Links of Interest

AVOIDING TWITTER PROFILE ERRORS:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/5-twitter-profile-mistakes-writers-should-avoid_b32527

AVOIDING VIEWPOINT ERRORS:

http://www.sfnovelists.com/2011/06/21/the-skill-list-project-avoiding-viewpoint-mistakes/

FIVE OPENINGS TO AVOID:

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2011/06/five-openings-to-avoid.html

TRUSTING THE READER TO GET IT:

http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2011/06/23/ask-the-editor-trusting-the-reader/

WRITING A SERIES:

http://www.genreality.net/evolution-of-an-ongoing-series-part-2-lessons-learned

THINGS NOT TO PUT IN QUERY LETTERS:

http://behlerblog.com/2011/06/27/other-things-you-can-safely-leave-out-of-your-query/

SHORT STORY MARKETS:

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2011/06/sub-ops-ten.html

SUBPLOTS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2009/04/oh-what-tangled-web-we-weave.html

MAKING THE READER CARE ABOUT A MINOR CHARACTER:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2011/06/poor-little-thing-making-readers-care.html

NARRATIVE FOCUS:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2011/06/keeping-our-writing-focused.html

REACHING OUT TO BOOK CLUBS:

http://writerunboxed.com/2011/06/27/reaching-out-to-bookclubs/

CREATING A NON-STANDARD HERO (WORKING AGAINST THE CLICHES):

http://disquietingvisions.com/2011/06/27/heroes/

PROMOTION:  AN INTERESTING VIEW ON ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SELF-PUBBED AUTHORS.

http://www.idealog.com/blog/would-million-ebook-selling-author-john-locke-be-better-off-with-a-publisher-i-think-he-very-well-migh

HISTORICAL RESOURCE:  The American Civil War from the viewpoint of people who lived in the North during that period.  

http://peoplescontest.psu.edu/

OPTIMIZING YOUR BLOG FOR SEARCH ENGINES:

http://goinswriter.com/seo-basics

WORLDBUILDING A DYSTOPIAN SETTING:

http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.com/2011/06/elana-johnson-creating-dystopian.html

MAKING YOUR WORLD DIFFERENT:

http://msforster.blogspot.com/2011/06/worldbuilding-part-5-pigs-in-space.html

CREATING A GREAT CHARACTER:

http://thewritersalleys.blogspot.com/2011/06/makings-of-character.html

AN AGENT/WRITER TALKS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE YOUR STORY STAND OUT:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2011/06/guest-author-lucienne-diver-no-woman-is.html

SHOULD AGENTS BECOME PUBLISHERS AS WELL?  A CAUTIONARY WARNING:

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2011/06/agencies-becoming-publishers-trend-and.html

GOOGLE TOOLS+ WHICH CAN BE USEFUL FOR WRITERS ONLINE:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/what-publishers-authors-need-to-know-about-google_b33317

EXCELLENT ARTICLE BY A LAWYER/WRITER ON CREATING A LITERARY ESTATE, I couldn’t find Part 1.

http://www.blackgate.com/2011/06/28/estate-your-business-part-ii-a-writers-guide-to-organizing-a-literary-estate/

DESCRIBING SETTING:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2010/01/re-write-wednesday-and-coming-up-on.html