The week’s best writing links in one convenient place.
Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity
Does Writing Make You Feel Like a Failure Or A Fraud? (How That Can Boost Your Creativity) by Cheryl Craigie at Write to Done
Protecting Your Writing Time – And Yourself by Claire Cook at Writer Unboxed
Unleash Your Writing With This Trick From the Movies by Carol Tice at Write to Done
10 Things To Do With Your “Write” Hand by Suzannah at Write It Sideways
The 10 Essential Grammar Rules of Life by Ollin Morales at Courage 2 Create
The (Not So) Surprising Way to Writing Quickly by Ava Jae at Writability
10 Traits That Are More Important Than Talent by Jody Hedlund at Jody Hedlund
7 Tips For Finding Writing Inspiration by Matt Keegan at Nick Daws’ Writing Blog
10 Ways To Stimulate Your Creativity by Marty Kopriva at Procrastinating Writers
The Writing Life by Sherrinda Ketchersid at The Writers Alley
6 Things To Learn From Hemingway by Rachelle Gardner at Rachelle Gardner
A Study In Opposites by Therese Walsh at Writer Unboxed
For the Love of Reading by Jody Hedlund at Jody Hedlund
Defining Success by Jane at QueryTracker
Rejoice by Johanna Harness at Gem State Writers
How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing by Jim Woods at Goins, Writer
The 5 Stages of Rejection Grief by Gina Conroy at Novel Rocket
10 Tips to Clean Up Your Writing Michael Ehret at Novel Rocket
Recommended Book For Creatives: Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield by Joanna Penn at The Creative Penn
How to Cultivate Creativity: What Science Teaches Us About Freeing the Mind by Elana Miller at Write to Done
Writing Quota by Lauren Waters at Lauren Waters
How to Become a Badass Creative Writer – A Guest Post by Jennifer Blanchard at StoryFix
Do You Ever Want to Go Back? By Catherine Ryan Howard at Catherine, Caffeinated
Will Obamacare Create More Full-Time Authors? By Jim Kukrai at The Huff Post Books
Research
How to Turn Your Household Chemicals into Super Assassin Poisons by Tim Kane at Tim Kane Books
Check Your Facts, Ma’am! Guest Post by Jodie Renner at Mystery Writing is Murder
Writing Advice
Character Trait Entry: Maturity by Angela Ackerman at The Bookshelf Muse
Adverb Advice: Use Carefully by Darcy Pattison at Fiction Notes
My Favorite Writing Advice – Trust the Story by Shelli Johnson at Shelli Johnson
Flip the Script: Use Adverbs Fearlessly by Jael McHenry at Writer Unboxed
20 Tips For Writing Lovable Romance Novel Heroes by Adrienne de Wolfe at The Creative Penn
Not All Characters Deserve To Be In The Story by Mooderino at Moody Writing
Showing C.A.R.E. In Your First Chapter by Pepper at The Writers Alley
5 Common Writing Blunders That Can Annoy Or Bore Our Readers by Kristin Lamb at Kristin Lamb’s Blog
Creative Careerists: Interview With Judy Lee Dunn at Creative Juicer
Cliches? Not In My Backyard! By Liz Bureman at The Write Practice
Fantasy Writers Listen Up: Campaign Cartographer 3 Creates Visually Stunning Maps To Represent New Worlds by David Brown at Novel Publicity
How Hard Should We Make Our Readers Work? By Mike Duran at Rachelle Gardner
Looking Both Ways: Outlines For Plot, Pantster For Characters by Janice Hardy at The Other Side Of The Story
Writing: Naughty Or Nice? Our Heroes by B.C. Brown at Like A Bump On A Log
What You Can Learn About Writing By Writing Thrillers by Nick Thacker at The Write Practice
3 Steps to Recycling Your Half-Finished Novels by Joe Bunting at The Write Practice
Page Critique Friday And The Importance Of Patience by Nathan Bransford at Nathan Bransford
