101 Writing Links: for writers and authors

by Joanna Penn on April 16, 2009

twitter-bird-logoI tweet these links found on the blogosphere daily – follow me on Twitter to get them as they happen!

1) As economy tanks, ‘escapist’ reading increases http://is.gd/rZVB
2) on book advances http://short.to/4e1c
3)This is Europeana – a place for inspiration and ideas http://short.to/4bkt
4) How do you become a game writer? http://jijr.com/h9h9
5) cross platform writing podcasts http://short.to/4bkh
6) What has stopped you from writing your book? http://short.to/1v17
7) podcast interview with cross media and podcast novel star JCHutchins http://is.gd/rHtW
8) drop everything and read http://snipr.com/fnq4j
9) write for a niche and be a rock star http://jijr.com/hfHW
10) Booklert lets you keep track of the Amazon rank of your (or anyone else’s) books. http://bit.ly/3PUpEq
11) The Religion of Writing and Getting Published http://snipr.com/fleme
12) The Neverending Story: The Highs and Woes of Writing a Series http://short.to/44ad
13) Top Gobbledygook phrases used in 2008 and how to avoid them http://snipr.com/fleia
14) brilliant cross-media resources http://bit.ly/4CB9fD
15) Storyworld Authoring Tool http://bit.ly/2XkfPm
16) Romance novels are BIG in the e-book world, says New York Times http://short.to/4525
17) The Twitterization of Santos Dumont Numero 8 http://snipr.com/fle7w
18) #writing #gaming crossover http://jijr.com/h8zA
19) A chocolate reading list http://bit.ly/n4WPw
20)all about the front bit of the book (before the text) Impt to know! http://jijr.com/h8zJ
21) Why The Recession Won’t Kill Poetry http://snipr.com/flddz
22) on Writing Her Own Sex Scene http://snipr.com/fldc0
23) First Glimpse of Stephen King’s Next Novel http://jijr.com/h8zs
24) 10 best books for writers (what do you think?) http://jijr.com/h8zr
25) Who are your (writing) experts? http://short.to/4517
26) The butler’s job in fiction http://short.to/448r
27) How To: Build Your Own Letterpress http://jijr.com/h8nk
28) During a recession more readers turning to the happy steamy romance ending: http://bit.ly/1Wsj7p
29) Drink to thine creative mind: http://bit.ly/sh6t (not strictly writing, but impt anyway!)
30) Why we make typos, and how to avoid them: http://tinyurl.com/dftwd8
31) Make your writing flow like a good album – Pro Writing Tips” http://tinyurl.com/c6uuae
32) Why good writing is like good cooking: http://bit.ly/JfCO0
33) Your First Draft Is Always Going To Suck http://jijr.com/h8dB
34) Pen Names – The Inside Scoop http://short.to/448d
35) lessons from Creative Drinks http://bit.ly/nsB
36) Three-Dimensional Villains: Finding Your Character’s Shadow http://jijr.com/h8nw
37) Zany collection of tech-absurd short stories http://jijr.com/h8zZ
38) Using Body Language in Writing http://bit.ly/Jj3Y
39) The Life Counted in Pages Meme http://bit.ly/iKKfH
40) Spreadsheet Story Downloaded 10,000 Times http://jijr.com/h4K0
41) How To Get Started As A Freelance Writer http://short.to/3y4a
42) The parts of the poem and how to recognize them http://jijr.com/h4JJ
43) in praise of public libraries http://jijr.com/h4JW
44) Death of Microsoft Word? http://snipr.com/fh8h5
45) digitisation of William Blake http://bit.ly/lIyVy
46) How to Use Second Life to Support Your Writing Schedule http://jijr.com/hxjE
47) 12 edits every manuscript needs http://is.gd/rmpj
48) Tips for sending review copies of your book http://short.to/3y44
49) The Paradox of Becoming an Author http://is.gd/rka5
50) Agents and Rejection http://is.gd/raNr
51) Fantasy (writing) in Asia http://snipr.com/fej93
52) Get the genre correct when pitching your book - http://bit.ly/LdjDu
53) Fascinating Twitter book experiment by Brazilian novelist, Claudio Soares http://tinyurl.com/cbt8wd
