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- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- From publishing expert Jane Friedman, here are 5 attitudes writers should avoid.
- Want to take your social media game to the next level? Check out this course offering from social media expert (and Friend of Sterling Editing) Alexis Grant.
- From author Chuck Wendig, 25 things you should know about story structure.
- Want to run a successful Goodreads campaign? Check out these 11 tips from author Emlyn Chand.
- And also from Novel Publicity, getting major publications to review your book: strategies from authors Shelli Johnson and Alice J. Wisler.
- From author John Scalzi, a look at when we can and should call ourselves writer, professional, good.
- And we leave you with this thoughtful and passionate post by author Mary Sojourner on why it matters that we write.
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- Fascinating look at how readers mentally simulate your story. This is exactly why we believe that narrative grammar is so important…
- … and why it’s important to make sure that all elements of your story are pulling in the same direction.
- Have a question about how to kill off that character? Find your answer at the Writer’s Forensics Blog
- Here’s a roundup of links to brief articles on formatting.
- Why should you care about metadata? Take a look at how it impacts your sales (if you’re in a hurry, the summary is on page 10).
- Here are many good suggestions for how to not be annoying on social media.
- And we leave you with this loving look at libraries from Ohio’s Greene County Public Library. Buildings of books are a marvelous thing. Go hug a librarian!
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- Writers, start doing these 25 things…
- … but don’t behave badly online (check out the comment conversation for the perspectives of writers, readers and bloggers).
- Why reading novels is good for business.
- Editor Lynn Price covers the basics of manuscript formatting.
- From Writer’s Digest, the 18 most popular articles of 2011.
- And we leave you with writer Elissa Bassist’s writing lessons learned from improv class.
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find informative and interesting:
- From Harvard’s Nieman Foundation, a free PDF of more than 30 essays about e-publishing. Great resource!
- Author Emlyn Chand on six kinds of writer’s block.
- More answers from the Editor in the Basement: acquisitions, agency pricing, e-book errors, and more.
- Author Anne R. Allen offers guidance on hooks, loglines and pitches.
- Not just for superheroes: how to make a boring character interesting.
- And we leave you with a list to take to heart: writer Tanner Christensen’s rules of a creative life.
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
