming place for self- and indie-pubbed authors via @JohnBetcher
- 5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary via @BubbleCow
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