Notice that I actually did the weekly round-up this week!
Also, stay tune Saturday for more round-up goodness. And maybe yMusic. I need to find some music for it.
Monday:
- Jungle Red Writers: Reality or Fiction?: Be sure not to have a character murdered in a real bookstore.
- Pub Crawl: Correcting Problems with Pacing: This is for someone.
- Courage 2 Create: 3 Anti-Tips For Killing Procrastination: Dora the Explorer can help spice up a draft.
- Jane Friedman: Selling Flash Fiction Via E-Mail—Successfully: What a sales model!
- Writers in the Storm: QR Codes ~ A Sexy Marketing Technique for Your Books: They're appearing out of Entertainment Weekly.
- Write to Done: 20 Strategies For Tackling That “Bottomless Pit” of Writing: This might have been useful for me two weeks ago.
Tuesday:
- Terribleminds: 25 Things You Should Know About Metaphor: To admit, I'm sharing this before reading the entire article. I just trust Chuck that much.
Wednesday:
- The Blood-Red Pencil: Show Visceral Reactions First: It's basis cause-and-effect.
- The Character Therapist: Top 8 Unknown Bizarre Mental Conditions: I know about two of these from Cracked. On the other hand...Paris Syndrome?
- Write to Done: How to Write Better: 7 Instant Fixes: For the tightening sort of writer.
- YA Indie: We are 87 pixels high: Make your name pop out on an Amazon cover.
- Lydia Sharp: Breaking Down Story Structure: LABYRINTH, Act Two (first half): I learned two things—the protagonist should be a little cocksure at Act II, and Act II is where the premise shines.
Thursday:
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt: Write Tip: Top 10 Practical Everyday Money Saving Tips For (Starving) Writers: When will Mom deal with those empty ink cartridges?
- The Bookshelf Muse: How to Start Your Synopsis: One Strategy: Have the first paragraph be a reaction to the inciting event.
- The Write Practice: Just Write: The blogger, The Magic Violinist, probably has me beat in the writing department. Got to check her out.
Email Subscribing
Also, notice that there isn't a form at the end of this post. I'm considering MailChimp for my email service. I know that I shouldn't be doing this so soon, but it's free while having way more stuff than Nourish. For example, custom forms and email formats.
I'm testing it on my account right now to check for any oopsies. (From my stats, my five subscribers are currently receiving emails a day late , when I want it to be delivered just a few hours later.) If it turns out it's going smoothly, I'll do the swap.
Hopefully, my five email subscribers won't mind being moved again, but I want the best I can get without bugging Mom for her credit card on a monthly basis.
Once I make a decision, I encourage you to be an email subscriber! In the future, I might give subscribers more entries in Rafflecopter giveaways. I'm building a list as a way of preparing for a time where I can give exclusive content (or even free e-books!) to loyal followers.
Speaking of which, I'm also considering something for my regular subscribers. I'm not sure what, when or even if, but I really need to award you guys. Thanks for being active readers.
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