Saturday, April 27, 2013
2 This Week for Writers 4/27/13 - Pubtips, Inspiration, Writing Craft, Industry News & More
Writing Craft
Recognizing Lazy Writing Habits
from Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors
Scrivener App on Sale for Half Price
from GalleyCat
Advice for Aspiring Children’s Book Authors
from GalleyCat
Writers Group Spotlight: Nth Creative Nonfiction Circle
from GalleyCat
The 7 Types of Possessive Case
from Daily Writing Tips
Stellar Writing Sells!
from Writers In The Storm Blog
The Perfect Openings
from YA Muses
Emotional Tension: Make It A Jagged Climb
from The Bookshelf Muse
Unified Theory Of Writing
from MOODY WRITING
What are the first steps in writing a book?
from Chip MacGregor .com
Why You Should Back Up Your Writing Right Now
from GalleyCat
Storyville: 20 Things I've Learned About Writing
from LitReactor
Questions to ask CPs, Betas, and (Friendly) Reviewers
from YA Stands
The Top 7 Reasons Why I Stop Reading a Novel
from Author, Jody Hedlund
TEST Your Writing Skills
from Artzicarol Ramblings
Writing lessons learned from BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
from Julie Musil
Give Your Character a Positive Goal
from Anna Staniszewski
How To Write A Critique: The Sandwich Method
from Karen Woodward
Fill the Container
from Write Line Blog
First Drafts in a Mobile Landscape: Five Word Processors...
from LitReactor
25 Things Writers Should Know About Traveling
from terribleminds: chuck wendig
Screenwriting Skills Translated to Book-writing
from Pub(lishing) Crawl
40 Words You Can Trace Back To William Shakespeare
from BuzzFeed - Latest
What I Might Say To You if We Were Sitting Together...
from Adventures in YA Publishing
10 Word Mix-Ups To Avoid, Presented By Bunnies
from BuzzFeed - Latest
Should I be this honest?: Reclaiming my first drafts
from YA Confidential
Don't Make It Harder Than It Is - Finding the simple...
from Babbles from Scott Eagan
Guest Author Stacy Green: Writing Close Point of View
from The Other Side of the Story
3 Things You Need for a Successful Book
from Rachelle Gardner
Time Management
from Writer Musings
Making Our Readers Care A Whole Awful Lot
from Operation Awesome
Spring Cleaning your Manuscript: Part 2
from ROOTS IN MYTH
It's Okay To Slow Down
from YA Highway
How Robert J. Sawyer Writes A Novel
from Karen Woodward
Storyteller’s Rulebook #183: Every Event Must Be A...
from Cockeyed Caravan
5 Tips For Finding a Competent & Compatible Critique...
from Author, Jody Hedlund
Getting Published
May 2013 Mystery Agent Details
from Operation Awesome
What’s the role of an agent in today’s changing publishing...
from Chip MacGregor .com
10 Questions with Agent, Attorney and Author, Margaret...
from LitReactor
Art of the Query Letter Wokshop
from Frankie Diane Mallis
re: What’s the Right Tone for a Query Letter?
from DearEditor.com
Literary Agent Julie Just To Join Pippin Properties
from GalleyCat
Literary Agents: Probably Now More Than Ever
from The Passive Voice - Latest Updates
Why Do You Enter Writing Contests?
from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author
Thursday Elevenses at the Question Emporium: contests
from Janet Reid, Literary Agent
Agent Spotlight: Alyssa Reuben
from Literary Rambles
Saturday Evening Post Hosts Writing Contest to Honor...
from GalleyCat
You’ve got an offer of representation. Now what? —...
from Bent on Books
First-page critiques at TKZ
from The Kill Zone
The Silent Treatment
from Ingrid's Notes
What’s the Difference Between a Freelance Editor and...
from QueryTracker Blog
How to Correctly Format Your Book Interior Using Word:...
from BookBaby Blog
How Much Attention Should You Pay to Book Design?...
from Jane Friedman
Want Writing to be a Profession not a Hobby? The First...
from From the Write Angle
Prada Sponsors a Writing Contest
from GalleyCat
To Self-Publish or Not? A Word of Warning
from The Passive Voice - Latest Updates
Announcing the May Pitch+250 Contest
from Adventures in YA Publishing
Announcing the Judges for the May Pitch+250 Contest
from Adventures in YA Publishing
Why Unpublished Writers Should Attend Writer’s Conferences...
from Seeking the Write Life
Know Your Best Alternative
from QueryTracker Blog
Writing Life
Writers and Journals--and Online Journaling
from Mystery Writing is Murder
Rolling the dice and rejections
from Andrew Jack Writing
7 F***in' Great Ways to Build Your Writing Routine
from LitReactor
Most Popular Mind Mapping Tool: Xmind
from Lifehacker
Attorney Laura Kirwan on Contracts, Copyright, Foreign...
from Lindsay Buroker
10 Shortcuts To Defeating Writing Procrastination...
from kristin nador writes anywhere
Am I a Work-in-Progress?
from YA Author Elana Johnson
How do You Refill Your Well?
