Writing and Self-Publishing Links of the Week: June 18

This is a post in our continuing series of writing and self-publishing links of the week.

The Art and Craft of Writing

• Writing Basics: Write What You Know via @Bubblecow
• Are You Setting The Wrong Writing Goals? via @bubblecow
• Vary the ending clauses in your sentences via @elizabethscraig
• The ominous rise of 2nd person via @elizabethscraig
• Focus Groups and Pre-Readers by @JohnBetcher
• Do you know what you characters want? via AuthorCulture

Motivation & Inspiration

• Authors: 5 Ways You Can Be Your Own Alchemist via @thecreativepenn
• Get Wild – How to Set Your Creative Beast Free via @WriteToDone
• Self-publishing and the meandering route to success via @SueCollier
• Write Your Novel an Hour a Day by @dirtywhitecandy
• Struggling With Feelings of Failure by @jodyhedlund
• Field Notes From a Published and Self-Published Author via @writing_novels

Marketing and Promotion

• Do Readers Want to Read Your Work or Do You Wish They Did? via @hopeclark
• How to balance writing and promotion via @scottsigler
• Examples of writers getting their blogs right via @liakeyes
• Book Promotion Tips for Skittish Sellers via @elizabethscraig
• Not Self-Promoting—Self-Alienation via 1st Turning Point

Resources

• 10 Fabulous Articles for Writers & Other Cool Stuff This Week by @JaneFriedman
• Getting Book Reviews – Submission Guidelines for 21 Top Book Reviewers from Paul Krupin via @JohnBetcher

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