Make Your Characters Interesting

Are your characters boring? Here's some help.

http://www.superheronation.com/2012/01/02/ideas-for-how-to-make-a-boring-character-interesting/

Loglines

How to craft a short storyline to use when asked what your book is about. 

http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/03/17/the-curious-case-of-carries-characters/

Tighten Your Writing

These specific suggestions will help you trim the fat from your manuscript.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/8-steps-to-more-concise-writing/

Author Talks

Tips to make your talks go better.

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2012/01/guest-author-diana-nadin-10-top-tips.html

Ideas for Choosing a Title

What makes a good title and how to choose one.

http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/titles.shtml

Fast First Drafts

Why should you speed through your first draft.

http://lyndaryoung.blogspot.com/2012/01/advantages-of-writing-fast-first-draft.html

Discussion and Activity Guides

Should you be making a curricular guide for your books?

http://throughthetollbooth.com/2012/01/26/self-marketing-part-ii-discussion-and-activity-guides/

Word a Day

Build your vocabulary.

http://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

Fix Your Opening

Openings that might cause your manuscript to be rejected and how to fix them.

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2010/04/seven-deadly-sins-if-youre-first.html

Status Queries

An agent gives good and bad examples of how to find out what's happening with your submission.

http://agencygatekeeper.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-checking-in.html