Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
• Read author Kris Rusch’s analysis of the changes in book publishing (and don’t miss the link to this article by Stephen Page in The Guardian). Whether you’re an emerging writer or an established author, you need to understand the shifting landscape of the business.
• Self-published authors, this one’s for you: author and former agent Orna Ross is preparing to launch the Alliance of Independent Authors.
• Author Matthew Pearl on making your work live beyond the pages of your novel.
• Writing rules from some of the greats (via Gwenda Bond).
• Writer Kendra Turner looks at embedded elements in storytelling. Can you find the FedEx arrow? (via The Editor’s POV).
• Two books that examine how emotion works in stories…
• …and a fabulous post by author Ben Marcus on creating emotion in fiction.

Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!

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!