NY Book Editors
*** MOST RECOMMENDED ***
This site has a tremendous range of in-depth, well-written articles covering all aspects of being an author. If you only have time to follow one blog, I recommend this one. It's great. Here are links to some of their fantastic articles:
11 Things No One Tells You About Being a Writer
Character Development: How to Create a Consistent Voice
Creating Secondary Characters
All About Point of View - Which One Should You Use?
How To Start Your Novel
Everything You Need To Know About Writing Endings
How To Plan A Convincing Mystery
How To Plan A Book Series
How to Build a Dystopian World
Traditional or Self Publish: What's Best For You?
How To Write a Darn Good Query Letter
*** MOST RECOMMENDED ***
This site has a tremendous range of in-depth, well-written articles covering all aspects of being an author. If you only have time to follow one blog, I recommend this one. It's great. Here are links to some of their fantastic articles:
11 Things No One Tells You About Being a Writer
Character Development: How to Create a Consistent Voice
Creating Secondary Characters
All About Point of View - Which One Should You Use?
How To Start Your Novel
Everything You Need To Know About Writing Endings
How To Plan A Convincing Mystery
How To Plan A Book Series
How to Build a Dystopian World
Traditional or Self Publish: What's Best For You?
How To Write a Darn Good Query Letter
Novel Writing Help (Harvey Chapman)
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This site has many in-depth, well-written articles covering all aspects of being an author. Here are links to just some of them:
Types of Novels
How to Beat Writer's Block
Creating Characters
and there are many, many more!
*** RECOMMENDED ***
This site has many in-depth, well-written articles covering all aspects of being an author. Here are links to just some of them:
Types of Novels
How to Beat Writer's Block
Creating Characters
and there are many, many more!
101 of the Best Fiction-Writing Tips
Ultimate Fiction Writing Resource Guide
A Comprehensive Guide for Writers – and Aspiring Writers – of Fiction (40+ articles)
A Comprehensive Guide for Writers – and Aspiring Writers – of Fiction (40+ articles)
Creative Writing Resources for Beginners
A collection of articles from MDG Advertising - thanks to Diana for the link
A collection of articles from MDG Advertising - thanks to Diana for the link
Hand Hobbies: A Resource Guide to Writing Basics
A collection of articles from Wristband Express - thanks to Laney for the link
A collection of articles from Wristband Express - thanks to Laney for the link
Writing Careers: The Business Behind Becoming an Author
A collection of articles from ZenBusiness.com - thanks to Anna for the link
A collection of articles from ZenBusiness.com - thanks to Anna for the link
Money Saving Guide for Authors and Writers
A round-up of useful advice - thanks to Hannah for the link
A round-up of useful advice - thanks to Hannah for the link
General Fiction Writing Articles
6 Tips To Hook A Reader On Page One (Carly Watters)
6 Ways To Hook Your Readers From The Very First Line (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
10 Writing Mistakes That Kill Your First Chapter (Marcy Kennedy)
How To Write A First Chapter That Rocks (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
The Writing Tricks We'd Be Naked Without (Jess Lourey & Shannon Baker - Writer Unboxed)
Enrich Your Story with Foreshadowing (Kay Keppler - Writers' Fun Zone)
Literary Devices (Reedsy)
How to Read Your Way to Better Writing (Susan Bearman - Write It Sideways)
The Ultimate Title Brainstorm Game (Jessica Brody)
Supercharge Your Pacing (Jessica Brody)
Theme as the engine of plot (Writers Write)
How to write a Scene (Writers Write)
Resources for Crime and Thriller Writers (Louise Harnby)
How to Write a Murderously Good Mystery (Karen Woodward)
