Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e June 20th, 2014 - An Englishman in New Jersey

Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e June 20th, 2014

Jun. 20th, 2014 at 12:25 PM

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

What Every Self-Published Author Needs to Know About Taxes (Helen Sedwick)
http://janefriedman.com/2014/06/18/author-taxes/

Planning a Writers Conference (Nancy J. Cohen)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/06/planning-writers-conference.html

Reassessing Goals at Mid-Year (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://elizabethspanncraig.com/2217/reassessing-goals-mid-year-point/

Will Readers Attend a Book Convention? Would You? (Janet Kobobel Grant)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/will-readers-attend-book-convention/

15 questions for your beta readers – and to focus your own revisions (Jodie Renner)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/06/15-questions-for-your-beta-readers-and.html

Stalling Out (Mary Kole)
http://kidlit.com/2014/06/16/stalling-out/

Why Your Book Deal Is Just the First Step (Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke)
http://writerunboxed.com/2014/06/15/why-your-book-deal-is-just-the-first-step/

Amazon, Hachette, Michael Corleone and Me (James Scott Bell)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/06/amazon-hachette-michael-corleone-and-me.html

All About the Offer Etiquette (And How to get a Fast Pass!) (Jennifer Laughran)
http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2014/06/all-about-offer-etiquette-and-how-to.html

This is the Single Biggest Mistake Indie Authors Make While Promoting Their Work—And It Needs To Stop (Rob Hart)
http://litreactor.com/columns/this-is-the-single-biggest-mistake-indie-authors-make-while-promoting-their-work-and-it-ne-0

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.