Writing, Editing, Proposals, Self-Publishing, & Career

Victoria Strauss wrote The Myth of the Evil Editor and The Importance of Self-Editing.

Rachelle Gardner wrote The Learning Curve That Never Ends.

Nathan Bransford wrote on the flow of an opening paragraph.

Chuck Sambuchino wrote The 8 Elements of a Nonfiction Book Proposal.

David Carnoy wrote Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know.

Jane Friedman wrote 2 Concrete Ways to Keep Your Writing Career Moving Forward.

Writing and Query Letters

Joanna Penn wrote Writing Thrillers: Lessons Learned From James Rollins.

Donald Maass wrote about creating suspense: It’s Not the Cougar.

Why smart characters make dumb mistakes.

Rachelle Gardner wrote A Monkey Could Have Written That and Stuff You Pay For and Sometimes It's Not About Your Book and How Do Agents & Publishers Make Decisions?

Joyce Magnin wrote about revising your manuscript in Seeing the Forest and the Trees.

Jessica Faust wrote Query Don'ts.

Daniel Friedman wrote about query letters in The Rejection Ballet.

Kristin Nelson wrote Why You Can’t Buy An eBook In English Outside The U.S.

Eric wrote about Co-ops and cover art.

Writing and Self-Promotion Advice

Jeannie Campbell wrote Character Stereotypes: The Cynic.

Robin Parrish wrote The Power of Mystery.

Rachelle Gardner wrote Keeping Track of Details.

Nathan Bransford wrote Balancing showing and telling.

Alicia Rasley wrote 9 Questions to Ask Your Main Character.

Mike Duran wrote The Dilemma of Self-Promotion.

Writing, Branding, and Twitter.

Mary wrote about writing for children: Know Your Category and Manuscript Length.

Bryan Russell on the Architecture of Revision.

R.L. LaFevers wrote Does Branding Make Sense?

List of publishers on Twitter.

Advice on Writing and Book Contracts

Kristin Nelson wrote about bok deals: One Book or Two? Maybe Three? and The One-Book Deal and One Possible Peril Of A Multi-book Deal. She also wrote about average advances for a debut novel.

Nathan Bransford wrote Why I Write Vague Rejection Letters.

Lynn Viehl wrote about Fighting Fatigue.

Delia Cabe wrote about cliches to avoid in your writing.

William Cane summarized Stephen King's 3 Steps to Create Suspense.

Writing advice, social networking, and what agents do

Rachelle Gardner wrote Dealing with Contradictory Feedback.

Jessica Faust wrote How Does Social Networking Work for You.

Christie Craig wrote Five Pieces of Well-Meaning Writing Advice That I’m Glad I Didn’t Take.

Nathan Bransford wrote Agents Are Not Just Gatekeepers.

More advice about publishing and writing

Victoria Strauss wrote about Copyright Protection Service: Another One You Don't Need.

Maureen Johnson wrote I am not a brand.

Jessica Faust wrote The Style Sheet and Selling Foreign Rights.

Lauren wrote How the Intern Reads Your Proposal.

Ellery Adams wrote Establishing an Online Presence.

Susan DiMickele wrote No Good Time To Write.

Nathan Bransford wrote about creating suspense/tension in the opening paragraphs of your story.

Rachelle Gardner wrote One-Sentence Summary Critiques & Tips.

Writing and the Business of Writing

Sally MacKenzie wrote about The Business of Writing.

Nathan Bransford wrote about What Makes a Great Setting.

Pitches, Promotion, Contracts, and Technology

Nathan Bransford wrote How to Write a One Sentence Pitch.

Jessica Faust wrote Using Your Galleys to promote your book.

Kristin Nelson wrote eBook Royalty: Another Way To Protect.

Alan Rinzler wrote How an iPad App can add sizzle to your book.

Joanna Penn wrote 5 Reasons Writers Need To Embrace Technology.

Pitches, Writing, and Other Publishing Stuff

Nathan Bransford wrote The One Sentence, One Paragraph, and Two Paragraph Pitch.

Rachelle Gardner wrote What if My Agent Doesn't Like My Next Book? and The Value of the Verbal Pitch.

Kristen Nelson wrote Age Is Just A Number and How Enhanced Ebooks Will Cause Havoc.

Sue Collier wrote about Non-Traditional Publishing.

Eric wrote about various departments (and their functions) that make up a publishing house.

kt literary had a post about Can you know TOO MUCH about an author?

Nancy Ancowitz wrote Public Speaking for Introverts.

Jody Hedlund wrote How Essential is an Online Presence to a Writer's Career?

Karen Holt wrote Digital Case Study: Can Goodreads Ads Help Unknown Authors Find an Audience?

Lisa Tener wrote about How to Set Up Book Signings…Strategically.

Jerry B. Jenkins wrote 8 Basic Writing Blunders.