A Fourth of July Mash Up!
I didn't realize it had been so long since we've had a mash-up -- we had a ton of links for you! I've tried to organize them into categories, but it was like herding cats! Have a wonderful Holiday for all our readers in the States!
Changes in the Market:
Is publishing turning into the wild west? - By Randy Ingermanson
Publishers Plan a one-stop book site – NY Times article
Indy and Epublishing:
3 Publishing Trends Writers need to be on top of – by Jane Friedman
Author Marketing lists book marketing articles
Market news, Entangled Publishing by Cindy Myers
Love me, read me, buy me, promoting
Why authors fail
Setting up a brand page on Face book without needing a personal profile
Estributor a new position for agents
How to advertise your book on a budget
Amy Shojai’s Tuesday Tip Series on all thing DIY and Kindle are WONDERFUL!
Blogging:
Tools to promote your blog – from Galleycat
10 steps to blog fame
For any of you who worry over your Blog/Twitter/Facebook numbers like a mother hen, this post is for you!
Craft:
Transition words for INTENT
Making the past come to life
What’s in a character name
Inspiration / Creating
37 plot situations
Thinking outside the box
Theme Generator
Common book themes
Great First Lines to Inspire you
Stray Cats:
Writing Contests, the best ones to enter
Anatomy of a kiss
So you want to be a writer A video
Struggling With Burnout
Advice on Zen Habits
A great mash-up from Piper Bayard – The End is Near and We Deserve it…
10 MORE ways to support authors you love…by Chuck Wendig
Haley Whitehall has a great list of Mark Twain quotes to make every writer smile.
Gene Lempp gathered a magnificent list of Blog Treasures so the rest of us writers wouldn’t have to – AWESOME list!
If you don’t hop on over to Mystery Writing Is Murder every Sunday for Twitterific, you are missing out!
And finally, just for the Holiday:
If you want to get a peek at the Declaration of Independence, and hear Lee Greenwood sing, get on over to Angela McGill’s July 4th blog, Celebrate Your Independence.
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Thanks for the linky-love! Great resources.
*waving hi*
Hey Amy!
I love your Tuesday Kindle series so really...we should be thanking you!
~Jenny
Thanks for the blog love! See a few I haven't read yet, too sweet 🙂
You are most welcome, Gene! Didn't Laura put together a great mashup??
~Jenny
These are great! Several links here caught my eye for happy researching. Thanks!
You are sooo welcome, CC! We wanted to share the blog love from all the reading we've been doing ourselves...glad you liked it. 🙂
~Jenny
Thanks for the referral, Jenny. I hope you holiday was a good one.
I did have a pretty good holiday. We live near the beach so there were lots of house guests. 🙂