Friday Links -- Volume 36

This was a good week for me, writingwise.  Finished up another chapter and sent it off to my crit partner.  I'm sure it will need a lot of work, but I know I'm making progress and that's a great feeling for a writer to have.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!  Enjoy the writing links.

ChemistKen


7 Storytelling Lessons from Sports

4 Tips for Setting Up Your International Amazon Author Central Pages

7 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Self-Publishing Company

Who’s Your Distributor: Smashwords or Draft2Digital?

The Self-Pub Diaries Part II: Paying For It

What's it About? How Movie Trailers Can Help You Write Better Query Letters

Friday Links -- Volume 31

I'm not entirely sure what happened, but the Feedburner problems I mentioned a week or two ago seem to have fixed themselves, at least for the the moment.  My mailbox is now suddenly overflowing with email notifications for new blog content. While this means I'll need to spend this weekend catching up with all the blogs I follow, it also means I have plenty of links for you this week.

Enjoy the weekend!  Especially those of you who commemorate Memorial Day in the U.S.

ChemistKen

The Power of Covers

Blogging Tip: Increase Shares with Images that Pop

10 Reasons Why You Should Know How To Format Ebooks

Indie Writers: Make MS Word Work for You Instead of Against You

14 Questions to Ask Before You Self Publish

Varying the tension level to keep your readers’ interest

Your Query Checklist

Do Your Characters Need to Get a Life?

Uncontriving Characters

What Makes A Novel Into A Page-Turner?

All Hail Dilemmas: Why Your Characters Need to Make Tough Choices

Friday Links -- Volume 28

Friday, at last!  Not much happened this week other than the fact that my daughter took third place in a regional Forensics competition. Congratulations to her.

Here are this week's writing links.  Enjoy the weekend!
ChemistKen

Thoughts on Reader Reviews

Creating An Acknowledgements Section

Ack! Queries! Part 3 – Query Submission Strategies

4 Tips for the Care and Feeding of Dead Blogs

Classifying Your Book: How to Research & Target Literary Agents

Are Your Characters Fighting Obstacles or Each Other?

Friday Links -- Volume 27

Last weekend left me feeling kind of lazy, so I didn't get as much writing done this week as I might have hoped.   Sometimes it's good to sit back and recharge.  Still, I'm hoping I'll feel guilty enough this weekend to jump back into my stories with a vengeance.

As always, enjoy the links and have a great weekend!
Chemist Ken

Parts of Story: How Setting Can Help Bring Characters To Life

Ack! Queries! Part 2 – Elements of a Successful Query

Using A Crowd To Create Tension In Your Story

Starting the Story “In the Action”—Understanding “In Medias Res”

What Killed It For Me, #7: Issues with Sequels

How to Write Blog Content: 9 Tips to Entice Readers to Your Author Blog

How to Create a Print Book

Blogging: Tips, Tricks, and Knowing Your Goals

Friday Links -- Volume 25

Another good week of writing.  Don't know how long it's going to last, but I'm going to milk it for all it's worth.

I saw Captain America this week.  AWESOME!  Don't ever accuse Marvel of not wanting to take risks. How many of you saw Captain America before watching this week's Agents of Shield TV show?  If you didn't, were you shocked by what happened during the episode?  Were you confused?  Changes are coming in the Marvel universe.

Advice on writing queries and synopses was the big thing this last week, so I have three of them for you in today's links.  Have a great weekend!

ChemistKen
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How to Write the Dreaded Query Letter

A Synopsis Checklist

The Complete Guide to Query Letters That Get Manuscript Requests

An Editor's List of Novel Shortcomings

Sorry, Your Services are no Longer Required: Eliminating Characters

Looking for an editor? Check them out very carefully!

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