Contract Negotiations

Use these tips to help you negotiate several typical contract clauses. 

http://www.authorsguild.org/services/legal-services/improving-your-book-contract/

Daily Writing Tips

Take a few minutes each day to read these great daily tips. 

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/

What Not to Blog About

There are some things which you shouldn't announce to the world on your blog. 

http://www.booksandsuch.biz/blog/what-not-to-blog-about/

Subplots

Don't let your minor plots lead your story astray. 

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2010/03/stay-on-target.html

Getting Past Rejection

Kelly Light shows one you shouldn't give up. 

http://taralazar.com/2012/11/09/piboidmo-day-9-kelly-light/

Foreign Language Words

Five tips on how and when to use foreign language in your manuscript. 

http://www.adamheine.com/2012/10/5-tips-for-using-foreign-language.html

Submission Tips

An intern from a children's books agency gives her top submission tips to be noticed.

http://henandinkblots.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/mima-tipper-mfa-advises-be-the-lemon-square-top-submission-tips-from-my-internship-with-kid-lit-super-agent-c/

Literary Contracts

What are the many things to look at in your book contract. 

http://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/final.three.html

Character Brainstorming

Author Martina Boone shares her worksheet for thinking about characters. 

http://www.martinaboone.com/resources/character_brainstorming_worksheet.pdf

Epilogues

When you should and should not add an epilogue to your book. 

http://writerunboxed.com/2012/10/30/after-the-end-the-epilogue/

Obnoxious Marketing Techniques

How not to market your book. 

http://jodyhedlund.blogspot.ca/2012/10/5-obnoxious-marketing-techniques.html

Third Person: Omniscient vs. Limited

When you use the third person point of view, you have some decisions to make.

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2012/11/third-person-omniscient-vs-third-person.html?

The Ever Elusive Voice

There are many paths to creating a great voice. 

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/05/how-to-craft-great-voice.html

Flashbacks

When should you use flashbacks and how should you incorporate them into your writing?

http://kidlit.com/2012/10/31/using-flashbacks-in-writing/

Nonfiction

What do editors look for in a nonfiction project? 

http://www.booksandsuch.biz/blog/10-things-editors-look-for-in-non-fiction/

Word Counts

Most of us know the approximate word counts for different genres of kidlit, but this post also gives the "sweet spot."

http://literaticat.blogspot.ca/2011/05/wordcount-dracula.html

Too Didactic

There's a limited market for issue books and even these should never be preachy. 

http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-d-word.html

Giveaways

Contests and other giveaways are a book-marketing tool. 

http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2012/10/quick-tips-for-contests-giveaways/

Writing Prompts

How writing prompts can help you improve your craft. 

http://janefriedman.com/2012/10/22/3-steps-prompts/

Author Spots

Promote your school visits by creating mini-videos to be shown to the students before you arrive. 

http://jeanreidy.blogspot.com/2012/10/author-spots-for-schools.html

Blog Photos

Photos are copyrighted, so you can't just copy them from other blogs and websites. 

http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/finding-photos/

Editorial Letters

After you sell your book comes the wait for your editorial letter. 

http://emusdebuts.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-an-editorial-letter/

Should You Blog

Here are some points to help you decide if blogging is for you. 

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2012/10/should-all-authors-blog/

Terrible First Drafts

If you assume your first draft is going to be dreadful, you won't be disappointed. 

http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2012/10/always-write-terrible-first-drafts.html

School Workshops

Suggested sequences and timings for various length school visits. 

http://schoolvisitexperts.com/?p=575

Foreign Settings

Whether your setting is far away or just unfamiliar, you need to do your research. 

http://www.jenncrowell.com/blog/2012/10/4/seven-surefire-ways-to-write-about-foreign-settings.html

Chapter Breaks

Choose your chapter breaks so your reader won't be able to put down your book.

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2012/10/chapter-breaks-and-cliffhangers.html

Trilogies

Here's a three-part series about writing the three books of a trilogy. 

http://elanajohnson.blogspot.ca/2012/10/writing-trilogy-part-three-book-three.html

Bullying

Publishers Weekly's list of books with a bullying theme. 

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/54460-bullying-resources-a-selected-listing.html

Boilerplate Contracts

There can be many pitfalls in a standard publisher's contract. 

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2012/10/if-you-remember-one-thing-it-should-be.html