Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Features! Tons of great stuff to sift through. If you read one thing in this post, read the second tip in the Publishing News & Tips section on how to format an ebook in ten minutes! Hope you enjoy and share!
Fun Stuff & Productivity Tips
This Might Not Work: A Conversation with Seth Godin about Art | Goins, Writer
Productivity Tip: Create a Can’t-Be-Interrupted Box for Kids – Blogging with Amy
How to Write Faster and Get Organized with Scrivener | Write to Done
Personal Finance Tips For Writers: An Interview With Krissy Brady « Courage 2 Create
Are We Turning Into A Culture of Picky Readers? | Author, Jody Hedlund
Writing Tips & Inspiration
Physical Attributes Entry: Skin | The Bookshelf Muse
Writer’s Block: Why it’s a Dangerous Lie • Ryan Casey
Why Your Book Does Not Suck « Teens Can Write, Too!
5 Quick Tips For Better Dialogue In Fiction | The Creative Penn
How to find the right title for your book – a brainstorming workshop « Nail Your Novel
Foreshadowing & Chekhov’s Gun–Don’t Blow It « Kristen Lamb’s Blog
Write What You Know? | Writability
You Need Stakeholders in Your Writing Life | Jane Friedman
Sympathetic Characters Part 1: Danger | Moody Writing
My Favorite Writing Advice ~ Inspiration Has To Find You Working – SHELLI JOHNSON
Structuring Your Scenes, Pt. 6: Variations on the Scene | Wordplay
The Number One Mistake New Writers Make | Anne R. Allen’s Blog
Your Tragedy | QueryTracker Blog: Writing
Writers who Hoard | Writer Unboxed
The Best and Only Writing Advice You’ll Ever Need | Wise Ink
Four Ways to Pre-Write Your Scenes | The Other Side of the Story
Titles that Tell the Truth | The Writers Alley
Give Yourself A Creative Retreat | Susan Kaye Quinn, Young Adult Author
How to Rewrite Old WIPs Like a Pro | Writability
Writing Tips from an Idiot | Goins, Writer
Just Do It | The Writers Alley
Pinning Him Down–Pinterest and Character Development « Speaking to the Eyes
How to Create a New Word | Writability
Are You a Stickler for Good Grammar? | Writing Forward
Better Plotting: 7 Ways Your Characters Can Screw up Their Decisions | The Other Side of the Story
The 140-Character Twitter Novel | Wise Ink
Six Inspiring Writing Quotes to Boost Your Creativity [Guest Post] — Aliventures
How To Get To The Root of Your Procrastination | Procrastinating Writers
The Hierarchy of Clarity } Storyfix
Sympathetic Characters Part 2: Suffering | Moody Writing
Plot vs Story | Writer Unboxed
Revision & Editing Tips
The First Draft Run Through Blues… « Dreaming of Other Realms
Over-Editing: Does it Exist? | Writability
Author Platform Tips
Top 10 Things One Writer Learned About Social Media Marketing | Mystery Writing is Murder
Want to Be a Successful Author? Burn Your Ships « Kristen Lamb’s Blog
Use Email Without Feeling Like SPAM from Author Matthew Turner | Wise Ink
The Best Way to Build an Author Website – The Savvy Book Marketer
The BIG Question: What Should Fiction Writers Blog About? | Author, Jody Hedlund
Pinterest: A Worthy Writer’s Tool? « Speaking to the Eyes
Google Plus is a Social Backplane Service | Chris Brogan
12 Lessons Learned from Building a 10,000 Subscriber Blog | Wake Up Cloud
How Not to Mess Up Guest Posting on Your Dream Blog | Men with Pens
Resolve to Tweet Better in 2013 | Writer Unboxed
3 Simple Ways To Engage On Your Author Facebook Page | Author Media
Book Marketing Tips
5 Tips for Writing and Marketing Young Adult / Teen Books | The Creative Penn
Are You Targeting The Wrong Readers? 7 Tips To Fix The Problem | Write to Done
Twitter Increased My Print Sales by 1000% in 1 Month | Author Media
What if you couldn’t promote your own book? (please read) — Self Publishing Team
5 ways to promote your self-published novel without annoying your followers | Novel Publicity
9 Tips for Writing Effective Web Copy | Author Media
How to Engage Your Reader — A Guest Post by Matthew Turner | Storyfix
Publishing News & Tips
How to Publish Your eBook from Word to Kindle in under Ten Minutes by Ed Ditto — The Book Designer
Considerations When Choosing Our Author Name | Mystery Writing is Murder
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award « laurenwaters
Design a Book Cover for Less than $50 | Writer Unboxed
Decoding Query Rejections | Rachelle Gardner
7 Things Joining KDP Select Can And Can’t Do For You | Publetariat: For People Who Publish!
Writing an Outline | Writer Unboxed
Matthew Turner: Using A Short Story To Rock My Novel | The Bookshelf Muse
Want Agents to Read Your Novel? Do This First | Write It Sideways
How the Amazon Kindle Serials Program Works (with Roberto Calas) | Lindsay Buroker
How To Publish A Book 101 | The Creative Penn
Legit vs. Non-Legit Agents | Nathan Bransford, Author
How Writers Can Benefit from a Negative Book Review
25 Things Every Indie Author Should Know | Publetariat: For People Who Publish!
Sell Your Book on eSentral – BookBaby Blog
e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2012 — The Book Designer
Indie Authors ALLi Watchdog Warning: Archway Publishing | Successful Self-Publishing
What do tradpubs do…and can you do it? | The Writer’s Guide to E-Publishing
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