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All writers, particularly when they are faced with a difficult scene/chapter to write, have their favorite ways of procrastinating. But for those of you who are tired of procrastinating the same way all the time, and need some new, fresh ideas, I’ve compiled a list to help you in your times of need: 1. Blog […] May 26th, 2010 | Tags: Editing, goals, procrastination, Publishing, Writing | Category: Editing, Publishing, Reading, Social Media, Writing | 8 comments - (Comments are closed) Kristen Tracy describes herself as a “poet who also writes young adult and middle-grade novels,” but that’s an understatement. Her first two teen novels, Lost It and Crimes of the Sarahs, were published by Simon & Schuster, and she has three more forthcoming from Disney-Hyperion, including A Field Guide For Heartbreakers, due out June […] May 19th, 2010 | Tags: Editing, fiction, Kristen Tracy, Publishing, Social Media, Writing, YA | Category: Author Interviews, Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, Writing | 14 comments - (Comments are closed) It’s been two weeks already since I posted links! Here we go: Agent Nathan Bransford has a post on creating a Series Bible. A Series Bible is to a book (or series of books) what a script supervisor is to a movie—the person who makes sure a character’s hair looks the same in each scene […] May 8th, 2010 | Tags: E-Books, e-publishing, Editing, fiction, Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, Writing | Category: Editing, Link Love, Marketing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, Writing | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) I once bought a book in a Mendocino art gallery called How To Be Totally Unhappy in a Peaceful World. It was a VERY funny book, and, of course, the real message was, “Do the opposite of what I tell you here in order to be totally HAPPY in a peaceful world.” Ditto here. 1. […] April 28th, 2010 | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 35 comments - (Comments are closed) A note about links. I love reading other people’s links because we all follow different blogs and others post great links that I may have missed. That said, I find it really difficult to keep up with everyone’s blogs and to post all the best links here every Friday. I don’t like to post only […] April 24th, 2010 | Tags: Editing, Marketing, Publishing, Writing | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 8 comments - (Comments are closed) Simon at Constant Revision has three great posts about Twitter and how to use it. I’ve been tweeting very little lately and these posts made me want to get back into the groove. Last week, Publisher’s Weekly announced that Vook is releasing 19 titles for the iPad. I’m very happy about this because my husband […] April 8th, 2010 | Category: Link Love, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Agent Kirsty McLaughlan, guest blogging for Strictly Writing, gives seven tips for getting an agent. From the Guardian via Elizabeth at Fog City Writer, is crowfunding the way of the future? Also from the Guardian, is your reading suffering from multimedia overload? Agent Rachelle Gardner warns writers to think hard before self-publishing while editor Alan […] March 12th, 2010 | Tags: E-Books, Editing, Haruki Murakami, iPad, literary agents, National Book Critic Circle Award, Publishing, Social Media, Writing | Category: Dis n Dat, Editing, Link Love, Marketing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, Writing | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Am I the only one who doesn’t understand the point of ice dancing? The figure skating competitions were so much better. At least now I can get some work done (until Tuesday, when the women’s figure skating begins). And now for some links! Here is some recommended reading for writers considering an MFA. A great […] February 20th, 2010 | Tags: author platform, Editing, literary agents, personal brand, Publishing, query letters, San Francisco Writers Conference, taxes, Writing | Category: Editing, Link Love, Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, Writing | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Alicia Dunams is author of the Amazon bestseller Goal Digger. She is a dynamic speaker, book packager, and business coach. In 2007, you self-published a book titled, Goal Digger: Lessons Learned From the Rich Men I Dated. Why did you choose to self-publish? I shopped it around to literary agents and was […] February 19th, 2010 | Tags: Alicia Dunams, author platform, E-Books, Editing, Goal Digger, personal brand, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, Writing | Category: Author Interviews, E-Books, Marketing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 9 comments - (Comments are closed) The original Writerland (a website I created for a class in my MFA program back in 2005) was very different from this one. It didn’t have a blog. Instead, it had a page for people to sign in and log how many hours they wrote each week, and it had forums, lots of forums. The […] February 12th, 2010 | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, Writing | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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