from Blood-Red Pencil
A Story About Finding Your Way
from YAtopia
Be a Better Writer: Get Organized
from Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors
Inspiration and Smiles
Defining Success
from Babbles from Scott Eagan
The Difference Between Writers and Wanna-Bes
from The Write Practice
Let’s Talk About Anxiety & The Creative Process
from Writer Unboxed
"We're going to need a bigger vacuum"
from Janet Reid, Literary Agent
How to write in your sleep
from Time to Write
Literary Birthday - 24 April - Sue Grafton
from Writers Write Creative Blog
Build a Better Professional Network and Transform...
from Copyblogger
What’s on My Inspiration Board #2
from Kami Garcia -- NYT Bestselling Author (The Beaut
It's a Books! Books! Books! Books! Books! World.
from Neil Gaiman's Journal
Boundaries and Burnout
from Writer Unboxed
A Concept of Goodness
from The Kindness Project
Writers: Do You Push Yourself?
from chasingthecrazies
For writers and others who make excuses (that's all...
from Time to Write
Use Your Dreams To Be Endlessly Creative
from Write to Done
Networking and Promotion
How Do You Keep Your Book Sales Momentum Going Over...
from Lindsay Buroker
Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of...
from Author Marketing Experts, Inc. » BLOG
How to Build an Audience with Google+ Hangouts
from Copyblogger
9 Questions To Ask About Your Social Media Addiction
from 99U
Why Are You Blogging?
from Beth Revis
Five Ways to Ask Successfully
from From the Write Angle
Twitter Don'ts
from Blood-Red Pencil
5 Ways Authors Can Use Pinterest as a Marketing Tool
from Rachelle Gardner
Book Launch Tip: Name Refreshments After Characters...
from BookBaby Blog
How Secure Are Your Social Media Accounts?
from 10,000 Words
How To Create A Press Kit
from Karen Woodward
The Author Website – Keep it Simple and to the Point
from WOW! Women On Writing Blog
Do You Really Need an Author Website?
from Writers On The Move
The Myth About Introverts & Extroverts–Could You Be...
from Kristen Lamb's Blog
What Is the Best Way To Post a Twitter Correction?
from GalleyCat
Promotion Ickies
from Stina Lindenblatt
How (Not) to Write a Blog Post
from Writability
4 Most Popular Ways to Attract Readers to Your Blog
from Quips and Tips for Successful Writers
You Have To Leave The Comfort Of Your Computer
from Babbles from Scott Eagan
Readers Make A Millionty Calories
from The World According to Maggie
Pre-publication samples
from Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog
Book Reviews Matter: Thank You For Taking The Time
from The Bookshelf Muse
When writers don't play nice in real life, do readers...
from The Kill Zone
Making Social Media Work For Your Writing
from Babbles from Scott Eagan
What’s the Best Way to Backup Your WordPress Website?
from Copyblogger
Social Media: Where We Spend Our Time
from Heidi Cohen
News and Trends
How do e-book publishers stack up in sales? Big win for Hachette
from Digital Book World
Wikipedia's Sexism toward Female Novelists
from New York Times
Publishing Pulse for April 26, 2013
from QueryTracker Blog
2013 Pulitzer Winners Get Sales Spike
from PublishersWeekly.com News Articles
This Week in Books 4/26/13
from Nathan Bransford, Author
Link: How language change is turning "slash" into...
from TalkToYoUniverse
The Royal Family Goes To Hogwarts
from BuzzFeed - Latest
How To Throw A Gorgeous And Geeky "Game Of Thrones"...
from BuzzFeed - Latest
The Week in Writing: My Favorite Posts & Tips 4/26/13
from Kami Garcia -- NYT Bestselling Author (The Beaut
No, E-book Sales Are Not Declining
from Nathan Bransford, Author
Things We Love: Bess the Book Bus
from Write Line Blog
Amazon Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Counts 300,000+...
from GalleyCat
“30 Female Screenwriters to inspire you”
from Go Into The Story
Egypt’s Ibrahim Issa on Reading and Writing After...
from Publishing Perspectives
What In The Heck Is New Adult?
from christina lee
What’s the Difference Between a Freelance Editor and...
from QueryTracker Blog
Update on World Book Night
from Pub Rants
And the Winner of the Tension Contest is...
from The Other Side of the Story
Making It Work: NY Library Hosts Own ‘Project Runway’...
from School Library Journal
Why Not Give Away Ebooks on World Book Night Too?
from Publishing Perspectives
Book News: Austen’s Game Theory, Sedaris for Teens
from Page-Turner
Are children's books reinforcing materialism?
from Books news, reviews and author interviews | guar
In Memory: E.L. Konigsburg
from Cynsations
Egyptian Graphic Novelist Magdy El Shafee Arrested
from GalleyCat
What The Hell Is A “Hybrid” Author, Anyway?
from terribleminds: chuck wendig
Book News: George Saunders’s Computer, Note From M.L.K.
from Page-Turner
Who Inherits Your Copyrights?
from Writers In The Storm Blog
Story Elements
Storyteller’s Rulebook #184: Pair Your Flaws With...
