Links of Interest

CREATING A MEMORABLE VILLAIN:

http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/01/bad-boy-whatcha-gonna-do.html

WORLDBUILDING, MAPS AND MYTHS:

http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2014/01/guest-post-lee-edward-fodi-on-maps.html

FACEBOOK CHANGES AUTHORS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT:

http://www.teleread.com/social-media/facebook-authors-need-to-rethink-strategy-in-light-of-latest-changes/

ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH TO SELF-PUB?

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2014/01/are-you-good-enough-evaluating-whether.html

FIVE WAYS TO USE IRONY IN YOUR WRITNG:

http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2014/01/24/five-ways-to-use-dramatic-irony-in-your-writing/

TIPS FOR MARKETING YOUR BOOK:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/diy-tips-to-successfully-market-your-book_b82047

FIVE APPS TO HELP YOU COPY EDIT YOUR BOOK:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/5-apps-for-copy-editing_b81875

HOW TO USE DIALOGUE ATTRIBUTIONS:

http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-short-course-on-dialogue-attributions.html

FORESHADOWING:

http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/01/fire-up-your-fiction-with-foreshadowing.html

FINDING AND AVOIDING CLICHES IN YOUR WORK:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2014/01/whats-so-wrong-with-cliches-this.html

WRITING ACTION SCENES:

http://alexbledsoe.com/2014/01/27/the-secrets-of-writing-action-scenes/

AVOIDING THE MUDDY MIDDLE OF THE PLOT:

http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-muddy-middle-where-good-plots-go-to.html

BLOG PROMO TIPS:

http://websuccessteam.com/WSTblog/2014/01/viral-velocity/

WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN MEDIA CONTACTS YOU:

http://fromtheauthors.wordpress.com/category/media-interviews-101-an-article/

WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BOOK YOU ARE WORKING ON IS NO LONGER “FUN:”

http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2014/01/29/what-do-you-do-when-writing-is-no-longer-fun/

INFAMOUS PUBLISHAMERICA HAS CHANGED ITS NAMES BUT NOT ITS TACTICS:

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2014/01/america-star-books-publishamerica-plays.html

MAKING YOUR SETTING MATTER:

http://writerunboxed.com/2014/01/29/make-your-setting-more-than-pretty-scenery/

CREATING CLIFFHANGERS:

http://awritersgallery.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/writing-craft-creating-cliffhangers-by-rayne-hall/