By:Merry~BluesBelow is this week’s collection of interesting, inspiring, useful and/or amusing links, collected via our @duolit Twitter account. Enjoy and Happy Weekend!
Writing
- 13 Things You Should Have Known About Your Characters Before You Started Writing via @victoriamixon
- Disliking A Character and Deep POV via @lynsouth
- Not Just Another Funny Forehead: Creating Alien Characters via @elizabethscraig
- How to Eavesdrop for Dialog via @lynsouth
- Why Twist Endings Sometimes Fail…and How To Make Them Work by @kimscraftblog
Publishing
- The Worst of Publishing Contracts via @thecreativepenn
- 107 Things You Should Know About Being A Published Author by @victoriamixson
- Meg Cabot Keeps A Box of Rejection Letters Under Her Bed by @inkyelbows
- Adding Extra Content When Republishing A Novel As An Ebook via @elizabethscraig
- 26 Ways to Win at Self-Publishing by @jfbookman [AN: Thanks for pointing out my omission, Joel! :-)]
Marketing and Promotion
- Changing Times for the Promoting Writer by @elizabethscraig
- 3 Things Don Corelone Knows About Writing by @writetodone
- Markeing Your Novel Via Contests by @michaelbalkind
- What Brown M&Ms and Van Halen Teach You About Book Marketing via @lynsouth
Fun & Games
- Letter Linker – a great game for word nerds! via @iamwritermom
- 10 Great Desktop Backgrounds for Writers via @bubblecow
Have any more helpful links to share? Find one of the above particularly useful? Let us know in the comments!
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