Once again, I’m posting writing links that I previously posted to Twitter.
The idea of doing this isn’t to overwhelm anyone. But I thought that if I kept track of these writing links in a searchable database (you can search my blog on the top left of the page) then we can access some of these helpful links by topic, when we need to.
One author shares lessons he's learned: http://bit.ly/aYUXsA
What makes a writer a professional? http://bit.ly/bfzoXo
A published author gives aspiring authors the benefit of her hindsight: http://bit.ly/bOaM3c
Eliminating vague pronouns: http://bit.ly/csi4ZS
Delegate your way to more writing time: http://bit.ly/brx70y
The Evolving World of Book Publicity (Huff Post): http://huff.to/9pILeo
Men don't read books? Research Fail: http://bit.ly/9bcKIj
Is DRM More Costly Than Piracy? http://oreil.ly/bxzKoK
8 basic writing blunders (Writer's Digest): http://bit.ly/dBiuok
Bringing your characters to life: http://bit.ly/c3pme8
A query and a rejection (snort): http://bit.ly/9nc5Bi @thmafi
What readers want: http://bit.ly/aqzWjj
Bowker to provide ISBNs for Google Editions-- http://bit.ly/bPM769
Write, exercise, write: http://bit.ly/aiIofH
Brainstorming techniques: http://bit.ly/bClIDK
On Facebook and the Increasing Erosion of Digital Privacy-- http://bit.ly/dAHIzA
Amazon—or Shamazon? inside customer reviews-- http://bit.ly/a6dE0C
Literary Agent Steve Wasserman Delivers Digital Rights Advice for Authors @GalleyCat : http://bit.ly/bn2rj8
The art of choosing illustration (write picture books? Don't try to pair the text w/ pictures): http://bit.ly/97cVGY
Changing times for the promoting writer: http://bit.ly/9dLQ7P
5 articles on writing with voice: http://bit.ly/aC5MZP
Fantasy’s Top Ten Fight Scenes: The Duels-- http://bit.ly/9h9bL1
An author discusses fanfic: http://bit.ly/92YBzA
Google to launch ebook store (Guardian): http://bit.ly/cJaomx
Literary novels don’t have to be plotless – Revolutionary Road-- http://bit.ly/dcMs8j
It’s Time to Realize You’re a Talentless Hack-- http://bit.ly/abXv8p
Know Your Characters – Part 1-- http://bit.ly/aNXtk1 @jaysubject
3 Things Don Corleone Knows About Writing-- http://bit.ly/alvp6i
Notes from the NY Times newsroom on grammar, usage and style: http://bit.ly/bnAJFy
Virtual Book Tours for Novelists: http://bit.ly/dtLrUC
Top 10 illustrated books for adults (Guardian): http://bit.ly/a1ijuX
Where's the Future for Science Fiction? http://bit.ly/aGjS0I
One question an editor always hears: http://bit.ly/9esvyf
What should I write? http://bit.ly/dbgEbi
How To Organize Your Google Feed Reader: http://bit.ly/c9dK96 @TannaC
You don't know jack about ISBNs: http://bit.ly/dxd9Ji @ereads
Writing characters--must we stick to what we know? http://bit.ly/bq9pxA
Setting up a critique group--think quality, not quantity: http://bit.ly/c9P3Bo
What Swiss transportation can teach us about writing: http://bit.ly/aXocAH @WriterAbroad
How a good scene is like a good joke: http://bit.ly/aquxLp @julie_bush
Showing vs. Telling: Subtexting -- http://bit.ly/a5aNG1
Tips for writing success: http://bit.ly/ckSXW7
The worst things an agent has seen in contracts: http://bit.ly/c7PDFu
Ways the writing life can enrich our families: http://bit.ly/bVjfAY @JodyHedlund
Building a villain: http://bit.ly/dlyove @msforster
“Connect, Don’t Network”: Gaiman, Benet on Blogging-- http://bit.ly/9vCyJH
10 Marketing Excuses That Can Kill Your Book and Career: http://bit.ly/bx2HtS
Why men don't read (Salon): http://bit.ly/cZbvg7
An agent on keeping our facts straight with series bibles: http://bit.ly/d8ksnD
13 Things You Should Have Known About Your Characters Beforehand: http://bit.ly/9p7nUv
5 tips to survive an agent meeting or pitch session: http://bit.ly/c2EUp6
Handwriting analysis, part 2, for the crime writer: http://bit.ly/bkEH5Q
Margaret Atwood on why we must defend writers (Daily Beast): http://bit.ly/99SmiP
Quoting song lyrics in your fiction: http://bit.ly/bInVs7 @nickdaws
Writers and the internet (can authors survive it?) : http://bit.ly/dCKKfq
Formulating your workshop goals http://bit.ly/cy41mq
Advice for a Mystery-Hater: http://bit.ly/dbreJn
