Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e September 6th, 2013

Here’s my selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing from the last week:


Helping Hands: Writing With Children (Anna Elliott )
http://writerunboxed.com/2013/09/05/helping-hands/

We Don’t Know What We Don’t know (Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
http://kriswrites.com/2013/09/04/the-business-rusch-we-dont-know-what-we-dont-know/

Little Free Libraries: My New Favorite Idea (Nicole Singer)
http://nicole-singer.blogspot.com/2013/09/little-free-libraries-my-new-favorite.html

9 Reasons to Give Up on Publishing (Rachelle Gardner)
www.booksandsuch.biz/blog/reasons-to-give-up-on-publishing/

Thoughts on Teaser Chapters (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2013/09/thoughts-on-teaser-chapters.html

Is Crowdfunding Right for You? 5 Questions (Justine Schofield)
http://janefriedman.com/2013/09/03/crowdfunding/

Five Golden Rules of Marketing (Karin Rita Gastreich) http://heroinesoffantasy.blogspot.com/2013/09/five-golden-rules-of-marketing.html

Is Advice a Vice? (Jael McHenry)
http://writerunboxed.com/2013/09/02/is-advice-a-vice/

10 Things Emerging Writers Need To Learn (Michael Nye)
www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/2013/08/10-things-emerging-writers-need-to-learn/
by way of Elizabeth Spann Craig

Don't Let Your Characters Act Like Idiots (James Scott Bell)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2013/09/dont-let-your-characters-act-like-idiots.html


If you found these useful, you may also like my personal selection of the most interesting blog posts from 2012, and last week’s list.

If you have a particular favorite among these, please let the author know (and me too, if you have time).  Also, if you've a link to a great post that isn't here, feel free to share.