Book Piracy

What can you do about it?

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2011/11/authors-and-book-piracy/

Marketing Your Book

An extensive list of links about marketing. 

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2011/08/how-to-market-your-book/

Contests

Why it's worthwhile to enter contests before you submit to agents and editors. 

http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2011/11/treating-pain-of-rejection.html

Writing Flaws

45 flaws described in detail that show your lack of storytelling experience. 

http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/forty-five-more-flaws-that-expose-your-lack-of-storytelling-experience-part-5

Blog Comments

Why comments are important and how to generate more of them. 

http://www.publetariat.com/sell/author-blogging-101-comments

New YA Imprint

British Publisher, Angry Robot, will launch a new YA imprint, Strange Chemistry in September 2012. 

http://angryrobotbooks.com/2011/11/introducing-strange-chemistry-our-new-ya-imprint/

Character Driven

Everyone seems to be looking for character driven picture books like these. 

http://robsanderswrites.blogspot.com/2011/08/c-character-driven.html

MG Marketing

Two things every MG author should do to publicize a book. 

http://lisa-schroeder.livejournal.com/390127.html

School Visits

What mistakes do authors make in school visits?

http://schoolvisitexperts.com/?p=537

High Concept

What do editors and agents mean when they talk about "high concept?"

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2011/08/what-is-high-concept/

Contracts

Ten contract items that may give you a headache. 

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/48002-contract-headaches.html

Google+

How to set up an author or book page on Google+.

http://inkygirl.com/inkygirl-main/2011/11/8/how-to-set-up-an-author-or-book-page-on-google.html

Book Release

A timeline for what you need to do in the months before your book's release. 

http://www.lisaschroederbooks.com/2010/02/timeline-and-checklist-for-ya-of-mg.html

Word Frequency

Here's an easy way to find out if you're overusing certain words. 

http://writewords.org.uk/word_count.asp

Unpublished Writers

Does it make sense to blog before you're published? 

http://kidlit.com/2010/07/21/should-unpublished-writers-blog/

Agent Search No-nos

Agent John Cusick tells what not to do when you're looking for an agents.

http://johnmcusick.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/ten-surefire-ways-to-turn-off-a-prospective-agent/

YA and First Person

Why is the first person POV the norm in YA?

http://adventuresinagentland.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-i.html

Ending Your Story

Sometimes all you need is to cut the last sentence, paragraph, or scene. 

http://fantasy-faction.com/2011/the-end-wrapping-up-your-stories

Picture Book Questions

Answers to many questions about getting your picture book published. 

http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2011/07/whole-lot-of-info-about-picture-books.html

How to Get an Agent

Agent Jill Corcoran provides links to her posts on how to get an agent. 

http://jillcorcoran.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-get-agent.html

Goodreads

How to get the most out of the largest reader social media site. 

http://shrinkingvioletpromotions.blogspot.com/2011/10/lia-keyes-making-full-use-of-goodreads.html

Fear of Rejection

Some ideas to help you get past your fear of rejection and submit your manuscript . 

http://lisa-schroeder.livejournal.com/387350.html

Redundant Phrases

Tighten your writing by eliminating these phrases. 

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/50-redundant-phrases-to-avoid/

Digital Books for Kids

What you need to know about the different types of digital books available for kids.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/10/making-sense-of-digital-books-for-kids-part-1/
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/10/making-sense-of-digital-books-for-kids-part-2/

Naming Your Characters

Here are some mistakes to avoid when you name your character. 

http://fictiongroupie.blogspot.com/2011/10/5-tips-for-not-screwing-up-your.html

Reconnecting With Your Work-in-Progress

Some tips to get you back on track after you've had to step away from your manuscript. 

http://writeitsideways.com/6-ways-to-reconnect-with-your-work-in-progress/

New MG/YA Publisher

Algonquin will start publishing middle grade and young adult novels.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/49287-elise-howard-moves-to-algonquin-to-start-list.html

Sales Data from Publishers

An interesting article about how the big three publishers will be sharing sales data with their authors. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/business/media/authors-to-get-sales-data-from-three-big-publishers.html

Search Engine Optimization

As a writer, is it worth your while to try and improve your search engine results? 

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2011/10/do-writers-need-to-worry-about-google/

YA Voice

Two blog posts about perfecting your YA voice. 

http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/perfecting-your-ya-voice-part-1/
http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/perfecting-your-ya-voice-part-2/