- YES! The tone of your social media should reflect the tone of your work.
Jennifer Represents...: The Fine Art of Zipping It, or XYZ PDQ - Test your grammar skills! How many did YOU get right?
Artzicarol Ramblings: THIS IS A TEST: Polish Your Writing - 1st & 3rd person each have challenges and advantages. Which one is right for your ms?
How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book: Pros and Cons of First and Third Person Point of View - Hooray! I love @elizabethscraig's weekly list of writerly links.
Twitterific | Mystery Writing is Murder - 6 reasons to write a fast first draft.
.W.I.P. It: Advantages of Writing a Fast First Draft - CINDER author Marissa Meyer shares the query letter that landed her an agent & a sale.
Cinder Author Marissa Meyer: My Query Letter - Another great roundup!@YAHighway's links to all sorts of writerly things.
YA Highway: Field Trip Friday: January 20, 2012 - Nice roundup of book marketing tips. Compiled by Author Marketing Experts
Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of January 16, 2012 - Author Marketing Experts, Inc. - If you're querying, you'll love this funny & educational collection of agent tweets compiled by @JS_Lawson.
Falling Leaflets: A Query Critique Opportunity & Mid-January Agent Tweets - Coincidences in plot leave the reader feeling cheated. So true!
Coincidence in Fiction | The Editor's Blog
Martina's Favorites
- Watch your ms! Where to report if your book is stolen and put on Kindle, plus info about the problem.
Why Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem Is More Than A Public Relations Issue - Apple's new iPad tools opens make pubbing easier but increase the pressure on traditional publishing.
The day the bookshelf shook: Four lessons for news orgs from today’s Apple iBooks announcements - Tuning out the subjective white noise of critiques.
Jennifer K. Hale: Your Story, Their Opinions: Tuning Out Subjective White Noise - Great post! Strengthening story through parallel turning points. Part 1
The Sharp Angle: Connecting Your Opposite Turning Points In Story Structure - Part One - Afraid of querying or pitching? Worried about your writing? Read this post.
10 Ways to Harness Fear and Fuel Your Writing | WritersDigest.com - Six ways to squeeze in more writing time.
Starving Novelist: How I Find Time to Write With a Hectic Schedule - @thecreativepenn offers an updated version of her free ebook for authors in the online world.
Author 2.0 Blueprint Rebooted For 2012 | The Creative Penn - StumbleUpon - Amazing story and a lovely bit of inspiration and encouragement for all writers from @Holly_Schindler.#amwriting
Smack Dab in the Middle: DECEMBER THEME: WRITING GIFTS (Holly Schindler) - Share your love of books on April 23 and be a World Book Night 2012 Giver.
Register to be a WBN 2012 Giver - Brilliant! Get ebooks from your local indie stores at Amazon pricing
IndieBound Reader for Android and iOS | IndieBound - Check out the gorgeous covers nominated for the Paranormal Cover Art Awards. Congrats to all!
All Things Urban Fantasy: Voting is now open! 3rd Annual Paranormal Cover Art Awards - You're a writer when you admit/say you are one. Great post.
The Only Way to Become a Real Writer | Goins, Writer
Book Reviews and Giveaways
- @thecreativepenn offers an updated version of her free ebook for authors in the online world.
Author 2.0 Blueprint Rebooted For 2012 | The Creative Penn - StumbleUpon
Craft of Writing
- Test your grammar skills! How many did YOU get right?
Artzicarol Ramblings: THIS IS A TEST: Polish Your Writing - Tuning out the subjective white noise of critiques.
Jennifer K. Hale: Your Story, Their Opinions: Tuning Out Subjective White Noise - Great post! Strengthening story through parallel turning points. Part 1
The Sharp Angle: Connecting Your Opposite Turning Points In Story Structure - Part One - Great post on creating dimensional characters and avoiding stereotypes.
Crafting Characters - Ten steps to a smoother, more successful, author visit.