6 Ways To Hook Your Readers From The Very First Line (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
10 Writing Mistakes That Kill Your First Chapter (Marcy Kennedy)
How To Write A First Chapter That Rocks (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
The Writing Tricks We'd Be Naked Without (Jess Lourey & Shannon Baker - Writer Unboxed)
Enrich Your Story with Foreshadowing (Kay Keppler - Writers' Fun Zone)
Literary Devices (Reedsy)
How to Read Your Way to Better Writing (Susan Bearman - Write It Sideways)
The Ultimate Title Brainstorm Game (Jessica Brody)
Supercharge Your Pacing (Jessica Brody)
Theme as the engine of plot (Writers Write)
How to write a Scene (Writers Write)
Resources for Crime and Thriller Writers (Louise Harnby)
How to Write a Murderously Good Mystery (Karen Woodward)
Plotting, Pantsing and the First Draft
Outlining a Story (Elizabeth Craig)
The Top 12 Benefits of Outlining Your Novel (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
How to Outline a Novel (Even If You're Not An Outliner) (Jerry Jenkins)
How I Plot a Novel in 5 Steps (Rachel Aaron)
The Snowflake Method (Randy Ingermanson)
7 Reasons to Write an Entire 1st Draft before Going Back to the Beginning (Writers' Digest)
6 Secrets of Writing a Novel Without an Outline (Writers' Digest)
3 Good Reasons to keep your book shorter than 80,000 words (Brooke Warner - Huffington Post)
The 6 Month Novel Writing Plan (Caitlin Jans - Authors Publish)
The Top 12 Benefits of Outlining Your Novel (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
How to Outline a Novel (Even If You're Not An Outliner) (Jerry Jenkins)
How I Plot a Novel in 5 Steps (Rachel Aaron)
The Snowflake Method (Randy Ingermanson)
7 Reasons to Write an Entire 1st Draft before Going Back to the Beginning (Writers' Digest)
6 Secrets of Writing a Novel Without an Outline (Writers' Digest)
3 Good Reasons to keep your book shorter than 80,000 words (Brooke Warner - Huffington Post)
The 6 Month Novel Writing Plan (Caitlin Jans - Authors Publish)
Writer's Block / Writer's Doubt / Just Getting It Done
9 Non-rules for Writing (Elizabeth Percer - Literary Hub)
7 Reasons You've Failed As A Writer (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
Transform Your Writing Life (Marcy McKay - Positive Writer)
How to NOT Let Others Sabotage Your Writing (Marcy McKay - Positive Writer)
Want Success? Embrace the Grind (Kristen Lamb)
5 Ways Writers Can Cure How-Do-I-Begin-Itis (Krissy Brady - Write It Sideways)
The Myth of Writer's Block (Writers Write)
5 Tips to Keep You From Being Overwhelmed (C S Lakin - Live Write Thrive)
Tackling a Writer's Greatest Challenge: Time Management (Heather Webb - Writer In The Storm)
Riding Out the Storms (Tim Waggoner)
7 Reasons You've Failed As A Writer (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
Transform Your Writing Life (Marcy McKay - Positive Writer)
How to NOT Let Others Sabotage Your Writing (Marcy McKay - Positive Writer)
Want Success? Embrace the Grind (Kristen Lamb)
5 Ways Writers Can Cure How-Do-I-Begin-Itis (Krissy Brady - Write It Sideways)
The Myth of Writer's Block (Writers Write)
5 Tips to Keep You From Being Overwhelmed (C S Lakin - Live Write Thrive)
Tackling a Writer's Greatest Challenge: Time Management (Heather Webb - Writer In The Storm)
Riding Out the Storms (Tim Waggoner)
Increasing Your Word Count Rate
How I wrote 150K words in a month (Stacy Claflin)
Why you aren't writing more (Stacy Claflin)
How to get the work done efficiently - even if you have a day job (Stacy Claflin)
How your personality type wreaks havoc with your writing (Kelly Simmons - Writers in the Storm)
Why you aren't writing more (Stacy Claflin)
How to get the work done efficiently - even if you have a day job (Stacy Claflin)
How your personality type wreaks havoc with your writing (Kelly Simmons - Writers in the Storm)
Finishing Your Book
