About This Writing Stuff was once a weekly feature on my blog until April 2015. As life became increasingly hectic, I was unable to maintain that schedule. I revived it briefly on New Year’s Eve last year and kept it going for about a month or two into 2016 before I again became overwhelmed.
So, let’s try this again. I can’t promise to be consistent, but I’ll do my best.
About This Writing Stuff is a collection of interesting articles from the writing and publishing world. Most are instructional, meant to provide helpful tools for writers. Some are merely news or updates, but all are meant to inform with no bias on my part. In other words, I don’t always agree with every article, but I welcome your feedback and opinions.
This week, we start with a pair of “How To’s” as Patrick Ryan provides excellent advice on the basics of short story writing, and over at Digital Book World, Penny Sansevieri wants to optimize your Goodreads giveaways.
Jami Gold helps to improve your productivity and strengthen the stakes in your story while W.B. Sullivan has something urgent to discuss. Janice Hardy and Candace Robinson offer fuel for your writing while Eileen Cook builds conflict with dialogue.
We then get down to the business of publishing and promotion with James Scott Bell, Anne R. Allen, and Barbara O’Neal.
All that and a little more. Enjoy!
How to Write a Short Story with Clarity and Economy by Patrick Ryan
How to Make the Most of Goodreads Giveaways by Penny Sansevieri
Increasing Our Productivity: Why It’s Not Simple and Strengthening Stakes: It’s Not About Going Big by Jami Gold
6 Ways to Cultivate Urgency That Will Captivate Fiction Readers by W.B. Sullivan
5 Reasons Your Plot Stalled by Janice Hardy via Jody Hedlund
4 Ways to Use Experience to Fuel Your Writing by Candace Robinson
What Authors Need to Know About the Publishing Industry Today by James Scott Bell
Selling Books on Social Media: 4 Steps to Less Wasted Time by Anne R. Allen
Money and the Writer by Barbara O’Neal
I Can’t Believe You Said That–Using Dialogue to Build Conflict by Eileen Cook
Hold On To The Light – SFF Authors and Fans for Mental Wellness by Gail Z. Martin