It’s the last Friday in May. Don’t waste it! Write. And read. Read this stuff… 1. For you self-published authors out there, here are Five Tips for Success as a Self-Published Author by Susan Kaye Quinn at Becca Campbell’s blog. 2. We’re all familiar with NaNoWriMo, but for an extra challenge, why not try JuNoWriMo? […]
Five Links Friday 5/22/15
Hey, it’s time again for Five Links Friday. Here are some good writing links. Check ’em out and have a nice Friday afternoon, even if you’re stuck in the rain. 1. From Kristen A Kieffer’s She’s Novel blog, here is How to Create Character Motivations That Will Rivet Your Readers. Sometimes I have trouble with […]
Five Links Friday 5/15/15
It’s a rainy Friday afternoon in this part of the states. So if you’re stuck spending the weekend indoors hiding from the rain, you might as well write. And read. In fact, why not read these Five Links? 1. From Kristen Lamb’s blog, here is a post looking at the Anatomy of a Best-Selling Story—Opposition. […]
Five Links Friday 5/8/15
It’s time for another Five Links Friday. Read some posts about writing and then hit the word processor and get some stuff done 🙂 1. Let’s start with a behind-the-scenes look at what happens to your manuscript after it goes on sub. Marcy Beller Paul has a great article at Fall Fifteeners on that very […]
Five Links Friday 5/1/15
And another week is in the books. I guess another month is too. I hope April was a good for you as it was for me. Onto Five Links Friday. 1. Let’s start with a great article from Wendy Lawton at Books and Such. 10 Near-Fatal Errors Writers Make (and how you can avoid them!) […]
Five Links Friday 4/24/15
It’s time again for Five Links Friday, although we were dangerously close to making this on the first Five Links Saturday. Let’s have at it. 1. This one is more of a motivational post than a strictly writing related one, but 15 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Friday by Adrian Granzella Larssen at The Daily […]
Five Links Friday 4/17/15
And we’re back with another set of links to share for the weekend. This was a pretty good week over here, as I attended the Nebraska Writers Guild Spring Conference, and then spent the rest of the week going over the galley for the upcoming novel. Anyhow, enough about me. Here are the links! 1. […]
Five Links Friday 4/10/15
Hey, it’s already Friday. The week went by pretty quickly and I’m sure the weekend will too, so make the most of it. Here are the best articles I read about writing this week. 1. Let’s start with a post by Kimberly Vanderhorst at WriterPitch. Your first page is usually your most important one, so […]