Friday, July 10, 2015

Choosing a POV

You need to choose the point-of-view that works best for your story, not just the one that's currently popular.

https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/choosing-a-p-o-v-what-is-best-for-your-story-structure-part-9/

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

What Makes a Good Agent?

This series of blog posts details the business expertise and activities you should expect in an agent.

http://nelsonagency.com/category/what-makes-a-good-agent-article-series/

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Punctuation and Rhythm

The different punctuation marks can be used to speed up or slow down the pace of your readers, adding rhythm to your story.

http://www.teachingauthors.com/2015/06/for-love-of-comma.html

Monday, July 6, 2015

Critique Groups

How to make being in a critique group a positive experience.

http://www.rachellesadler.com/a-writers-reflections/why-i-love-critique-groups

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Backmatter

Five reasons why backmatter is important in nonfiction.

http://groggorg.blogspot.com/2015/06/five-reasons-why-back-matter-matters-in.html?spref=tw&m=1

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Free Book Trailers

YouTube has a free video editor you can use to make your book trailer.

http://www.indiesunlimited.com/2015/05/25/authors-can-make-book-trailers-with-youtubes-free-editor/

Friday, July 3, 2015

Picture Book Secrets

Here are some suggestions (no magic secrets, unfortunately) about how to write picture books.

http://www.underdown.org/mf-picture-book-secrets.htm

Thursday, July 2, 2015

LGBT in Middle Grade

The world of middle-grade aged children provides many opportunities to introduce an LGBT character.

http://www.leewind.org/2015/05/mary-e-cronins-workshop-on-gay-lgbt.html

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

When an Editor Wants to See More

When you're asked to submit another manuscript, don't feel like you have to wait a long time before doing so.

https://medium.com/@kelliagodon/submit-like-a-man-how-women-writers-can-become-more-successful-9031ffc6043a