Nonfiction and Schools

How to connect your nonfiction book to a school curriculum.
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2011/02/guest-post-sarah-c-campbell-on.html

Seeing Your Novel's Big Picture

Here's a handy way to see see if your scenes and characters are in the right places.
http://blog.garycorby.com/2011/02/get-big-picture-of-your-novel.html

Successful Picture Books

Nine traits that make a picture book great.
http://tmarchini.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/9-factors-that-make-a-picture-book-successful/

Kill Your Darlings

Nine great hints to help you cut, cut, cut.
http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2011/03/09/the-delete-key-the-published-writer%E2%80%99s-best-friend/

Dialect

Should you use regional dialects in your manuscript?
http://letthewordsflow.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/accents/

Timing from Contract to Book

Why does it take so long after the contract is signed before a book is published?
http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-slow-can-you-go.html

Overused Phrases

Here's a handy tool to see if there are any overused, multi-word phrases in your manuscript.
http://www.writewords.org.uk/phrase_count.asp

Conference Tips

How to get the most out of a writers' conference.
http://donnabowmanbratton.blogspot.com/2011/02/dos-donts-and-stuff-of-attending.html

Grounding Your Reader

As soon as your readers get confused, you've lost them.
http://kidlit.com/2010/08/04/grounding-the-reader/

Thrashing

Are your revisions making your manuscript better or just different (and maybe even worse)?
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2011/02/thrashing.html