Active Verbs

Why use common, boring verbs when there are so many active ones to choose from. 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Active-Verbs-List.pdf

Describing Your Character

Make every detail count when it comes to describing your character. 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/02/describing-your-character-how-to-make-every-detail-count/

Pen Names

What are the reasons you might want to use a pen name? 

https://www.writerswrite.com/bookpublishing/pen-names/

Picture Book Structure

There are many ways to structure your picture book, from days of the week to a journey. 

http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/7-ways-to-structure-your-picture-book

Social Media Tips

Social media is for connecting with your readers, not for giving them a hard sell. 

https://insights.bookbub.com/tips-authors-using-social-media-literary-agent/

Finding a Good Book Publicist

What you should look for in choosing and publicist and ideas for going it alone.

https://www.janefriedman.com/what-to-look-for-book-publicist/

Tough Topics in Middle Grades

Themes that used to be seen only in young adult novels are now being handled in middle grades. 

https://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2018/06/guest-post-barbara-dee-on-keeping-it.html

Author Bios

No matter where you are on your writing journey, you'll need to have an author bio. 

https://rachellegardner.com/how-to-write-a-terrific-author-bio/

Why You Need to Revise

Reason #1 - Your first draft is not your best one.

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/10921/harold-underdown-eileen-robinson-top-10-reasons-you-need-to-revise-your-manuscript/

Marketing Strategies

Josh Funk shares marketing ideas starting with "write a good book." 

http://www.24carrotwriting.com/-blog/josh-funk-shares-powerhouse-marketing-strategies

Hook Your Readers

Twelve tips to writing an opening that will pull in your readers. 

https://insights.bookbub.com/start-novel-bang-hook-readers/

Is Your Work Any Good?

How can you tell if your work is ready to submit? 

https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-know-if-your-work-is-any-good/

Will Your Idea Be Stolen?

If you submit your work to agents and editors, how can you be sure they won't steal your idea? 

https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/ask-dianne-10/

Book Readings

There's more to a book reading than just reciting the words on a page. 

http://writerunboxed.com/2018/06/01/how-to-perform-not-just-read-your-work-in-front-of-audiences/

Emotional Meaning

Make your readers care about your characters by layering emotional meaning into them.

https://kidlit.com/2018/06/04/writing-emotional-meaning/

Book Sales

What constitutes "good sales," and how are sales tracked? 

https://electricliterature.com/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-book-sales-but-were-afraid-to-ask-1fe6bc00aa2d

Novel Perspectives

Consistency is the key when choosing your novel's tense and point of view. 

https://blog.nathanbransford.com/2018/06/everything-you-need-to-know-about-novel-perspectives

Co-Authoring

There's no one right way to write a book with another author. 

http://booksbywomen.org/the-art-of-co-authoring/

Switching from Self-Publishing to Traditional

If you self-publish first, you can still traditionally publish later titles. 

https://blog.nathanbransford.com/2018/05/how-to-make-the-leap-from-self-publishing-to-traditional-publishing

Great Dialogue

Here are some hints to make your dialogue sound authentic to your characters. 

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/06/all-about-dialogue-lori-freeland/

Improve Your Writing

What can you do to become a better writer in addition to the obvious of read and write extensively. 

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2018/05/how-much-really-needs-to-be-in-your.html

Opening Sentence

How much really needs to be in the opening sentence of your novel? 

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2018/05/how-much-really-needs-to-be-in-your.html

Book Royalties

How are book royalties figured out, and how does the advance work?

https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-book-royalties-work/

Quick Outlining

Here's how to outline your story idea in only thirty minutes. 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/03/outlining-your-future-book-in-30-minutes/

Writing Middle Grade

Here are some tips for writing a middle-grade novel that will resonate with kids. 

https://diymfa.com/writing/five-lessons-learned-writing-first-middle-grade-novel

BookExpo 2018 Marketing Tips

What marketing tips can you learn from BookExpo, the biggest annual publishing conference in the US?

https://insights.bookbub.com/book-marketing-takeaways-bookexpo-2018/

Writing Groups

Figure out which type of writing group you need at this point in your writing journey. 

https://writeforkids.org/blog/2017/10/writing-groups-101-kind-right/

Using Your Theme

Thinking about your theme can help you develop subplots, supporting characters, and tension. 

Use Theme to Determine Subplots, Supporting Characters, and Tension

Book Promotion Fatigue

Marketing is exhausting and sometimes you need to scale back your marketing efforts. 

http://writerunboxed.com/2018/06/05/dealing-with-book-promotion-fatigue/

Website and Mailing List Privacy Regulations

You may need to update your website and/or mailing list to comply with The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which went into effect May 25, 2018.

Editorial Letters

How do you handle revising your manuscript, possibly extensively, after getting feedback from an editor? 

http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2018/05/wow-weds-molly-e-lee-on-revisions.html#.WyPR86dKhlY

After an Editor Expresses Interest

Yay for getting interest from an editor on your manuscript, but what happens next?

http://bookendsliterary.com/2018/05/29/anatomy-of-a-book-deal-inside-the-publishing-house/