Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e April 25th, 2014

Apr. 25th, 2014 at 10:25 AM

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

How You Fail Determines How You Succeed (Dan Blank)
http://writerunboxed.com/2014/04/25/how-you-fail-determines-how-you-succeed/

Hooking Boys on Books (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://elizabethspanncraig.com/2029/hooking-boys-books/

Will Self-Pub Dwindle When There’s Less Backlist for Authors to Exploit? (Jane Friedman) http://janefriedman.com/2014/04/24/when-to-self-publish/

The Burden of Your Novel’s Opening Scene (C.S. Lakin)
http://storyfix.com/guest-post-the-burden-of-your-novels-opening-scene

Where Do You Get Your Ideas? (Nancy J. Cohen)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/04/where-do-you-get-your-ideas.html

Why you need an editer. Ah, make that an editor. (P. J. Passish)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/04/why-you-need-editer-ah-make-that-editor.html

How Do You Know When You Need to Revise? (Heidi M. Thomas)
http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-do-you-know-when-you-need-to-revise.html

Three When One Will Do (Mary Kole)
http://kidlit.com/2014/04/21/three-when-one-will-do/

3 reasons hybrid publishing isn’t for everyone (Janet Kobobel Grant)
http://www.booksandsuch.com/blog/3-reasons-hybrid-publishing-isnt-everyone/

Is Your Story Worth Saving? (Larry Brooks)
http://storyfix.com/is-your-story-worth-saving

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.