Here’s my latest selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing:
But Does It Sell Books? (John Gilstrap)
https://killzoneblog.com/2018/07/but-does-it-sell-books.html
4 Signs You Might Be Confusing, Not Intriguing, in Your Opening Scene (Janice Hardy)
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2018/07/4-signs-you-might-be-confusing-not.html
Author Newsletters: The Good, the Bad & the PLEASE JUST STOP! (Kristen Lamb)
https://authorkristenlamb.com/2018/07/newsletters-books-sales-good-bad/
Start Your Novel with a Bang! 12 Ways to Hook Readers (Sara Shepard)
https://insights.bookbub.com/start-novel-bang-hook-readers/
by way of Laurie Wallmark
It Helps If You Can Write (James Scott Bell)
https://killzoneblog.com/2018/07/it-helps-if-you-can-write.html
The Indiana Jones Rule (Eileen Dreyer)
www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2018/0
4 Steps for How to Turn an Idea Into a Story That Rocks (K.M. Weiland)
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/turn-an-idea-into-a-story/
Don’t Send Me Everything You’ve Got (Rachelle Gardner)
https://rachellegardner.com/dont-send-me-everything/
So You Want to Self-Publish (Polly Iyer)
https://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2018/07/so-you-want-to-self-publish.html
How Predatory Companies Are Trying to Hijack Your Publisher Search (Victoria Strauss)
https://accrispin.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-predatory-companies-are-trying-to.html
If you found these useful, you may also like my personal selection of the most interesting blog posts from 2017, and my previous 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.
