Thirsty Thursday Blog Round-Up

It’s that time of the week where we take a look at the best advice and articles the interwebz has to offer.

On Writing

Trimming the Fat from Your Manuscript — YA Highway (Veronica Roth)

In the Beginning: Which Type of Opening Works Best? — The Other Side of the Story (Janice Hardy)

Tips for Finding your Writing Voice — Mystery Writing is Murder (Guest Josephine Carr)

9 SIMPLE WAYS TO BE A BETTER WRITER — Writer’s Digest (CATHERINE COULTER)

So, You Want To Be An Author Part Six – Character Building — Donna Newton

Editing Your Own Work: 3 Tips For Editing — Writer’s Fun Zone (Guest Anselm Audley)

10 Truths About Awesome Dialogue — Write Your Screenplay (Jacob Krueger)

Plotting Act 2: 23 Ways to Defeat the Sagging Middle! — Fiction Notes (Darcy Pattison)

Ten Steps to Fill Plot Holes — The How to Write Shop (Kathy Steffen)

Voice — The Writer’s Forensics Blog (Guest Jodie Renner)

Is “Show, Don’t Tell” Overrated? — The Kill Zone (James Scott Bell)

Forget He Said, She Said – Three Easy Tricks for Better Dialogue — The Other Side of the Story (Guest Tiffany Reisz)

On Publishing & Agents

What Is the Future of Publishing? — Forbes (Nick Morgan)

On Social Media

Using your Facebook profile as a fan page — Anne Chaconas

12 Essential Social Media Cheat Sheets — Mashable (Ann Smarty)

19 Ways To Grow Your Twitter Following — Karen Woodward

6 Ways to Drive More Pinterest Engagement — Social Media Examiner (Mitt Ray)

Social Media: An Introvert’s Secret Weapon — Beach Reads with Bite (Jami Gold)

Moving from page to profile? Strategies to get your fans to make the change. — Anne Chaconas

On Blogging

9 Clever Writing Tricks to Supercharge Your Blog Posts — Men With Pens (Ali Luke)

7 Key Things You Need for Your Blog — Live Hacked (Nick Thacker)

On Reading

The 10 best… closing lines of books — The Guardian (Robert McCrum)

15 of the Greatest Lists in Literature — Flavorwire (Emily Temple)

Do You Have This Important Tool In Your Writer’s Toolkit? — Jody Hedlund

On Reading “Bad” Books — Writability (Ava Jae)

Other Useful Stuff Too

5 Gmail Hacks That Will Keep Your Head from Exploding — Alexis Grant

What the heck is a beat board? and other Ali secrets — Ali Cross

How Novelists Can Keep Track of Details — Books & Such (Rachelle Gardner)

What it Feels Like When Your Writing is Rejected – and How to Bounce Back — Aliventures (Ali Luke)

How To Get Your Book Rejected: A Former Big 6 Editor Gives 5 Tips for Sure-Fire Rejection. — Anne R. Allen (Ruth Harris)

How to Know When to Go to a Writing Conference — Jody Hedlund

Clear the Dread from the Dreaded Synopsis — The Editor’s Blog (Beth Hill)

THE ONE THING THAT WILL MAKE YOUR QUERY LETTER STAND OUT — Krissy Media Ink (Krissy Brady)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Querying — Mommy Authors (Heidi Schulz)

Figuring Out Where Your Pacing Went Wrong — Roni Loren

The Eyes Have it: Are You “Over Looking” Things in Your Manuscript? — The Other Side of the Story (Janice Hardy)

Three Easy Plotting Ideas — The Writer’s Alley (Cindy R. Wilson)

Four Ways to Untangle Your Writing Life — WordServe Water Cooler (Karen Jordan)

That’s it for this week!