When did "beware" become a noun? http://bit.ly/bPCAkx
Cross-dressing characters: http://bit.ly/bRfxoc
Going to Paris? Events and news for writers: http://bit.ly/9wx8zs
Why Your Email Account May Be Getting You Rejected-- http://bit.ly/d59aUo
Writing From the Incomprehensible-- http://bit.ly/9RGTV0
Working with an editor-- making it productive: http://bit.ly/aK4Okb @greyhausagency
Best last lines in books: http://bit.ly/byzlnc
The phrase-finder...another online site to help you procrastinate: http://bit.ly/9BxpVC
7 Secret Signs an Agent is Into You-- http://bit.ly/94kYXe @thmafi
What's Jodi Picoult looking for? Respect. (Telegraph): http://bit.ly/bfRBV4
Not Just Another Funny Forehead: Creating Alien Characters-- http://bit.ly/dhc2DB
On writing acknowledgments: http://bit.ly/bB1fAU
The writer’s toolkit: Eavesdropping for dialogue-- http://bit.ly/bDkcSN
He says/she says: What is creativity? http://bit.ly/b0IN1F @merrileefaber @cvaldezmiller
Workshop tips from the SCBWI Michigan Conference: http://bit.ly/b2Ja5w
Authors, do you look the part when doing TV promo? (Huff Post) http://dld.bz/cevW
Authors, do you look the part when doing TV promo? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arielle-ford/do-you-look-the-part_b_559913.html
For book marketing research, authors can use TitleZ-- http://dld.bz/cev9 @TheCounter
Teaming up with another writer for offline promo: http://dld.bz/cevv @TonyEldridge
107 Things You Should Know About Being a Published Author-- http://dld.bz/cevs
Lessons learned--my first writing conference: http://dld.bz/cevn @bluemaven
Editors on agents: http://dld.bz/cetG
Reading around the world--in photos. (LA Times): http://dld.bz/cenK @LATimesbooks
An agent on synopses: http://dld.bz/cenC
POV tips-- http://dld.bz/cen8
Reading a publishing contract--part 9: http://dld.bz/cem8
On using coincidences when we write: http://bit.ly/bo1YnS
An agent throws a little cold water on agents fighting over the same client: http://bit.ly/c30bcH
Do libraries help or hurt book sales? http://dld.bz/cemv
Book Marketing--experience & options -- thoughts on different approaches: http://dld.bz/cewz
Posting Your Unpubbed Concepts On Your Website: Yes or No? http://dld.bz/cekB @jkcoi
Know your children's lit category: http://dld.bz/ceww
Content farms: http://dld.bz/cebU @Personanondata
Writer @JulieHyzy reminds us it's prom season--and gives us a recipe for a spinach quiche to serve. http://bit.ly/cvwony
An agent on how to write the breakout novel: Part 2 - Larger-than-life characters: http://bit.ly/bq9b9y @JuliaChurchill
Storytelling is Motion: http://dld.bz/ceaR @gwenbell
Top 10 Greatest Science Fiction Detective Novels Of All Time: http://dld.bz/cend
Fiction Magazines Worth Reading: 2010 http://dld.bz/cenw @ericrosenfield
Powerful WordPress Forms Made Simple-- http://dld.bz/cemY
Kindle pros and cons: http://dld.bz/cecq
The best book I ever edited: http://dld.bz/cebw @jevonbolden
Quidditch--fictional? Think again: (Guardian)-- http://dld.bz/cemB
The Trials and Triumphs of Turning a Print Novel into an eBook: http://dld.bz/cec3
The Facebook writer's challenge: http://dld.bz/ceaP
Steve Wasserman on the Qualities of a Good Literary Agent-- http://dld.bz/cemq @GalleyCat
A few rules for romances--and what's hot and not: http://dld.bz/cewf
Factors that influence character names: http://dld.bz/cayz
Why do editors edit? http://dld.bz/ced9
Great tips here-- A Writer's First Year: "Do Not Snort on NPR" and Other Tips for Flogging Your Book http://dld.bz/cefy
What's your intent or objective for being on Twitter? http://dld.bz/cecM
Writer Jeff Cohen comes up with "The English/GPS--GPS/English Dictionary" while on the road: http://dld.bz/cayu
Starting a novel in the wrong place: http://dld.bz/cdYq
What every fiction writer can learn from Starlighter: http://dld.bz/cdYm
Conference etiquette--be a class act: http://dld.bz/caxZ
No idea is wasted when we write: http://dld.bz/caxX
10 writing tools you can have for free: http://dld.bz/cawj
Poetry is for rich kids: http://dld.bz/caxQ
A good writer is a good writer--whether it's genre fic or lit fic: http://dld.bz/cax2
