Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e March 13th, 2015

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


Pros and Cons of Indie Publishing (S.R.Johannes)
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/03/pros-and-cons-of-indie-publishing.html

How to Self-Publish Children’s Books Successfully: Notes From the Trenches (Darcy Pattison)
http://janefriedman.com/2015/03/12/self-publish-childrens/

James Scott Bell on Writing Smarter
www.storyfix.com/james-scott-bell-writing-smarter

Writing a Personalized Query Letter (Ash Krafton)
www.querytracker.blogspot.com/2015/03/writing-personalized-query-letter.html

Manuscript Pitch Websites: Do Literary Agents Use Them? (Victoria Strauss)
www.accrispin.blogspot.com/2015/03/manuscript-pitch-websites-do-literary.html

How to Build a Compelling Novel Concept (Something With a Kicker!) (C.S.Lakin)
www.janefriedman.com/2015/03/09/compelling-novel-concept/

Why Aren't I Getting Requests (Kim English)
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2015/03/why-arent-i-getting-requests-you-wrote.html

Five Asinine Things Writers Hate to Hear (Ed Sikov)
https://litreactor.com/columns/asinine-things-writers-hate-to-hear

Let’s Talk About Me (Donald Maass)
www.writerunboxed.com/2015/03/04/lets-talk-about-me/

The Business of Self-Publishing Children’s Picture Books: Two Literary Agents Weigh In (Sangeeta Mehta)
www.janefriedman.com/2015/03/04/self-publishing-childrens/

When a Writer Becomes a Target (Rachelle Gardner)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/writer-becomes-a-target/

The Rules of Writing … or Not (Larry Brooks)
www.storyfix.com/rules-writing

Five "Show Don't Tell" Danger Zones (Diana Hurwitz)
www.bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2015/03/five-show-dont-tell-danger-zones.html

Why we write (in GIF form) (Nathan Bransford)
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2015/03/why-we-write-in-gif-form.html

Use Attitude When Introducing Characters (Jodie Renner)
http://elizabethspanncraig.com/2818/use-attitude-introducing-characters/

REAL TALK: $ix Figure Book Deal$ (Jennifer Laughran) Jon’s Pick of the Week
http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2015/02/real-talk-ix-figure-book-deal.html


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.