Narrative Drive

Here's a handy checklist to keep the narrative in your story moving forward. 

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2020/05/a-handy-checklist-to-strengthen.html

Building an Author Brand in Difficult Times

How do you promote your author brand when many traditional avenues are unavailable? 

https://bookendsliterary.com/2020/03/23/building-an-author-brand-in-difficult-times/

Anecdotal Writing

How to avoid the dreaded this happened, then this happened, then this happened, in your writing.

Author Platform

What is an author platform and how can you make yours stronger? 

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/06/grow-a-more-fertile-author-platform-part-ii/

Virtual Visits

How to look and sound your best when doing a virtual visit. 

https://www.talkabook.com/our-journal/the-dos-and-donts-of-video-calls

Book Series

Here are four principles to consider when you're writing a series. 

https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/the-four-principles-of-series-writing/

Publishing Contracts

Whether or not you have an agent, you need to understand publishing contracts. 

https://accrispin.blogspot.com/2020/05/evaluating-publishing-contracts-six.html

Picture Book Revision

Here are five quick tips for revising your picture book, starting with cut like an illustrator. 

https://brucehale.com/5-quick-tips-for-revising-your-picture-book/

Middle Grade Novels

Here are three key components in a middle grade novel. 

https://lernerbooks.blog/2018/04/3-key-components-middle-grade-novels.html

Limited Research Materials

How do you craft a true story when there are not a lot of primary and secondary sources? 

https://www.nffest.com/2020/02/crafting-true-story-when-information-is.html

Point of View

The pros and cons of using each of the different points of view in your writing. 

https://jamigold.com/2020/05/how-can-we-identify-our-storys-point-of-view/

Planning a Scene

Here are some questions to ask when blueprinting a scene. 

http://www.10minutenovelists.com/10-questions-to-ask-when-you-are-blueprinting-a-scene/

Increase the Action in Your Novel

Here are a few hints to make your readers anxious to turn the page. 

https://annerallen.com/2020/05/improve-the-action-in-your-story/

Number of Characters

Is your book confusing because you have too many named characters? 

https://annerallen.com/2020/05/too-many-characters/

Pen Names

Reasons to use, and not to use, a pen name when writing. 

https://askanauthor.substack.com/p/should-i-use-a-pen-name

Action Beats

Instead of always using dialogue tags, you can use action beats to indicate who is talking. 

https://jamigold.com/2020/05/how-to-improve-our-story-with-action-beats/

Finding an Agent

There are many resources you can use to narrow down your search to find the right literary agent for you and your book. 

https://bookendsliterary.com/2020/05/14/finding-a-literary-agent/

Plotlines

Having multiple plotlines can add dimension to your novel.

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/05/how-plotlines-add-dimension/

Book Titles

Often, the title of your book will change before publication. 

https://mgbookvillage.org/2020/05/09/they-changed-the-title-of-your-book-by-chris-baron/

Virtual Book Launches

There are many ways to move your book launch online. 

https://insights.bookbub.com/virtual-book-launch-events/

Killing Your Darlings

Here are some hints to identify and get rid of those parts of your manuscript that you love, but do nothing to advance your story.

http://www.10minutenovelists.com/a-writers-guide-to-ruthlessly-killing-your-darlings%ef%bb%bf/

Realistic Dialogue

Writing realistic dialogue doesn't mean you should make it sound exactly like people talk in real life. 

https://christianediting.co.nz/dialogue-in-fiction/

Nonfiction Picture Books

How do you craft narrative and/or expository nonfiction picture books? 

https://picturebookbuilders.com/2020/05/crafting-narrative-expository-nonfiction-pbs-a-guest-post-by-maria-gianferrari-a-giveaway/

In Media Res

We've all heard the advice to start your book in media res, but how do you do that while still having your readers invested in your characters?

http://celebratescience.blogspot.com/2020/04/whats-in-media-res.html

Word Counts

Here are some general guidelines for the words counts of different categories and genres of books. 

https://bookendsliterary.com/2020/04/14/word-count-guidelines/

Novel Outline

Here's a template you can use in outlining your novel. 

https://kidlit.com/2020/03/16/novel-outline-template/

Publisher Edits

There are three types of edits your book will receive, sometimes known by different names: macro, line, and copy. 

https://rachellegardner.com/what-does-the-editing-process-look-like/

Character's Thoughts

Do you italicize a character's internal thoughts or not? 

https://jamigold.com/2020/03/character-internalization-to-italicize-or-not-to-italicize/

Plotting Your Plot

Even if you're a pantser, a little bit of plotting will make your writing go more smoothly.

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2020/04/plotting-out-your-plot.html