Writerly Ways

[cornerofmadness]

So I'm not going hiking tomorrow for the holiday here's why ; Weather -90°Hi RealFeel® 98° Precipitation 4% Periods of clouds and sun; hot and humid; air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups

So I guess I get to stay in and write.

I have nothing pithy to say this week. I'm almost done with my Christmas story so I'm going to go attend to that but I will say this. Some people are idiots. Some authors looked at the whole #Cockygate thing and somehow DID NOT see the shitstorm and the awesome fury of the writing community and the readers who really ought to be insulted by the idea they're too stupid to tell one author's book from another. No, now we have a few others who decided Fayleena had a good idea and are trying to trademark the words, forever, shifter and biker. Head desk. If I could write faster I'd publish a story about The Cocky shifter and the biker at the edge of Forever and use one of her favorite stock photo authors on the cover (as some of my friends have already done)

But don't listen to me on this, here have best selling romance author Suzan Tisdale talk about it (I don't read a lot of het romance but I might go get hers from the library just because of how excellent this response is)

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And now for some links

From Betty Seven Ways to Motivate a Reluctant Protagonist

My Book Series Bible Hints Helps and Musts I do something similar with character sheets but this might be more organized. Also I've been WAY TOO lax about it lately.

10 Success Tips from J.K. Rowling

Top 10 Success Tips from Neil Gaiman

How to Hook Readers and Reel Them into Your Scenes

HOW TO NURTURE YOUR AUTHOR PLATFORM FOR EFFECTIVE RESULTS

Conflict and Tension, Part 4

From around the web

Twitter Hashtags for Writers: Turning Strangers into Friends

Writing Across Gender: How I Learned to Write From a Female POV

Make Like a Nun and Get Your Writing Habit On

Sending the Elevator Back Down Something the authors with cocky, forever etc need to remember

Beyond Therapy: How Writing Emotional Detox Lead Me to a Better Path

Why Add The Bad Stuff?

Surviving A Book Launch As A Card Carrying Introvert

Why Every Writer Needs Writer’s Events

21 Ways Authors Recommend Books to Their Readers

35 book-related Instagram accounts every author should follow I need a better phone to do instagram

GDPR – How it Affects Authors in 2018 – With FREE Privacy Policy Template


And I'll leave the whole how much I've written thing for another day. I'm within 1000 words of finishing so I'm going to go do that as I have like 3 days til the deadline. OMG this will be the roughest thing I've ever sent out!