Links of Interest

NEW WAYS TO GET SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS INTO LIBRARIES:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/library-journal-biblioboard-to-curate-self-published-books-in-libraries_b86051

HOW MUCH BACKSTORY DO WE NEED?

http://www.blackgate.com/2014/05/22/how-much-backstory-do-we-really-need/

CHOOSING THE RIGHT FONT FOR YOUR PRINTED BOOK:

http://visual.ly/10-commandments-typography

PROOFING YOUR MANUSCRIPT LIKE A PRO:

http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2014/05/23/proofing-like-a-pro

THREE TIPS FOR PLOTTING SUCCESS:

http://www.magicalwords.net/specialgueststars/a-return-visit-with-jodi-mcisaac-three-tools-for-plotting-success/

MICHAEL CRICHTON’S PLOT METHOD:

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2014/05/michael-crichtons-method-plotting-story/

USING DREAMS A PLOT FODDER:

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2014/05/dreaming-up-story.html

WRITING EMAIL QUERIES, THE FORMAT:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2014/05/query-letters-day-1-e-queries.html

HUGH HOWEY AUTHORS EARNING REPORT:

http://authorearnings.com/may-2014-author-earnings-report/ 

AUTHOR EARNINGS, ANALYSIS OF HUGH HOWEY’S FIGURES:

http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/author-earnings-more-indie-than-big-five-debut-authors-can-earn-a-living-self-publishing/

LEGAL ARGUMENTS AND THE COURT DECISION ON SHERLOCK HOLMES AS A COPYRIGHTED CHARACTER:

http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/01/when-courts-adjudicate-the-quality-of-literary-characters/

COPYRIGHT AS A “WEALTH GENERATOR” FOR NATIONS:

http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/05/rights-sales-as-soft-power-2/

THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF STORYTELLING:

http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2014/05/28/are-you-serving-your-story/

RAY BRADBURY ON WRITING, (LINKS INCLUDED TO OTHER ARTICLES):

http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/ray-bradbury-on-zen-and-the-art-of-writing-1973.html

WORLDBUILDING STARTING WITH WEIRD IDEAS:

http://joanneanderton.com/wordpress/2014/05/28/building-working-worlds-from-weird-ideas-2-of-3/

WRITING QUERIES, THE CONTENT:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2014/05/query-letters-day-2-content.html