Social Media Etiquette

What not to do when using social media.

http://annerallen.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-10-commandments-of-social-media.html

Bad Agents

Better to have no agent than to have an incompetent, or worse a con artist, one.

http://www.adventuresinagentland.com/2014/12/agent-vs-schmagent.html

Setting Copyright

Unique settings get more copyright protection than historical ones.

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/02/susan-spann-copyright-rules-for-settings/

Dialogue

Good dialogue can help flesh out a character and move a story forward.

http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/03/the-word-on-dialogue-read-if-you-like.html

Picture Book Endings

What makes a satisfying ending to a picture book?

http://picturebookden.blogspot.com/2015/03/endings-that-stay-with-you.html

Writing About Minorities

How do you write about minorities when you are not one yourself?

http://rateyourstory.blogspot.com/2015/03/writing-about-minorities-for-non.html

Money

How much money do you really make when you sell your book?

http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2015/03/so-you-think-youd-like-to-make-some.html

Young Adult Writers

Here's an article about the eight habits of highly successful young adult writers.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/the-8-habits-of-highly-successful-young-adult-fiction-authors/280722/

Story Idea Worksheet

How do you boil your great idea down to something that can become a book?

http://www.adventuresinyapublishing.com/2015/02/story-idea-worksheet-nail-and-sell-your.html

Co-Authoring Agreements

If you are writing your book with someone else, you need to have an agreement in writing.

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2015/02/co-authoring-agreements.html

Book Events

Ways to increase your book sales at author events.

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/02/7-secrets-to-selling-more-books-at-events/

Author Visits

Get yourself of a list of authors by state who do school visits.

http://authorbystate.blogspot.com/

What Not to Say

When you're reaching out to an agent or an editor, don't say these things.

http://katiemccoach.com/what-not-to-say-to-a-literary-agent-or-editor/

Editor Tools

These tools are used by editors to keep your manuscript on track.

https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/three-editors-tools-for-writers-jody-staton/

Book Promotion Websites

Here's a list of places that you can use to promote your book.

http://www.winchad.com/blog/top-100-websites-for-book-promotion-and-author-promotion

Picture Book Manuscripts

Ask these questions about your picture book manuscript both before and after you write it.

http://taralazar.com/2015/02/02/7-crucial-questions-to-ask-about-your-manuscript-take-the-picture-book-quiz/

Book Events

What you need to do before your next author event.

http://www.nessgraphica.com/5-things-to-do-before-your-next-book-event/

Character Emotion

Ways to add emotional content to the words your character is speaking.

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/01/show-dont-tell-revealing-true-emotion-dialogue/

Blurbs

Is it worthwhile to get people to blurb your book?

http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2015/01/logrolling-in-our-time-or-you-cant-take.html

First Lines

Keys to writing the perfect first lines.

http://thewritepractice.com/first-line/

Historical Thesaurus

Pinpoint when and how a word was used throughout history.

http://historicalthesaurus.arts.gla.ac.uk/

Editing Clauses

Protect yourself from unreasonable editing clauses in your contract.

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2015/02/editing-clauses-in-publishing-contracts.html

Telling vs. Showing

Sometimes it's better to break the well-known rule of show don't tell.

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/02/art-story-telling-trumps-showing/

Conflict vs. Complications

Up the tension in your story by upping the stakes in a conflict.

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2015/02/conflict-vs-complication-raise-stakes.html

Author Websites

Make sure your website is working for you and not against you.

http://annerallen.blogspot.com/2013/06/is-your-author-website-working-against.html

Balancing Backstory

Avoid the dreaded infodump by weaving your backstory into the main story.

http://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/01/7-tips-for-balancing-backstory/

Beta Readers

There's an etiquette surrounding asking for or being a beta reader.

http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/beta-reader-etiquette/

School and Library Markets

Your nonfiction book might be perfect for the school and library market.

https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/school-and-library-market-tracey-baptiste/

The Submission Pile

Tips to help your manuscript get noticed from the submission pile.

http://writersrumpus.com/2015/02/03/you-can-judge-a-book-by-its-title-and-other-wisdom-from-the-submission-pile/

Editorial Steps

"The Call" is just the first of many steps on your way to a published book.

http://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/01/10-editorial-steps-agent-call-published-book/

Writing Tips

An editor tells what he learned about writing from his editing jobs.

https://www.bookish.com/articles/7-things-being-an-editor-taught-me-about-being-an-author/