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
- Writing Mistake: Are Your Characters Invincible? — Writability (Ava Jae)
- Most Common Mistakes Series: Does Your Character Lack Purpose? — Wordplay (K.M. Weiland)
- Writing Using the Present Perfect Tense — Freelance Writing Jobs (Noemi Twigg)
- How to Revise a Novel — The Other Side of the Story (Guest Alex Hughes)
- Come On, What’s the Worst That Can Happen?: Plotting Your Novel — The Other Side of the Story (Janice Hardy)
- Character Development: Exploiting Weaknesses — Writability (Ava Jae)
- The Human Beneath the Hero — Mythic Scribes (Tristan Gregory)
- Is Your Scene Break a Lying, Cheating Fraud? — Wordplay (K.M. Weiland)
On Publishing & Agents
- How Do Authors Benefit From Agents? — Books & Such (Rachelle Gardner)
- How to Become A Literary Agent in 2 Easy Steps — Pub(lishing) Crawl (Mandy Hubbard)On Social Media
On Social Media
- Social Clear-Cutting–Can Our Social Media Behaviors Destroy Our Social Environment? — Kristen Lamb
- Drive Traffic to Your Website Or Social Media Sites? (7 Things A Writer Should Know) — WordServe Water Cooler (Janalyn Voigt)
- 3 Reasons Why Coercing Readers Into Newsletter Subscriptions Is a Bad Idea — Roni Loren
On Blogging
- Why Every Writer Should Be Guest Posting — Aliventures (Ali Luke)
- Six Essential Tips for Getting Your Guest Posts Accepted — Write to Done (Guest Ali Luke)
On Reading
- Book Festivals Galore! A Mighty List For the Literati — Beyond the Margins (Becky Tuch)
Other Useful Stuff Too
- 3 Tips for Writing When Life is Chaotic and Crazy — Jody Hedlund
- Why a Freelance Editor Is a Good Investment for Your WIP — Books & Such (Mary Keely)
- The Death of Genre: Drifting Toward a Post-Genre Future — Terribleminds (Chuck Wendig)
- 6 Tips for Successful Networking — Rachelle Gardner
- Submission Dos and Don’ts — The Knight Agency (Nephele Tempest)
- What to Do When People Don’t Get Your Story — Jody Hedlund
- How to Become a Better Writer — Books & Such (Rachelle Gardner)
- Are Your Characters Based on Real People?— Beach Reads with Bite (Jami Gold)That’s it for this week! Don’t forget to tweet your links using the #TTRoundUp hashtag or leave them in the comments to feature in next week’s Thirsty Thursday Round-Up.
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Great links!
Thanks for the link, Kathleen! I’ve been on vacation, so I *love* this easy way to catch up on everything I missed.
Oh, I hope you had fun on vacation! And your post on basing characters on real people is something to think about. HAD to include it=)