Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Features, a roundup of links for writers. Enjoy going through this week’s gems, and please consider sharing if you found the list helpful. Thanks!
Fun/Motivation/Productivity
Frazzled? Frustrated? Going Mental? 6 Ways to Beat the Breakdown | Anne R. Allen’s Blog
Writing During the Holidays—Tips | Mystery Writing is Murder
Success in 90-Minute Increments | Rachelle Gardner
Quality Writing Projects Require Safe Places—And Here Are Five | Jane Friedman
How to Know It’s Time to Shelve Your Novel } Writability
5 Ways Writers Can Cure Where-do-I-begin-itis | Write It Sideways
Knitting a Book is Like Writing a Sweater | QueryTracker Blog
6 Moneysaving Tips for Writers | Krissy Media Ink
Who are you writing for? | YA INDIE
Tax Deductions for Authors–Updated | AuthorCulture
12 Perfect Gifts for Writers in 2012 — Fiction Notes
10 Steps I Take to Begin Every Weekend | Goins, Writer
Pack Your Bags, We’re Going on a Guilt Trip « Kristen Lamb’s Blog
NaNoNowWHAT? Small Steps for BIG Change « Kristen Lamb’s Blog
Achieve Your Writing Dreams: Sound Appealing? | Procrastinating Writers
7 Things to Do When NaNoWriMo Is Over | The Write Practice
Tempted to Give up on Your Story? Don’t! | Wordplay
How to Make NaNoWriMo Especially Difficult | Writability
How (Not) to Finish Writing a First Draft | Writability
Research
Tools to use to Recreate the Past: Annie Fuller’s Boarding House | www.publetariat.com
Writing Tips & Inspiration
Physical Attributes Entry: Ears | The Bookshelf Muse
If you hate writing a character… don’t write them « Nail Your Novel
ROW80 Check-In 8: 5 Writing Tips from Laini Taylor « EM Castellan
How to Start Your Novel: What The Movie TRUE LIES Taught Me | Writer Unboxed
New: Two Affordable Story Coaching Options… That Can Put Your Story Over the Top | Storyfix
Adapting Story Structure for Any Project | The Bookshelf Muse
The Ten Commandments of Choosing the Right Book Title [Guest Post] — Self Publishing Team
Knowledge Is Power But Story Is King | Moody Writing
Rounding Out Your Characters | GENREALITY
Starting Your Writing Journey: Two Easy Ways to Get Inspired — Aliventures
A Method Through the Madness: 5 Tips for Writing Scenes | Author, Jody Hedlund
When A Scene Isn’t Working | Moody Writing
8 Unstoppable Rules For Writing Killer Short Stories | www.publetariat.com
Writing a Strong Opening Chapter | The Writers Alley
Writing The First Draft Of A Novel Using Questions And Modelling | The Creative Penn
Guest Author C.J. Redwine: How to Escalate Conflict in Your Novel | The Other Side of the Story
Revision/Editing
Writing Wednesday: How to Find Critique Partners | Beth Revis
Author Platform
Author Blogging 101: Top 10 Tasks to Get Your Blog Ready for Prime Time — The Book Designer
9 Ways to Improve the Impact of Your Email – The Works | Chris Brogan
Making Twitter more manageable with Twitter Lists | 30 Day Books
10 Ways to Build Long-Lasting Traffic to Your Author Website or Blog | Jane Friedman
Twitter for Authors: Is It Necessary? And, What We Saw Update • Ryan Casey
10 Year-End Indie Author Blog Post Ideas | 10 Year-End Indie Author Blog Post Ideas
Book Marketing
Hashtags to Connect With Readers — Fiction Notes
Do free books help sell books? | YA INDIE
How to pitch radio and become a talk show guest | Build Book Buzz
Did you proofread your book’s marketing and promotion materials? | Build Book Buzz
A New (Free) Way to Sell Books from your Sidebar by Claire Ryan — The Book Designer
Publishing News & Tips
Are You Ready for the Pain of Publishing? | Rachelle Gardner
Ebook Publishing On Kobo With Mark Lefebvre | The Creative Penn
What I Learned Writing Dreamlander: 6 Types of Courageous Characters | Wordplay
Making Love to Criticism | C. Hope Clark
How to Publish Your Blog on Amazon Kindle : @ProBlogger
Authors Beware the Simon&Schuster Self-Pub Option | Susan Kaye Quinn, Young Adult Author
How much does self-publishing cost? « Must Use Bigger Elephants
Simon & Schuster Joins Forces With Author Solutions To Rip Off Writers | David Gaughran
New Way For Uninformed Writers to Spend Money | Dean Wesley Smith
How Much Does Self-Publishing a Book Cost? | Lindsay Buroker
Serious Advice for Serious Independent Authors | Wise Ink
Hey Simon & Shuster: I’m Calling You Out! | Live Hacked
Episode 3: Build A Platform | Live Hacked
KDP Select: Is it worth it? (6 Takeaways From My Experience) — Self Publishing Team
Finding Free Fonts for Your Self-Published Book — The Book Designer
Thanks for including my blog post on how to pitch radio!
Sandy Beckwith
Yesenia thanks as always for including Wise Ink!!
As always, thanks so much for the mention darlin! Hope your writing is going fantabulous! :0)