Links of Interest

FIVE TOOLS FOR OUTLINING YOUR BOOK:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/5-tools-for-outlining-your-novel_b57542#more-57542

PLANNING AND WRITING THE FIRST DRAFT:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2009/04/start-me-up.html

HOW TO USE AND NOT USE AMAZON FORUMS TO PROMOTE YOUR BOOK:

http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/making-amazon-forums-work-for-you/

HOW TO CREATE A CHARACTER:

http://hollylisle.com/how-to-create-a-character/

FANTASY WRITING RESOURCES:

http://harrypotterforwriters.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-favorite-research-resources-for.html

GETTING THE MOST FROM STORY CRITIQUES:

http://writingnovelsthatsell.com/story-critiques-when-to-ask-for-evaluations-of-your-novel/2012/08/

MAKING UNLIKEABLE CHARACTERS LIKEABLE:

http://www.fromthewriteangle.com/2012/08/how-unlikeable-characters-likeable.html

LOVE THAT VILLAIN!

http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/love-your-villains/

MAKING READERS CRY:

http://romanceuniversity.org/2012/08/24/emmie-dark-returns-to-ru/

IMPROVING YOUR BOOK RANKINGS ON AMAZON:

http://www.bookbuzzr.com/blog/author-interviews/how-to-increase-your-books-amazon-rank/

SIX REASONS FOR USING AN EPILOGUE:

http://www.writersdigest.com/tip-of-the-day/six-reasons-for-using-an-epilogue

YET MORE ON SECONDARY CHARACTERS:

http://writingright-martin.blogspot.com/2012/08/walk-on-and-secondary-characters.html

SUSPENDING BELIEF AND WHY IT CAN FAIL:

http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2012/08/5-ways-youre-preventing-readers-from.html

BAD GUYS NEED LOVE TOO:

http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2012/08/5-ways-youre-preventing-readers-from.html

GIVING YOUR BOOK EMOTIONAL GLUE (AND, NO, I’VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS TERM, EITHER):

http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2012/09/17/ask-the-editor-an-agent-said-my-novel-needs-emotional-glue-help/

WHERE DOES NARRATIVE TENSION COME FROM?

http://elflands2ndcousin.com/2012/09/18/some-mechanisms-underlying-narrative-tension/

BAD GUYS HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2012/09/19/bad-guys-have-a-story-to-tell

MARKET NEWS INCLUDING A HARPER YA LINE THAT WILL LOOK AT UNAGENTED MANUSCRIPTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD:

http://cindimyersmarketnews.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/new-fiction-contests-calls-for-submission-and-more/

MARKET NEWS, YA CHRISTIAN LINES:

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2012/09/two-christian-ya-ops.html