54) Kindle Formatting: The Complete Guide is now available — http://kindleformatting.com/book/
55) Editors, freelance writers, copyediting: Where to find the best resources http://snipr.com/ct50z
56) Ebooks with text, video and social networking: The Vook http://tinyurl.com/cb4fo7
57) learning poetry by heart? http://short.to/3v2z
58) Attractive authors get more reviews? (thx MediaBistro): http://tinyurl.com/c5hcut
59) Five Reasons Good Authors Fail http://jijr.com/hxHz
60) Why story structure is inescapable http://snipr.com/fbj5q
61) book covers galore – lots of ideas here http://bookcoverarchive.com/
62) book crossing genres – knit your own adventure (brilliant!) http://short.to/3v3w
63) Authors – Good source for #book ISBN/barcodes http://bit.ly/gtqAn
64) excellent street lit resources: http://www.streetfiction.org/
65) lessons in writing learnt from skiing! http://bit.ly/30fVz
66) a great honest review of an authors rejection http://jijr.com/h1qg
67) check out the top 50 Australian writing blogs http://short.to/3ruq
68) People reading news for free on the web’ that’s got to change http://short.to/3rqz
69) literary spaces http://is.gd/qXfR (from @LiteraryMinded ) and mine http://short.to/3rfq
70) What Defines A Writer? http://is.gd/qXde
71) followers like www.livescribe.com for handwritten notes (and this is my Livescribe post http://bit.ly/UDryW )
72) The Authors Guild And Big Publishers Are Working Hard To Reduce Your Readership http://jijr.com/h1nS
73) Could the Kindle and similar e-readers revive interest in the American short story? http://snipr.com/fayep
74) Music mashups for the right brain: An amazing use of Youtube and creativity. http://bit.ly/nLe2p
75) widgets to cure writers block http://www.languageisavirus.com/
76) Some authors use www.enthusem.com : mail cover art and message to reviewers: code links to book on amazon.
77) writing with your feet http://bit.ly/11Tp7P
78) followup to the writing/depression discussion is up at http://is.gd/qN66
79) Collaborative proofreading program in development http://short.to/3lvg
80) the naked writer – How much do you reveal in your writing? http://jijr.com/hhxV
81) The World Digital Library will launch on April 21, 2009 http://short.to/3ltm
82) How authors create decades of profits from a single authoritative book http://jijr.com/hhxS
83) So You Want to Write a Star Trek Novel . . . http://short.to/3jql
84) How Gary Vaynerchuk got a 10 book deal without asking for it http://bit.ly/eWWu
85) For Whom Do We Write? http://is.gd/qBSB
86) writing your book and publishing it – now available on Kindle store for under $1 Wow! http://bit.ly/tX9v
87) Tips for improving your handwriting. Anyone remember what that is? http://paperpenalia.com/handwriting.html
88) Science fiction: A study of ethics and morals http://snipr.com/f6ck3
89) poems being read out loud #poetry http://poemsoutloud.net/
90) Books voted most essential travel item | Travel Daily News http://ow.ly/1OIN
91) Healing art: The long partnership of medicine and literature http://snipr.com/f6c6d
92) more on the @garyvee 10 book, 7 figure deal http://bit.ly/6xg1e
93) Top 10 blogs for indie authors http://bit.ly/SyZF1
94) 10 literary terms you might not know (clerihew anyone?): http://is.gd/qchV
95) Ten Mistakes Writers Don’t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do) http://jijr.com/Z7H
96) Three Steps to Finishing Your First Novel: Left brained solutions for a right brained problem. http://is.gd/qdXc
97) improving your language and style in writing http://snipr.com/f1vk4
98) more Moleskine notebook love http://jijr.com/Z7F
99) Adverbidly Yours http://is.gd/qdUK

100) Writing For A Living: A Joy Or A Chore? http://is.gd/qdRK
101) On Writing with Depression http://short.to/3e3o

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