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August 28, 2015August 28, 2015PaperbackDiva

Diversity wins as the Sad Puppies lose a

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014PaperbackDiva

How to Write 10,000 Words in a Day

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014PaperbackDiva

The Daily Prompt: Litmus, Litmus on the Wall

August 20, 2014August 20, 2014PaperbackDiva

Decision Making for My Characters

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014PaperbackDiva

Earning my Grammar Police Badge

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014PaperbackDiva

Pinterest is great for writers

June 15, 2014June 15, 2014PaperbackDiva

The letter I would write to my first book self would say…

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014PaperbackDiva

Use your commas right

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014PaperbackDiva

Legendary author Maya Angelou dies at age 86 – CNN.com

May 31, 2014June 15, 2014PaperbackDiva

What should an author have in their Bug Out Bag?

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014PaperbackDiva

Writing without Reading

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014PaperbackDiva

One word at a time

May 7, 2014May 7, 2014PaperbackDiva

To describe or not to describe: an author’s question

May 1, 2014May 1, 2014PaperbackDiva

Characterization Multitasking

April 24, 2014April 24, 2014PaperbackDiva

Handling Authorial Info-Dumping

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014PaperbackDiva

The top 10 tips I’ve learned from minimalists

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014PaperbackDiva

Does blogging sell books?

April 21, 2014April 21, 2014PaperbackDiva

How to use the passive in English

April 13, 2014April 13, 2014PaperbackDiva

Romance Books ‘4’ Us: Through His Eyes

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014PaperbackDiva

Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

April 1, 2014March 16, 2014PaperbackDiva

Passive voice?

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014PaperbackDiva

Talk Dialogue

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014PaperbackDiva

Active vs. passive voice — How to tell the difference

March 29, 2014March 29, 2014PaperbackDiva

How to Avoid the Dreaded Dialogue Tag

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March 23, 2014March 10, 2014PaperbackDiva

A couple of planning worksheets

March 23, 2014March 23, 2014PaperbackDiva

Is in-book advertising inevitable?

March 20, 2014March 20, 2014PaperbackDiva

Q: What Do Agents Like to See When They Google Writers?

March 19, 2014March 19, 2014PaperbackDiva

Tools for Writing – Beautiful Implements

March 19, 2014June 15, 2014PaperbackDiva

How a Focused, Limited “Baby Edit” Can Help Improve A Writer’s Style

March 18, 2014March 19, 2014PaperbackDiva

“Suffice it to say”

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USEFUL LINKS

advice/inspiration

  • 15 Things a Writer Should Never Do
  • Angry Writers? Stephan Kelner and David Isaak
  • Courage 2 Create
  • Elements of a Successful Story
  • Fiction Factor magazine
  • Fourteen Words that are their Own Opposites.
  • Grace's Mosaic Moments
  • How George R.R. Martin’s Writing Advice Led To One Of Star Trek’s Greatest Episodes
  • Janet Fitch’s 10 Tips That Can Help Any Writer
  • Lessons Learned From 1 Year As A Fulltime Author Entrepreneur – Joanna Penn
  • Mystery Writers of America
  • Reading in Black – suspense, mystery, romance, paranormal
  • Revising
  • Science Fic and Fantasy Writers of America
  • Ten Best Sentences
  • Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2011/2012- The Winners
  • Western Writers of America
  • Writer beware – Check out the industry buzz
  • Writing advice from K.M. Weiland
  • Writing it Forward

planning

  • 5 Tips for Writing a Novel Series by Stacey Deanne
  • Anne Skyvington: Articles about writing, emotional issues, getting published and anything else that fits.
  • To Outline or Not to Outline?
  • Exploring the Different Types of Fiction
  • Thoughts on Scene and Sequel by Krystal Shannon
  • Elements of a Successful Story
  • Writing Your First Sex Scenes
  • Storyboarding – Not Just for Plotting Anymore with Joan Swan | Romance University
  • The Snowflake Method

editing

  • 10 Writing Tips That Can Help Almost Anyone
  • 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • 9 Ways to Vet an Independent Book Editor | BookBaby Blog
  • Adding Flavor to Stories
  • Editorial Freelancers Association
  • Grammar
  • Grammar Nazis
  • How to use a semicolon – The Oatmeal
  • Learning the Hard Way: Editing is Critical
  • The Connected Learner’s Guide To Proper Grammar
  • Thoughts on Scene and Sequel by Krystal Shannon
  • Using Word Macros to help editing
  • Writing advice from K.M. Weiland
  • Writing Your First Sex Scenes

productivity

  • Become a Successful Author
  • Courage 2 Create
  • Social Media
  • Writing it Forward

Submission guidelines

  • Crimson Romance
  • Exploring the Different Types of Fiction
  • Grand Central Forever Yours
  • Harper Impulse
  • The Passionate Pen
  • Write a Query Letter
  • Write to Done

tech

  • Broken Link checker
  • Create your website
  • Step-by-Step Data Recovery & Fix my PC, MAC
  • Writer beware – Check out the industry buzz

Promotion

  • The Book Nook

publishing

  • Exessica
  • E-book formatting

workshops/conferences

  • The Rita – Award for best romance novels
  • Western Writers of America
  • Mystery Writers of America
  • New Pages – conferences
  • Write to Done
  • Science Fic and Fantasy Writers of America
  • Conferences for Romance readers and writers
  • RT Booklovers Convention Recap

workshops/conferences

  • Conferences for Romance readers and writers
  • Mystery Writers of America
  • New Pages – conferences
  • RT Booklovers Convention Recap
  • Science Fic and Fantasy Writers of America
  • The Rita – Award for best romance novels
  • Western Writers of America
  • Write to Done

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