The #1 Reason You'll Never Finish Writing Your Novel (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
How To Finish Your Damn Book (Catherine Ryan Howard)
How to Finally Finish that Novel (Cathy Yardley - Live Write Thrive)
Getting to the End: How to FINISH a Book (Kathleen McCleary - Writer Unboxed)
How to Come Up With a Title (Killzoneblog)
How To Finish Your Damn Book (Catherine Ryan Howard)
How to Finally Finish that Novel (Cathy Yardley - Live Write Thrive)
Getting to the End: How to FINISH a Book (Kathleen McCleary - Writer Unboxed)
How to Come Up With a Title (Killzoneblog)
Language and Style
An Introduction to Filtering (Michael Emmert - Scribophile)
Filter Words (Susan Dennard - Publishing Crawl)
Are these Filter Words Weakening Your Fiction? (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
Deep POV Part One: What Is It? How Do We Do It? (Kristen Lamb)
Deep POV Part Two: Crawling Inside Your Characters (Kristen Lamb)
Sexy phrases for in and out of the bedroom (Sharla Rae - Writers in the Storm)
Body Language - An Artistic Writing Tool (Sharla Rae - Writers in the Storm)
4 Common Dialogue Mistakes (Alex Limberg - Write It Sideways)
Quick Tips to Tighten Up Your Writing (C S Lakin on Catherine Ryan Howard's blog)
5 Writing Tics to Delete in Revision (Maeve Maddox - Daily Writing Tips)
Self-Editing Your Book: The Ultimate Free 21-part Checklist (Jerry Jenkins)
Filter Words (Susan Dennard - Publishing Crawl)
Are these Filter Words Weakening Your Fiction? (Suzannah Windsor Freeman - Write It Sideways)
Deep POV Part One: What Is It? How Do We Do It? (Kristen Lamb)
Deep POV Part Two: Crawling Inside Your Characters (Kristen Lamb)
Sexy phrases for in and out of the bedroom (Sharla Rae - Writers in the Storm)
Body Language - An Artistic Writing Tool (Sharla Rae - Writers in the Storm)
4 Common Dialogue Mistakes (Alex Limberg - Write It Sideways)
Quick Tips to Tighten Up Your Writing (C S Lakin on Catherine Ryan Howard's blog)
5 Writing Tics to Delete in Revision (Maeve Maddox - Daily Writing Tips)
Self-Editing Your Book: The Ultimate Free 21-part Checklist (Jerry Jenkins)
Mistakes to Avoid
12 Common Writing Errors Even Best-Selling Authors Make (Ricardo Fayet - BookBub Insight)
Five Mistakes Killing Self-published authors (Kristen Lamb)
The 5 Biggest Fiction Writing Mistakes (& How to Fix Them) (James Scott Bell - Writers' Digest)
Five Mistakes Killing Self-published authors (Kristen Lamb)
The 5 Biggest Fiction Writing Mistakes (& How to Fix Them) (James Scott Bell - Writers' Digest)
Publishing
How to Self-publish Your Book (Jane Friedman)
How to Publish A Book (BulkBooks - thanks to Maggie for this link)
Self-publishing on Amazon (Bennett Coles)
A Tax Cheat Sheet for Kindle eBook Self-Publishing (thanks to Alexa for this link)
BookBub's Ultimate Guide to Self-Publishing and Book Distribution Tools
How to Publish A Book (BulkBooks - thanks to Maggie for this link)
Self-publishing on Amazon (Bennett Coles)
A Tax Cheat Sheet for Kindle eBook Self-Publishing (thanks to Alexa for this link)
BookBub's Ultimate Guide to Self-Publishing and Book Distribution Tools
Articles about Amazon
Mythbusting the Amazon Algorithm (Cate Baum) *** RECOMMENDED ***
Amazon's New Review Rules (Anne R Allen) *** RECOMMENDED ***
The Secret Behind Amazon's Disappearing Reviews (Tina Reber)
Amazon Sales Rank: Taming the Algorithm (John Doppler - Self-Publishing Advice)
Amazon Sales Rank: How Does It Work - Research-based (Chris McMullen)
8 Things People Don't Know About Amazon's Sales Rank (Rob Nightingale, April 2014)
Amazon Category Keywords (Amazon)
How to choose kindle keywords (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
Keyword Strategy for Fiction Authors (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
Category vs Keyword Rankings (Dave Chesson- Kindlepreneur)
How to use Categories, Keywords and Themes (Penny Sansevieri - Self-Publishing Advice)
