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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
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Novel Writing Help (Harvey Chapman)

*** 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

From Write It Sideways (Suzannah Windsor Freeman):

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Ultimate Fiction Writing Resource Guide

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
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Hand Hobbies: A Resource Guide to Writing Basics

​A collection of articles from Wristband Express - thanks to Laney for the link
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Writing Careers: The Business Behind Becoming an Author

A collection of articles from ZenBusiness.com - thanks to Anna for the link
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Money Saving Guide for Authors and Writers

A round-up of useful advice - thanks to Hannah for the link
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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)
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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)


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 

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)

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

Website Creation

The Best Website Builders Reviewed (John Stevens)

Career Options

Creative Jobs for English Majors

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

Interesting Science Articles (for SF writers / readers)

NASA working on Warp drive

Habitable planet around Proxima Centauri

Why you should upload yourself to a supercomputer

Communication tattoos