This is a post in our continuing series of writing and publishing links of the week.
By:Shovelling SonThe best part about Twitter is that you can jump in, at any moment, and find those involved in the writing community sharing a wide variety of helpful links. The worst part about Twitter is that you can jump in, at any moment, and find…well, you get the picture.
If you don’t spend every waking moment on Twitter, waiting with bated breath for the next batch of tweets, it’s easy to miss something.
So, in case you missed them (and, unlike us, have a life), here’s a sampling of the outstanding links we found this week via our @duolit Twitter account:
Writing
- How to Craft a Great (Writing) Voice via @NathanBransford and @thecreativepenn
- The 7 deadly sins of the first chapter via @CPatrickSchulze and @Litopia
- Short Writing Bursts–The Freedom to Write Less: via @ProcrastWriter
- Note to younger writer self via @ericaorloff
- How Many Sub-Plots is Too Many? via @LynSouth and @jamesscottbell
- Writing for the Online Audience (Part 1) via @elizabethscraig
Publishing (Traditional and Self)
- 10 Quick Tips For A Successful Self-Publishing Career via @americaspress
- Wonderful series on the costs of self-publishing by @jfbookman
- Top 5 Secrets to Landing a Book Deal by Forbes.com via @writequill
Motivation, Inspiration, Overcoming Rejection
- Rejections of Famous Authors Before They Were Famous via @davidkubicek
- Great Advice: 9 Proven Ways To Charge Up Your Motivation via @RileyCarney
- How To Lose Readers & Alienate People by Brian Hodge via @elizabethscraig and @MuseInks
Branding, Marketing and Promotion
- Fantastic Book Marketing: A Great Example via @indieauthor and @BookBuzzr
- Fiction authors, learn more about virtual book tours by @bookmarketer via @CPatrickSchulze
- Marketing Tips For Authors: 5 Keys to Promoting Your Book With a Blog By Julie Isaac via @tonyeldridge
- The Single Best Way for Writers to Become a Brand by @KristenLambTX
- Marketing Your First Book: 9 Tips For Authors by @graywave via @TheCreativePenn and @bookmarketer
- My most succcessful book marketing tip to date on Self-Publishing Central by @JohnBetcher
- The artisan seller–the writer as promoter via @elizabethscraig
- What a novelist needs to know about marketing by @CPatrickSchulze
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