The Other Side of the Story: Guest Author Diana Nadin: 10 Top Tips for a Successful Author Talk - 1st & 3rd person each have challenges and advantages. Which one is right for your ms?
How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book: Pros and Cons of First and Third Person Point of View - Hooray! I love @elizabethscraig's weekly list of writerly links.
Twitterific | Mystery Writing is Murder - 6 reasons to write a fast first draft.
.W.I.P. It: Advantages of Writing a Fast First Draft - Coincidences in plot leave the reader feeling cheated. So true!
Coincidence in Fiction | The Editor's Blog
Inspiration and Smiles
- Afraid of querying or pitching? Worried about your writing? Read this post.
10 Ways to Harness Fear and Fuel Your Writing | WritersDigest.com - Six ways to squeeze in more writing time.
Starving Novelist: How I Find Time to Write With a Hectic Schedule - 12 x 12 in 2012 picture book writing challenge. Sign up by 1/29/12.
- There's a hole in the market! Can you fill it? Sport books for girls, dance books, & books w/ Latino protagonists.
Secrets of a Children’s Bookseller: Hot YA and Holes in the Market - Six great book adaptations get Oscar nods.
More Oscar favorites are inspired by books - Watch your ms! Where to report if your book is stolen and put on Kindle, plus info about the problem.
Why Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem Is More Than A Public Relations Issue - Apple's new iPad tools opens make pubbing easier but increase the pressure on traditional publishing.
The day the bookshelf shook: Four lessons for news orgs from today’s Apple iBooks announcements
Self-Publishing, Book Promotion, and Author Marketing
- Six important points about the importance of online reviews and book promotion.
Author, Jody Hedlund: One Important Way for Authors to Get Discovered by Readers - Ten steps to a smoother, more successful, author visit.
The Other Side of the Story: Guest Author Diana Nadin: 10 Top Tips for a Successful Author Talk - Nice roundup of book marketing tips. Compiled by Author Marketing Experts
Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of January 16, 2012 - Author Marketing Experts, Inc.
Social Media
- YES! The tone of your social media should reflect the tone of your work.
Jennifer Represents...: The Fine Art of Zipping It, or XYZ PDQ - Another great roundup!@YAHighway's links to all sorts of writerly things.
YA Highway: Field Trip Friday: January 20, 2012 - Nice roundup of book marketing tips. Compiled by Author Marketing Experts
Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of January 16, 2012 - Author Marketing Experts, Inc.
To Market
- Wonder why the ms your crit group loved isn't getting anywhere? Read this post from @LynetteLabelle.
Editors Passed on Same Book Critique Group Loved: 6 Reasons Why | - Enter your work for the Literary Awards contest by 2/3/2012.
2012 International Literary Awards Guidelines — Salem College - CINDER author Marissa Meyer shares the query letter that landed her an agent & a sale.
Cinder Author Marissa Meyer: My Query Letter - If you're querying, you'll love this funny & educational collection of agent tweets compiled by @JS_Lawson.
Falling Leaflets: A Query Critique Opportunity & Mid-January Agent Tweets
- Cynthia Leitich Smith at Cynsationsdoes a Cynsational author, craft, and book news review.
- Elizabeth Craig posts a comprehensive weekly list of all her helpful Twitter posts.
- Stina Lindenblatt does a fabulous Cool Links Friday post every week.
- YA Highway's Friday Road Trip hits the high points of the publishing industry, writing craft, submissions process, and other fun stuff.
Did we miss anything? Anyone? Please leave a comment!
Happy reading and joyous writing,
Clara and Martina
So many great articles....again!
ReplyDeleteAnother great list guys! Thanks for including the "last chance" announcement to join the 12 x 12 challenge. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including my linky! And that's a great article on 1st vs 3rd POV! :)
ReplyDeleteYour weekly round-up is like a writing magazine--I can't wait to read all the great articles...er...blog posts!
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
I have a post talking about what's happening to authors who've been targeted by Amazon as plagiarists of their own work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great links. So appreciate your work in doing this!
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