Getting Your Book in the Proper Amazon Category (Hope Welsh - Digital Book Today)
Top 10 things authors should know about Amazon (Brooke Warner - Huffington Post)
Amazon Reviews: "Allowed" and "Not Allowed" (Cate Baum - Self-Publishing Review)
Amazon's Top 10,000 Reviewers (Amazon)
How to find and contact Amazon book reviewers (Shelley Hitz - Self-Publishing Coach)
How to Embed an Amazon Store in Your FaceBook Page For Free (Eddie Dagstanyan - Touch Nickel)
Amazon's New Review Rules (Anne R Allen) *** RECOMMENDED ***
The Secret Behind Amazon's Disappearing Reviews (Tina Reber)
Amazon Sales Rank: Taming the Algorithm (John Doppler - Self-Publishing Advice)
Amazon Sales Rank: How Does It Work - Research-based (Chris McMullen)
8 Things People Don't Know About Amazon's Sales Rank (Rob Nightingale, April 2014)
Amazon Category Keywords (Amazon)
How to choose kindle keywords (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
Keyword Strategy for Fiction Authors (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
Category vs Keyword Rankings (Dave Chesson- Kindlepreneur)
How to use Categories, Keywords and Themes (Penny Sansevieri - Self-Publishing Advice)
Getting Your Book in the Proper Amazon Category (Hope Welsh - Digital Book Today)
Top 10 things authors should know about Amazon (Brooke Warner - Huffington Post)
Amazon Reviews: "Allowed" and "Not Allowed" (Cate Baum - Self-Publishing Review)
Amazon's Top 10,000 Reviewers (Amazon)
How to find and contact Amazon book reviewers (Shelley Hitz - Self-Publishing Coach)
How to Embed an Amazon Store in Your FaceBook Page For Free (Eddie Dagstanyan - Touch Nickel)
Marketing
Free and Paid Websites to Promote your Kindle Book (Dave Chesson- Kindlepreneur)
4 Proven Steps to Creating a Book Marketing Plan (C S Lakin - The Self Publisher)
Book Marketing 101 (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
Promoting Your Book 101: Amazon vs Google vs Facebook vs Twitter (Cate Baum - Self-Publishing Review)
How to Create Titles to Hook Your Readers (Judith Briles - The Book Designer)
How to Title a Book (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
The 5 Most Common Mistakes Authors Make When Seeking Book Reviews (Gisela Hausmann - Live Write Thrive)
Beginners' Guide to MailChimp for Indie Authors (Paul Teague - Self-Publishing Advice)
Book Marketing Tips (Jeff Bennington - Digital Book Today)
Maximise Your KDP Select Free Days (Ruth Francisco - Digital Book Today)
7 Book Marketing Trends That No Longer Work (and What Indie Authors Can Do About It) - Penny Sansevieri - Author Marketing Expert)
Twitter Resources for Writers in 2020: Accounts to follow
4 Proven Steps to Creating a Book Marketing Plan (C S Lakin - The Self Publisher)
Book Marketing 101 (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
Promoting Your Book 101: Amazon vs Google vs Facebook vs Twitter (Cate Baum - Self-Publishing Review)
How to Create Titles to Hook Your Readers (Judith Briles - The Book Designer)
How to Title a Book (Dave Chesson - Kindlepreneur)
The 5 Most Common Mistakes Authors Make When Seeking Book Reviews (Gisela Hausmann - Live Write Thrive)
Beginners' Guide to MailChimp for Indie Authors (Paul Teague - Self-Publishing Advice)
Book Marketing Tips (Jeff Bennington - Digital Book Today)
Maximise Your KDP Select Free Days (Ruth Francisco - Digital Book Today)
7 Book Marketing Trends That No Longer Work (and What Indie Authors Can Do About It) - Penny Sansevieri - Author Marketing Expert)
Twitter Resources for Writers in 2020: Accounts to follow
Website Creation
Career Options
Humorous Articles / Pictures about Writing
How to survive a relationship with a writer - Top 10 Tips (Writers Write)
Weird Books
The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of "Writer's Block" - Journal of Applied Behaviour Analysis
Weird Books
The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of "Writer's Block" - Journal of Applied Behaviour Analysis