Why Empathy Is The Key To Story by Joe Bunting at The Write Practice
The Curse of the Middle Book by Juliet Marillier at Writer Unboxed
The Good Seed IV by Donald Maass at Writer Unboxed
Reading With An Agenda by Mooderino at Moody Writing
Writing a Series – A Piece of Cake? By C. Hope Clark at C. Hope Clark
What Are You Saying? By Jenny Hilborne at Publetariat
Revision/Editing
How to Polish Your Writing Until It Shines by Stina Lindenblatt at QueryTrackers
Editing Your Book – Great Fun, Or Complete Nightmare? By Rachel Abbott at Rachel Abbott – Writer
The Quest For Quality Feedback by Krista at The Writers Alley
Author Platform
Baby Steps, Babycakes, With Your Facebook Fan Page by Beverly Diehl at Writing in Flow
Author Blogging 101: Blogging Styles You Can Use Today by Joel Friedlander at The Book Designer
Book Signing, Part III by Mary Vine at Gem State Writers
Twitter Abuse (Part 2): Writing Effective Tweets by Rebecca Berto at Novel Girl
Author Bios – Concise, Relevant, and Fascinating by Darcy Pattison at Fiction Notes
4 Quick Tips For Authors To Get Website Traffic Fast! By Lynnette Phillips at The Book Designer
Brand, Platform, and Digital Writing: An Interview With Krissy Brady by Mary Harwell Sayler at The Christian Writer’s Life
Be Your Own Facebook FanGirl – Sharing Awesome Content by Beverly Diehl at Writing In Flow
Marketing
9 Ironclad Sales Tools For Authorpreneurs by Dara at Wise Ink
6 Elements of a “Sticky” Pinterest Campaign by Beth Hayden at CopyBlogger
Being On Amazon Doesn’t Sell Your Book by C. Hope Clark at Publish Your Own Ebooks
Publishing
Are You Ready to Indie Publish? Take This 10-Item Quiz to Find Out by Laxmi Hariharan at Novel Publicity
Is It Harder Today For Self-Published Authors to “Break In” At Amazon? By Lindsay Buroker at Lindsay Buroker
Tips For Dealing With Bad Book Reviews (Have Any to Add?) By Steven Lewis at Taleist
Exclusivity and Free by J.A. Konrath, Blake Crouch, & Jordan Crouch at Newbie’s Guide to Publishing
Why Do Bad Books Get Published? By K. M. Weiland at Wordplay
Indie Or Traditional Publishing: What’s Right For You? By Melissa Foster at Novel Girl
Tips For Dealing With Bad Book Reviews (Got Any to Add?) by Lindsay Buroker at Lindsay Buroker
How Much Does Self-Publishing Cost? The Ultimate Guide by Toni at DuoLit
Should I Pay a Fee to Have My Work Published? By Noah Lukeman at Ask a Literary Agent
How (Not) to Become the Next Kindle Bazillionaire by Ava Jae at Writability
E-Books Are Not The Print Apocalypse by Ava Jae at Writability
Dawn of the DIY Publisher by John Hearne at Irish Examiner
Is the Stigma of Self-Publishing Finally Gone? By Ben Galley at Live Write Thrive
Posts you may have missed this week:
How to Get a Huge Pile of Awesome Ideas in Ten Minutes Or Less by Yesenia Vargas
What were your favorite links this week? What did I miss?
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Thanks for the callout, Yesinia! Great list of resources here.
No problem. Thanks, Emily! I’m glad you stopped by!
You’ve certainly done your research! I’m honoured to be included in such awesome company. I’ll save this resource for my future tweeting, if you don’t mind.
I try! And I don’t mind at all
I’m glad you stopped by.
I love your Friday Features! So many great resources… I have tagged you in the Lucky 7 Meme if you want to check it out: http://emcastellan.com/2012/07/07/the-lucky-7-meme/ Have a great day!
Thanks, EM! Heading over there right now! I’m glad you guys are enjoying Friday Features as much as I do
bookmarked!!, I like your web site!