Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e January 31st, 2014

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

The Seven Stages of Creativity (Orna Ross)
http://writerunboxed.com/2014/01/30/the-seven-stages-of-creativity-a-new-perspective-on-writing-a-book/

Marketing And Readers (Kristine Kathryn Rusch) Jon’s ‘Pick of the week’
http://kriswrites.com/2014/01/29/the-business-rusch-marketing-and-readers-discoverability-part-who-knows/

How to choose an e-book cover (Nathan Bransford)
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2014/01/how-to-choose-e-book-cover.html

Make Your Setting More than Pretty Scenery (Liz Michalski)
http://writerunboxed.com/2014/01/29/make-your-setting-more-than-pretty-scenery/

Racing Toward the Finale (Nancy J. Cohen)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/01/racing-toward-finale.html

Protecting Your Idea (Rachelle Gardner)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/protecting-your-idea/

America Star Books: PublishAmerica Plays the Name Change Game (Victoria Strauss)
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2014/01/america-star-books-publishamerica-plays.html

The Muddy Middle: Where good plots go to die (P.J. Parish)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-muddy-middle-where-good-plots-go-to.html

Promote Your New eBook Like a Pro (Anna Fox)
http://storyfix.com/promote-your-new-ebook-like-a-pro

My Process for Approaching Large Revisions (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://elizabethspanncraig.com/1712/process-approaching-large-revisions/



If you found these useful, you may also like my personal selection of the most interesting blog posts from 2013, 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.