10 Handy Travel Gadgets for Geeky Business Travelers-- http://dld.bz/cawm @marcandangel
What you should do with every guest post you write: http://dld.bz/cawe
Science Fiction and Romance: Fraternal Twins-- http://dld.bz/cavQ
Monday Markets/Jobs/Opportunities -- http://dld.bz/cau5
How To Get Your Book Mentioned In A Newspaper: http://dld.bz/cau3
Distractions--how they hold us back. http://dld.bz/cauw @joannapaterson
An agent on what's in a publishing contract: http://dld.bz/catk @RachelleGardner
What you're entitled to, as a writer: http://dld.bz/casQ @julie_bush
When to start your agent search: http://dld.bz/casK
Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson’s Life & Language: http://dld.bz/cavN
Comparative overkill--how to compare and contrast in our writing: http://dld.bz/cas6
Writing conversations-- how many people should converse at once? http://dld.bz/caYK
Skype is not quite ready for prime time: http://dld.bz/bYpm
Romantic Times conference wrap up: http://dld.bz/bYpk
How to use mysteries in your novel: keep the reader guessing – but not too much http://dld.bz/bYph
Can Goodreads Ads Help Unknown Authors Find an Audience? http://dld.bz/carP
3 vital steps to writing a novel: http://dld.bz/bYpe
Action and intensity = 2 different things: http://dld.bz/bYnH
Why write? http://dld.bz/bW7f
Why I don't say 'science fiction' or 'fantasy' to regular people: http://dld.bz/bW6X
When your story doesn't turn out like you planned: http://dld.bz/bW6M
Dealing with scraping (plagiarism) from a blogger's point of view: http://dld.bz/bW6E
Will sex save publishing? (MSNBC): http://dld.bz/bW6y via @AuthorScoop
Writing the hardboiled--keeping it edgy: http://dld.bz/bW5X
An agent answers a writer's question--would she rather rep a writer with a deal on the table? http://dld.bz/bW5V
When you hate your book: http://bit.ly/d8A70e @kirstenhubbard
Handwriting analysis or graphology: http://bit.ly/a78mLZ
Can the Author Survive the Internet? (Daily Beast) http://bit.ly/cj33Io
Plot is presentation: http://bit.ly/a4gY6d
Links to Savvy Book Marketing Tips for Authors-- http://bit.ly/cajYC9
How to read a publishing contract (part 8): http://bit.ly/dyqsVO
Some gun tips for the crime writer: http://bit.ly/bcD0cJ
Foreshadowing: http://bit.ly/968Mk5
Fiction's talking animals (Guardian): http://bit.ly/a5L3Gc
I'm a writer--let me tell you a story: http://bit.ly/dixga8
Ten of the best visions of Heaven in literature (Guardian): http://bit.ly/aYy27G
What you should know about non-writers: http://bit.ly/cmtSeP
Blake Morrison on the cost of quoting lyrics (Guardian): http://bit.ly/cPXwNM
Author toolbox--the 3 hooks: http://bit.ly/9pM2z6
Traditional book retailers face trilogy of threats: http://dld.bz/brqt
How poetry, Google, and Craigslist helped me find the family I never knew I had-- http://bit.ly/a2Rnj4
Meet the Telegraph's cryptic crossword maestro: http://bit.ly/bwvMuB
Adding Extra Content When Republishing a Novel as an eBook: http://bit.ly/bZoWKp
Never give up--a probable possibility: http://bit.ly/9tuW3N
What to Do When They Hold Your Guest Post Hostage: http://bit.ly/bKt8LQ
What's really preventing me from writing? http://bit.ly/b6G8jH
How do I choose which book to review? http://bit.ly/cFIYJw
7 deadly sins (if you're a first chapter): http://bit.ly/a5NeQ4
Climbing Pyramids and Other Writing Exercises: http://bit.ly/cm76yc
The Eternal Questions: When, Where, How-- http://bit.ly/92pfyc
How to travel lightly to literary events: http://bit.ly/bm29o1
What's in a name? http://bit.ly/apXDHO
Should you query a first novel? http://bit.ly/a9k3Ht
The 'do it now' principle: http://bit.ly/8ZBuBU
Self-promo--starting too soon? http://bit.ly/9libJe
What booksellers want: http://bit.ly/9dTad0
How Transmedia Storytelling Becomes a Billion Dollar Business: http://bit.ly/d5Zx5p
Dramatic monologue (Guardian): http://bit.ly/dcQA9l
What’s in a Name? -- http://bit.ly/apXDHO
Five Things Phishing And Literary Scams Have In Common-- http://bit.ly/ab7HFN
Censorship--the ultimate ignorance: http://bit.ly/9Lz4om
Why branding yourself is important: http://dld.bz/bAFG