Writerly Links that Made Our Hearts Sing (Happy New Year!)
All of us at WITS try to stay abreast of the latest and greatest in the writing industry whether it's craft related, inspiration or Industry related. To start the new year off right, we're sharing some of our favorite websites, articles and blogs. Enjoy.
From Sharla Rae
What We’ll See In 2013 In Digital Media
5 Reasons Novelists Should Write Short Stories
Rethinking book marketing and its organization in the big houses
Agree or disagree, this site always lists some great articles on writing and the writing market so although we’ve posted it before, I’m listing it again: The Passive Voice
Here at WITS Orly just did a blog about Beta readers. The following blog is about Mathew Turner who wrote a book about women and how he used beta readers to aid his insight. Male Authors, Discover Your Feminine Side
Need edit help. Here’s a new one and it’s color coded! Plug in your writing. It shows adverbs, passive voice, sentences ending a preposition, misspelling, cliches and more! Edit Minion.
From Laura Drake
Tormented By Toothless Writing goals? Try These.
Three Lessons From Writing A Thriller Heroine
From Fae Rowen
http://janefriedman.com/ A treasure trove website with tips for writers
www.StoryMastery.com Michael Hauge's website with writing advice and special offers
http://storyfix.com Larry Brooks's website with blogs, articles and tips for writers
From Orly Konig-Lopez
How to Write a Synopsis by Nathan Bransford
I'm still looking for the "debut" title, but this post by the Roni Loren, From Debut to Multi-Published: What I've Learned in My 1st Year as a Published Author, has great advice
The 7 Rules of Picking Names for Fictional Characters
Character Emotion: Is It Written All Over Their Face?
How Long Should You Keep Trying to Get Published?
From Jenny Hansen
If you are looking for a ton of great writing advice all in one spot, I highly recommend Gene Lempp's Saturday Blog Treasures and Reetta Raitanen's Link Feasts. These two are my undisputed king and queen of mash-ups. 🙂
From the NaNoWriMo blog ~ How To Write the "Impossible"
Funniest breakdown of what's wrong in 50 Shades of Grey that I have EVER seen!
The Five Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes by Writers Write
And finally, J.A. Konrath's New Year's resolutions for writers fascinate me. He's got them lined up from 2006 to the present in this post. Watching the market progression from year to year is...WOW.
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Happy New Year, from all of us here at Writers In The Storm!
That's twenty-three links from us...What sites have made your writerly heart lately?
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Brilliant collection of links. And aww, thank you so much for calling me the queen of mash-ups, Jenny *blushes*
You are most welcome, Reetta! You put a ton of work into those Feasts and save the rest of us so much time...you deserve the title. Trust me. 🙂
I'm going to echo Jenny's comment - Reetta, the Feasts are wonderful. And I thank Jenny for showing me the way. 🙂
When I get the email from Steven Pressfield's site for his "Writing Wednesdays" I drop what I'm doing and read it right now: http://stevenpressfield.com
The author of "The War of Art" and "Turning Pro" is the reason I've grown as a writer in the past two years.
Another great resource is Rosanne Bane's "Bane of Your Resistance" where she focuses on the brain science behind the concept Pressfield calls "Resistance." She's at http://baneofyourresistance.com
Joel, I have The War of Art on my Kindle RIGHT NOW. Evidently I need to bump it up my reading list. 🙂
Oh, Jenny, do that. I've read eleventyleven books on motivation and inspiration (part of my continuing education as a coach) and few have had the impact that book did. It's my first recommendation to every single artist I meet who hasn't read it yet.
Love to hear what you think of it. And follow his blog, too. Beautiful balance of practical how-to, and like today's post, gut-kick transparent vulnerability.
I'm trotting over there now. 🙂 Thanks again, Joel.
Added to my TBR pile as well. Thanks for the recommendation, Joel!
What a fun list-- I enjoyed perusing all these links I hadn't yet seen. Thanks!
Thanks for checking them out, Amber.
so many lists, so little time! (hey, someone had to say it.) Just looking at this list is getting me pumped up.
Ha! But you're absolutely right, Tanya. There are a lot of great resources to help motivate.
Roni Loren's debut novel was CRASH INTO YOU. 🙂 And it is awesome.
I agree, Sharla! Roni's books are fantastic, and the novellas are fantastic quick reads. I adored STILL INTO YOU, which was about a married couple. It's a great way to check out Roni for only $2.99. 🙂 (http://www.amazon.com/Still-Into-You-ebook/dp/B007KGDTX2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357159504&sr=1-1&keywords=roni+loren)
Roni's blog is fabulous. I've learned so much from her posts.
Thanks for the great links...I've been reading for an hour instead of working. 😛 Happy New Year to you all!
Oops ... glad you found them helpful, Diana. Now get back to work. 🙂
Reblogged this on Ella Quinn ~ Author and commented:
Ok, I know it's twice today, but I couldn't resist.
Sweet, Ella! Thanks for all the faith, comments and re-blogs. We appreciate every bit of it!
Thanks, Ella. As Jenny said, we truly appreciate the support!!
Wonderful!!
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Happy New Year, WITS !! I'm a day late and breaking in a new computer. Here we go once more with great links from my fav group blog. Thanks to each of you. I'll save post and refer to your links often. Have a great one and let's all ... Write On !!
Good luck with the new computer, Florence!
Glad you're back up and checking in with us. 🙂
Thanks so much! This post is a treasure! 🙂
Thanks for the support, Lorna!
So many links ... so little time. A great reference. Thanks!
Great line-up. I like JA Konrath the best, although I still haven't figured out how to subscribe. Last time I tried 'follow this blog' but I never received any updates. This time I tried to subscribe by clicking on Google and it started showing me how to 'create my own google page'