Is Your Agent Any Good?

How do you tell if your agent is doing a good job for you and your career? 

https://www.janefriedman.com/how-do-you-know-if-your-agent-is-any-good/

Settings

Where you set your book and how you describe it will help bring your story to life. 

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/03/places-are-important-too-bring-your-book-to-life-part-ii/

When To Stop Editing

How do you know when it's time to stop revising and start submitting?

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/

Character Agency

It's important that your characters have agency, the purpose that drives their actions. 

https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/character-agency-by-katia-raina/

Prologues

When the guidelines say to only include a partial of your manuscript, should you include the prologue or not? 

http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-much-maligned-prologue-with-some.html

Blurbs

It's hard to ask people to blurb your book, but these tips will make it easier.

https://writerunboxed.com/2017/05/02/rattling-the-cup-for-blurbs/

Redundant Writing

Whether it's repeating words or repeating what you're saying but in a different ways, it's time to cut those redundancies out of your writing. 

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/02/redundancy-in-your-writing-and-how-to-exorcise-it/

Voice

This is the best and simplest explanation of voice I've ever seen. 

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2019/03/what-is-voice.html

Backstory Through Dialogue

No one wants to read an infodump of backstory, but you can share some of those details through dialogue. 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/02/writing-backstory-through-dialogue/

Picture Book Pagination

Make your readers want to turn that page at the end of every spread.

https://lernerbooks.blog/2017/09/paginate-picture-book-manuscript.html

Should You Blog?

Here are some tips to decide whether blogging is for you. 

https://rachellegardner.com/should-all-authors-blog/

Dialects and Accents

A little goes a long way when adding dialects and accents to your dialogue. 

https://killzoneblog.com/2019/01/rendering-dialects-and-accents-in-dialogue.html

Nonfiction Back Matter

Back matter gives you the opportunity to share some of your research in more detail. 

https://www.nonfiction-ninjas.com/blog/extra-extra-read-more-about-it

Self-Promotion Tips

You are the most important member of your marketing team, both before and after publication. 

http://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2016/08/tips-to-promote-yourself-as-an-author-before-and-after-publication/

Going Out of Print

What can you do to extend the life of your book after it goes out of print? 

https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/2019/02/guest-post-lindsey-lane-on-reframing-the-reality-of-books-going-out-of-print-part-1-the-facts/
https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/2019/02/guest-post-lindsey-lane-on-reframing-the-reality-of-books-going-out-of-print-part-2-author-illustrator-perspective/

Make History Real

How do you bring a world to life in your historical fiction?

https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/three-ways-to-make-the-historical-real/

Writing Contests

How do you choose which, if any, writing contests to enter?

https://annerallen.com/2019/02/writing-contests-important/

Manuscript Formatting

There are many sources to tell you correct manuscript formatting, but this post tells you how to do it in Microsoft Word, step-by-step. 

https://jerryjenkins.com/manuscript-format/

YA Cliches

Don't fall into these cliche traps in your young adult novel. 

https://mythcreants.com/blog/a-field-guide-to-six-infectious-ya-cliches/

Authors and Taxes

Here's a checklist of things to do and consider in order to file your taxes as an author. 

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/02/easy-tax-guide-for-authors/

Endings

How to do craft a good ending to leave your reader satisfied? 

https://refiction.com/articles/making-ends-meet-how-to-write-a-good-ending-to-a-story/

Single Point of View

What are the advantages of choosing a single POV to tell you story?

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/writing-a-single-pov-story/

Showing vs. Telling

All writers know to show not tell, but how do you do that? 

https://wonderwords100.wordpress.com/2019/01/19/vivian-kirkfield-on-showing-versus-telling-strategies/

When to Stop Editing

One of the hardest things about revising is knowing when you're finished, and it's time to stop editing. 

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/

The 10% Rule

One of Stephen King's best piece of writing advice is to delete 10% of your manuscript to make a better read. 

https://annerallen.com/2019/01/stephen-kings-10-rule/

Social Media for Authors

If you're new to social media or just want to try a new platform, here's the information you need. 

https://www.blueinkreview.com/promoting-your-childrens-book-on-social-media-a-newbies-guid/

Storytime Picture Books

What do librarians look for when they choose a picture book for storytime? 

https://writeoncon.org/10-things-librarians-look-for-in-story-time-picture-books/

Picture Book Tips

Here are ten tips to remember when writing a picture book. 

http://www.alicekuipers.com/10-tips-for-writing-childrens-picture-books/

Motivation Reaction Units

Prose can be broken down into cause and effect or motivation reaction units (MRUs). 

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/motivation-reaction-units/#

Public Domain

What is public domain and why is it important for authors to understand about it? 

https://www.janefriedman.com/what-is-public-domain/

Author Websites

It's important not just to have an author website, but to have a well-designed one. 

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2019/01/16/the-importance-of-having-a-well-designed-author-website/

Scaffolding in Nonfiction

Use the technique of scaffolding to explain or reinforce concepts in nonfiction writing.

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/02/getting-to-i-get-it-scaffolding-in_2.html
http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2018/02/getting-to-i-get-it-scaffolding-in_3.html