Folktales

How to choose and adapt a folktale for a picture book. 

http://picturebookden.blogspot.com/2018/10/finding-and-finessing-folktale-by.html

Researching for Technical Accuracy

Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, you need to make sure the technical details in your story are accuracte. 

https://www.janefriedman.com/how-to-research-your-writing-to-ensure-technical-accuracy/

Author Visits

Here are links of interest to both educators and authors about the nuts and bolts of author visits.

https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit-resources/read/authors/auth-illmultiplelists/

Author Newsletter or Blog?

What's the best way to reach your readers--through an author newsletter or a blog? 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/10/how-to-nail-the-first-three-pages/

The First Three Pages

Ask yourself these questions to figure out how to start your novel. 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2018/10/how-to-nail-the-first-three-pages/

Writing Multiple Books at Once

How do you juggle several writing projects with different priorities in different stages of development?

https://insights.bookbub.com/writing-process-tips-juggle-several-books/

Story Flow

Following these four easy edits will make your story flow better.

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/easy-edits-that-make-your-story-flow-better/

Strengthen Your Writing

These five edits will help strengthen and tighten your writing.

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/02/five-edits-to-strengthen-your-writing.html

Five Kinds of Nonfiction

With many links to more resources, this blog post explains the kinds of nonfiction.

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/09/nerdcampnne-handout-5-kinds-of.html

Picture Book or Chapter Book

How to decide if your story should be told as a picture or chapter book.

https://taralazar.com/2018/09/17/is-your-picture-book-actually-a-chapter-book/

Character Flaws

Although all characters should have flaws, these are not always negative ones.

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2018/09/are-you-making-this-character-flaw.html

Tightening Your Writing

Here's a checklist of words and phrases to consider cutting in order to tighten your writing.

https://rachellegardner.com/tightening-your-writing/

Picture Book Formats

A standard picture book is 32 pages, but that doesn't mean you have that much room for your story.

https://www.wordsandpics.org/2013/07/picture-book-basics-understanding-format.html

Questions for Prospective Agents

Here's a list of questions you might want to ask an agent before accepting an offer of representation.

http://bookendsliterary.com/2018/10/03/questions-to-ask-when-an-agent-offers-representation/

Bringing Traffic to Your Website or Blog

In order for people to come to your website or blog, they need to know it exists.

https://www.janefriedman.com/build-long-lasting-traffic-to-website/

Deep Point of View

This checklist for writing deep POV will help your manuscript make readers feel as if they're part of the story.

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/10/writing-deep-point-of-view-like-a-pro-a-checklist/

Pacing

Here are seven tips to create the correct pacing throughout your novel.

https://writersedit.com/fiction-writing/7-quick-tips-for-mastering-pacing-in-your-story/

Post-Debut Marketing

When marketing your second, third, or more book, you still want to keep interest high on all of your titles.

https://groggorg.blogspot.com/2018/09/after-debut-strategies-for-marketing.html

Interior Monologue

A character's interior monologue lets us glimpse his/her thoughts at a specific time.

https://www.novel-writing-help.com/interior-monologue.html

Writing Child Characters

Children are not just short adults and shouldn't be written as if they were.

https://kidlit.com/2018/02/19/writing-child-characters/

Log Lines

Can you distill your novel into a single, probably lengthy, sentence?

https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/09/log-line/

Time as a Literary Device

Flashbacks aren't the only way to manipulate time in your manuscript.

https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/09/time-literary-device/

Flow of a Scene

There are many things to consider when considering which way would make a scene flow better.

https://jamigold.com/2018/08/choices-choices-debating-how-a-scene-should-play-out/

Making a Book Trailer

Here are step-by-step instructions on how to use iMovie to make your book trailer.

http://kidlitartists.blogspot.com/2018/07/making-book-trailer-in-imovie.html

Revision Checklist

Ask yourself these questions before you begin your next round of revisions.

https://www.anitraroweschulte.com/blog/revision

Problems With the Middle of Manuscripts

Whether your story bogs down in the middle or even stalls completely, here are some tips to get it back on track.

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2016/02/5-common-problems-with-middles.html

Recycling Manuscripts

If you have some old manuscripts lying around gathering dust, here are some ways how to give them a new life.

https://annerallen.com/2018/07/new-opportunities-old-manuscripts/

Writing Young Adult Books

Here are six tips to make your young adult novel more authentic.  

https://www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/articles/six-tips-for-writing-young-adult-novels

Research

Even if you write a contemporary story about a place you know, you still might want to do some research to bring that extra something to your writing.  

http://thewriteediting.blogspot.com/2018/10/simplifying-writer-research.html

Twitter Do's and Don'ts

Here are some tips to build your audience using Twitter.

https://annerallen.com/2018/10/twitter-wrong-right/