Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e January 9th 2015

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

Basic Elements of Flash Fiction (Kaye Linden)
www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/basic-elements-of-flash-fiction-a-short-fiction-workshop-handout/

Stirring Higher Emotions (Donald Maass)
http://writerunboxed.com/2015/01/07/stirring-higher-emotions/

All Those Confusing Words! (Rachelle Gardner)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/confusing-words/

2014 in Review: The Best of Writer Beware (Victoria Strauss)
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2015/01/2014-in-review-best-of-writer-beware.html

The Manuscript Plus. . . (Wendy Lawton)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/manuscript-plus/

Observations from Years of Curating Content for Writers (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://elizabethspanncraig.com/2676/observations-years-curating-content-writers/

Why We Write, Why We Stop, and How We Can Possibly Restart and Keep Going (Julianna Baggott)
http://writerunboxed.com/2015/01/04/why-we-write-why-we-stop-and-how-we-can-possibly-restart-and-keep-going-2/

The Line Forms Where? Knowing Where to Start Your Novel (Janice Hardy)
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2012/01/line-forms-where-knowing-where-to-start.html

Thoughts on Using Dialect (Jim Harrington)
www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/thoughts-on-using-dialect/

Breaking In As An Illustrator (Mary Kole)
http://kidlit.com/2014/12/22/breaking-in-as-an-illustrator/

Your Publisher Is Your New Best Friend. Not! (Janet Grant)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/publisher-new-best-friend-not/

Beware: The Shady Side of New Publishing Opportunities (Sharon Bially)
www.writerunboxed.com/2014/12/21/beware-the-shady-side-of-new-publishing-opportunities/

Make Next Year the Best of Your Writing Life (James Scott Bell)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/2014/12/make-next-year-best-of-your-writing-life.html

Evaluating Publishing Contracts: Six Ways You May Be Sabotaging Yourself (Victoria Strauss)
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2014/12/thoughts-post-toast-or-why-you-should.html

A list of publishing items to take your time on (Rachel Kent)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/list-publishing-items-take-time/


If you found these useful, you may also like my personal selection of the most interesting blog posts from 2014, 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.