Writing & Publishing links for May 7, 2011

Top 5 Band-Aids to Apply Before Querying (about editing your manuscript)

How I Edit [my manuscript]

How To Make a Book Cover Optical Illusion

Why I Chose a Traditional Publisher (by Nathan Bransford)

Social Networking: Twitter v. Facebook

13 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get Followed Back [on Twitter]

The Interminable Agency Clause [in contracts]

Publishing Links for 4/19/11

The Making of a Book Cover

Internet Book Promotion

Facebook for Authors

Social Networking and Your Picture

Hoping for a Movie Deal, Part 1 and Part Two

Pitching Effectively

What the Fiction Editor Looks For, Part 1 and Part 2

Switching Genres

The Joy of Revisions

Where “In Perpetuity” (in a contract) Might Come Back…

Book Fair Bewares

Lies (Dishonest) Fee-Charging Publishers Tell

Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: Which Way Will You Make More Money?

Writing & Publishing Links for Feb. 24

Phrase Frequency Counter for Writers

Characters in Denial

Action is Character

Reasons for a Rewrite: The Ugly Truth

How to Edit Your Dialogue

Editing Your Fiction Manuscript

Your Author Photo: General Tips and Posing Tips

How to Get Published (The Definitive Post) by Rachelle Gardner

You Don't Have to Blog, Tweet, or Be on Facebook

What's Your Blog Identity?

5 Ways Authors Alienate Readers on Social Media Sites

What are Remainders?

Quick & Easy Answers about publishing

Sell-in, Sell-Through, Earn-Out (and Returns)

Agency Agreements

Writing & Publishing Links for Dec. 23

How to establish your characters: openings

Why less detail makes more believable characters

How to use historical figures in your novels

Using the bystander effect in your novels

How settings make or break your characters

Why smart characters make dumb mistakes

Five steps to building a believable character arc

Plot holes

Some Tips on Evaluating Literary Contests

Why a Books Subtitle is So Important When it Comes to Book Marketing and Book Publicity

As large publishers increase their expectations of midlist sellers, indie presses see an influx

Publishing Your Own Book (text of interview, audio automatically starts to download)

Bookscan Numbers on Amazon

Who decides titles and cover design?

Advertising That Works?

Comparison Doesn't Work

Importance Of Tracking World Rights

Listing of Royalty Rates

Seven Tips on Building a Following

Pick Your Marketing Strategy

Marketing Your Book

Should I Tweet?

Launching Your Career Via Kindle, the Unpublished

Building Your Career on Kindle, the Published

Reversion of Rights

Writing & Publishing Links for Nov. 18

Linnea Sinclair on Deep Third Point of View

Character Building Workshop

25 Reasons Why Your Imperiled Character Can’t Call For Help

On sex and swearing in YA novels

Trans-racial Writing for the Sincere

When something isn’t working in the story

Publishing Contracts

Answering Questions on Contracts, Part 1 of 2

Answering Questions on Contracts, Part 2 of 2

Your Option Clause

The top 3 culprits regarding errors in royalty statements

The Agent-Client Relationship

How long various waits take in publishing

What Editors Won't Tell You (But We Will)

Writing Under a (Supertight) Deadline

A Few Hints on Twitter

Writing & Publishing Links for Nov. 2

3 Mistakes Writers Make in the Quest for Publication

5 Reasons Nonfiction Writers Need a Book Proposal

Tuning Up Your Writing Mechanics

Middle Grade? Teen? Where Do You Draw the Line?

SF&F query letters mistakes. More mistakes.

Inner Critic vs Inner Editor

How to Use Track Changes.
When Not to Have Track Changes

You Have an Offer From a Publisher...But You Don't Have an Agent

For NaNoWriMo participants, some writing tips/reminders:
Choosing the Right Idea
Goals and Obstacles
Editing As You Go

Writing & Publishing Links for Oct. 21

The ways agents don't live up to expectations

What's a Cozy Mystery?

The Great Prologue Debate

The All-Important First Chapter

Details necessary for creating vivid fiction

There's no substitute for getting your hands dirty when you research a story

Writing rules are a means of identifying how to fix a problem so that the reader remains engaged.

Novel Design: Plot Structure

Branding Leads to Landing the All-Important Second Contract

How readers empathize with characters

9 Must-Follow Manuscript Rules

Great Product Is the New Marketing

Writing & Publishing Links for Oct. 7

Defeating Your Inner Critic Part I

Defeating Your Inner Critic Part II

Secrets of Better Writing: The Powers of 1, 2, 3, and 4-or-More

Book Cover Design Resources for Self-Published Authors

To Multi-book, or Not to Multi-book (on multi-book deals)

Working Social Media

Behind the Scenes... "The Call"

In it for the Long Haul

What Do Amazon Rankings Mean To Authors?

Writing & Publishing Links for Sept. 23

Sorry for being absent for a while. It's been a very busy month.

Is a Writer’s Conference Worth the Money?

Post-Publication Book Marketing Activities

What Platform Means for Writers

What Do The Most Highly-Paid Authors Have In Common?

5 Tips To Polish Your Fiction

An Author’s Notebook: Reporting, Evoking, and Creating

How Deliberate Practice Can Make You an Excellent Writer

Seven Keys to Writing Good Dialogue

How To Make a Point Without Being Preachy

Getting Published is Not a Crap Shoot

How Can You Tell How Well Your Book is Selling?

11 Questions for Crafting a Pitch

Once you're a published author, you're going to have a target on your back.

Author Headshots

More on Revision Letters

Behind the Scenes at a Pub Committee Meeting

How to Deal With Contradictory Query Advice

Overview of Writing & Publishing

How to Write a Novel

Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies?

Some Tips for Writing a Series

How to Write a Query Letter

Moonrat's Rundown of Publishing Options

An Offer From a Small Publisher

What to Ask an Agent

The Revision Letter.

Surviving the Editorial Letter

Promote Your Book Like a Pro


Warning about a Macmillan letter to their authors.