(Dianne) Fox Writes

I’m subscribed to the RSS feeds of a LOT of writing blogs. I decided to share the interesting stuff that comes up. Here you go!

Toni Andrews, at Deadline Dames, writes about using SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) charts to help plan your writing career.

Charlene Teglia gives a list of ten reasons to write a story, even when you feel like it’s not worthwhile.

Emma Wayne Porter of Lyrical Press is interviewed at 500 Words on Words, and talks about e-publishing.

Mark Del Franco, at Fangs Fur & Fey, writes about how important it is to have a good copyeditor look at your work.

Pickled Cupid (usually a humor site) reminds authors to file a Form-1099-MISC for their royalties.

J.D. Rhoades, at Murderati, writes about how the latest promo fads might not be worthwhile.

Josh Lanyon, at Loose Ends, writes about what to do with bad reviews, and good ones, too.

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, at Book View Cafe, writes about the dangers of using a thesaurus.

Joe Nassise, at Genreality, posts about how to write book proposals.

Judy Jenner, at The Urban Muse, posts about how to choose a freelance partner. This also seems to be a good set of rules to use in choosing a critique partner, writing partner, or anyone else you depend on in business.

Dana Marie Bell, at The Samhellion, posts about timelines, something that is very topical for me right now, as I struggle with the realization that my novella is turning into a novel.

Janet Reid talks about paying attention to font (specifically Courier versus Times New Roman) in queries.

EditTorrent talks about why to leave out the boring parts of the conversation in your fiction.

ErosBlog has a post about what prostate milking feels like.

Lifehacker lets us know about TinyChat, which generates disposable TinyURL chatrooms. This seems useful for authors wanting to set up a chat with readers, for interviews, and for working together with other writers.

Lifehacker also posts about creating color palettes from images, which is handy if you’re making your own bookmarks from book cover images, etc.

Sophie Masson, at Writer Unboxed, posts about sticking to the plot.

Therese Walsh, at Writer Unboxed, talks about being flexible with your outlines.

Marg McAlister, at Writing4Success, warns writers not to muck up the pacing.

Kathleen Bolton, at Writer Unboxed, gives a review of the three-act structure for fiction.

Daily Writing Tips gives a quick and dirty list of retronyms that might be helpful for authors writing historicals.

Writers Weekly gives the top eleven signs that a POD service is charging too much.