Links of Interest

WRITING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS:

http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/margies-rule-2-write-the-hard-stuff-facial-expressions/

WHY AUTHORS SHOULD USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO BRAND THEMSELVES (VIDEO WITH SONGS!):

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/john-scalzi-maureen-johnson-bill-barnes-worst-social-media-advice-bea

FANTASY SHORT STORY AWARD:

http://www.baen.com/baenfantasyaward.asp

BE PROUD YOU WRITE ROMANCE, ARGUMENTS INCLUDED:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2014/06/writing-romance-it-is-harder-than-you.html

THE QUERY LETTER NO-NO LIST:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2014/05/query-letters-day-3-no-no-list.html

BUILDING A STORY FROM YOUR CREATED WORLD:

http://joanneanderton.com/wordpress/2014/05/30/building-working-worlds-from-weird-ideas-3-of-3/

WRITNG CHARACTERS THAT JUMP OFF THE PAGE:

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2014/06/lessons-james-scott-bell-characters-jump-page/

WORLDBUILDING, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO LEAVE STUFF OUT:

http://www.magicalwords.net/specialgueststars/worldbuilding-leaving-it-out-j-kathleen-cheney/

HOW TO AVOID DIALOG TAGS:

http://www.magicalwords.net/james-tuck-2/speechtags-are-of-the-devil-he-said/

START WITH CHANGE, NOT ACTION:

http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2014/06/04/start-with-a-change-not-just-action/

ONLINE GENERATOR FOR FAMILY TREES:

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2014/06/character-trees.html