Writing Roundup, January 13
The Business of Writing | Craft | Fiction | Freelancing | Platform
- The Importance of Context: A nice look at the facts about self- versus traditional publishing.
- James Ellroy: It took me 6 published novels to tenuously earn a living as a writer: A nice reality check when you think about when you will be able to quit your day job.
- How Do You Balance Writing and Life?: Nathan Bransford got a wealth of comments from writers about how they balance (or fail at balancing) their writing and their life.
- Eight Tricks to Writing Productivity: I have never had more need for productivity than I do now. I hope these tricks will help me balance writing and mothering a little better.
- Editing a Writer’s Vision: A nice look at life from the editor’s perspective. As someone who writes and edits, I will tell you that it is tricky from both sides of the red pen.
- Will Your Novel Be Just the Same Old Story? Some might argue that all novels are just the same old story told in each writer’s own special way. Seriously, this can be a huge obstacle when writing, but watch Melinda and Melinda. In that movie, two writers take completely different tacks at the same story. Remind yourself that no one else would tell it like you!
- How to Handle Sick Days as a Freelance Writer: Or did you think that freelancers never get sick? Or that they just power through?
- Why the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Approach to Your Job Search Doesn’t Work? Another case for specialization and focus on your freelancing career. Have you had success through volume or through careful planning on who to target?
- Multiple Personalities: Jessica Faust offers a good solution for authors who need to build a platform with multiple pseudonyms.
- Shy Explorer Series–Asking the Experts: How can you use Twitter to build your platform as a writer? Great tips and specific examples of who is doing it right.
- Slow and Steady Wins the Race: More on the right way to use social media.
- Three Questions to Ask When Planning Your Website: Yes, the goal of your website is all about you. You need people to find out about you and your work, even when you aren’t physically there to introduce yourself. But, you will design a better website–that meets that goal–if you think about your users and what they will need. Someone who is doing a great job of this is Thursday Bram. She provides free content–meeting site visitors needs–while also serving her need to market herself.
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