from Cockeyed Caravan
Friday Round-Up: The Unintended Theme Edition
from Beyond The Margins
Explore Your Characters: Be Surprised
from Fiction Notes
Making Your Story Believable with a Real Setting
from Writers In The Storm Blog
A Simple Trick to Make Your Characters Pop
from Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors
10 Types of Transitions
from Daily Writing Tips
Flashback or memory?
from edittorrent
The Importance of Titles by Janet Gurtler
from Adventures in YA Publishing
TOTW: Choose Your Weapon!
from The Enchanted Inkpot
Story Structure
The Problem With "Revealing" Information That's Already...
from The Other Side of the Story
The Psychology of Story Physics
from Storyfix.com
Inciting Incident Questions
from Adventures In Writer Land
Theme And Truth In Story
from MOODY WRITING
First Pages
from YA Muses
Finding the Lamp-Post by David Whitley
from Adventures in YA Publishing
Where does your book begin?
from Amwriting Blog | Amwriting Blog
What Soap Operas Can Teach Us about Writing
from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author
How to Create the Final Story-Moment
from Stavros Halvatzis
What NOT to Do When Beginning Your Novel: Advice from...
from Writer Unboxed
YA Books and Giveaways
Most Frequently Challenged Books & Shakespeare Flowchart:...
from GalleyCat
Top Children’s Books by Self-Published Authors for...
from GalleyCat
Editors’ Choice
from NYT > Books
Brenda Novak Auction!
from Babbles from Scott Eagan
Beyond The Program: Suzanne Young’s Naughty List series
from Novel Novice
Cynsational News, Giveaways & Events
from Cynsations
EPIC 10K GIVEAWAY: Win an eReader (and more!) from...
from Latest blog entries
Bookanistas: Wrapping Up National Poetry Month
from Writer on the Side
Seeing, and seeing again
from CBC Diversity
Character Bucket List - Kiki Strike and Kirsten Miller
from Adventures in YA Publishing
Review: Hooked by Liz Fichera
from Candace's Book Blog
New Releases 4/26-5/3 Plus SEVEN Giveaways!
from Adventures in YA Publishing
THE 5th WAVE GIVEAWAY
from Literary Rambles
Reading and Reviewing
from Author Heather McCorkle
Blog Tour; Book Review / Giveaway: ICONS by Margaret...
from Mundie Moms
[GIVEAWAY!] The S-word by Chelsea Pitcher
from Reading Teen
Ten Questions About Arclight, By Josin McQuein
from terribleminds: chuck wendig
Character Bucket List: Nathaniel and Lorelei from...
from Adventures in YA Publishing
Blog Tour: TRUE by Erin McCarthy
from The Story Siren
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green
from YA Author Elana Johnson
Waiting on Wednesday: THE PROGRAM by Suzanne Young
from Writer on the Side
Giveaway: THE 5TH WAVE by Rick Yancey
from WORD for Teens
[Guest Post & Giveaway] My Life as a Cartoonist by...
from Reading Teen
Check Out Today's Releases
from Mundie Moms
April Debut YA Novels
from Stacked
Waiting on Wednesday: Tandem by Anna Jarzab
from The Bookshelf Review
Tour: Guest Post & Giveaway - VAIN by Fisher Amelie
from Confessions of a Bookaholic
Free E-book – HEART WARRIORS
from Behler Blog
Showers of Books Giveaway Hop!
from Confessions of a YA Writer
SHOWER OF BOOKS BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY
from Literary Rambles
Waiting on Wednesday / A Giveaway: The 5th Wave by...
from Mundie Moms
Blog Tour: Unbreakable (Unraveling #2) by Elizabeth...
from Katie's Book Blog
Icons Giveaway (UK Only)
from Margaret Stohl
sarahreesbrennan: yabooknook: HAVE YOU SEE THE PRETTY...
from LEIGH BARDUGO
Tour: Review & Giveaway - THE SPACE BETWEEN by Kristie...
from Confessions of a Bookaholic
E.L. Konigsburg Remembered, Celebrated for Inspiring...
from School Library Journal
On winning the LA Times Book Prize
from Here's Me Using the Word Blog in a Sentence
You Want This On Your Bookshelf: The Resurrectionist:...
from Reading Teen
Cover reveal and giveaway: ‘Sacrifice: a Fall For...
from Cassandra Page
2013 Favorite Reads - 1st Quarter
from Adventures In Writer Land
Other Weekly Roundups
Friday Roundup 4.26.13
from Write Line Blog
The Week in Writing: My Favorite Posts & Tips 4/26/13
from Kami Garcia -- NYT Bestselling Author (The Beaut
Field Trip Friday: April 26, 2013
from YA Highway
Cynsational News, Giveaways & Events
from Cynsations
Twitterific
from Mystery Writing is Murder
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Thanks for the usual info-packed list of linkies! And also for including mine. :) Hope you're enjoying your weekend!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a terrific round-up! I'm wondering if you might like to include a link to our blogiversary giveaway in your next one. We're offering a chance to win one of 4 $25 gift cards (plus a 20% discount) for Anderson's Bookshops: http://www.teachingauthors.com/2013/04/gift-card-giveaway.html
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