Links of Interest

A SUCCESSFUL PUBLISHED AND SELF-PUBLISHED NOVELIST EXPLAINS WHAT SHE’S LEARNED THIS YEAR ABOUT THE PUBLISHING BIZ:

http://kriswrites.com/2014/12/30/business-musings-things-i-learned-or-relearned-in-2014

A NOVEL ISN’T THE SUM OF ITS PARTS, A VERY GOOD ARTICLE:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2014/12/31/a-novel-is-not-a-sum-total-of-its-parts/

THE TEN TASKS OF THE FIRST CHAPTER:

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2015/01/ten-tasks-of-first-chapter.html

KNOWING WHERE TO START YOUR NOVEL:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2012/01/line-forms-where-knowing-where-to-start.html

BRUSH UP YOUR MODIFIERS AND THEIR PLACEMENT:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2015/01/02/is-your-modifier-misplaced

BALANCING BACKSTORY:

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/01/7-tips-for-balancing-backstory/

BUILDING AUTHOR PLATFORMS, 30 MINUTE VIDEO:

http://janefriedman.com/2015/01/05/platform-building-authors-30-minute-video-interview/

TOO MUCH DIALOG?

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/01/do-you-have-too-much-dialog.html

ACCURACY AND REALISM IN FICTION:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2015/01/accuracy-and-realism-in-fiction.html

SCENE AND SEQUEL:

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/01/writing-patterns-fiction-scene-sequel/

THE PSEUDONYM:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/01/putting-on-your-clark-kent-glasses-or.html

WHAT SHOULD  HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE:

http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2015/01/06/what-happens-in-the-middle/

PREDICTIONS ON THIS YEAR’S ROMANCE MARKET:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2015/01/book-publishing-predictions-for-2015.html

FIXING OVERWRITING:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2015/01/07/the-forest-for-the-trees-how-to-cure-overwriting/