Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts


By: Darcy Pattison

An editor can tell within a couple pages if a manuscript will be acceptable to them. How? What makes this decision so clear to an editor and so muddy to an author?

The first pages of a novel encapsulate much of the story and are extremely important in establishing setting, character, pace, audience, tone, and voice. First pages give readers a door knob to turn, an opening to the whole story. Editors are sophisticated, critical readers, and they immediately pick up on missteps such as the following.


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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 
  1. Why Editors Focus on Page One http://ow.ly/lSpPh
  2. Is Blogging Worth the Time and Effort? http://ow.ly/lQQnr via @fcmalby
  3. Book Publishing Basics http://ow.ly/lQRcy
  4. Pixar Story Masterclass: Story Structure, Characters, Sequences, Conclusion http://ow.ly/lQRCM
  5. 4 Ways to Improve Your Prose: http://t.co/bGD1cfhSWl RT @elizabethscraig
  6. Can This Story Be Saved? http://t.co/VP1CQXwSEV @JamiGold RT @janice_hardy
  7. 5 Places to Find an Intern to Help with Your Book Marketing this Summer http://t.co/3GiGIA1wWh RT @evelyn_puerto
  8. How To Structure a Story Around a Large Problem, Step 5: The Hero Commits http://ow.ly/lRpj4
  9. Creating An Effective Book Launch VIDEO.mp4 bia @Melissa_Foster http://ow.ly/lS3zb
  10. Notes From Tabor Lane: Today's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts http://ow.ly/lS2TU
  11. MS Word Templates & Styles — Guest: Jordan McCollum http://ow.ly/lS5kd via @JamiGold
  12. Bob and Weave: How to Mix Character Actions and Internal Thought http://t.co/xwp9GX6JLe RT @janice_hardy
  13. Catching Readers in Your Net http://ow.ly/lS6Pt via @LiveWriteThrive
  14. Who’s Reading Where – Guest Post by Melinda B. Pierce http://ow.ly/lS75U
  15. Promoting or Re-releasing an Older Book http://ow.ly/lSaUd via @elizabethscraig
  16. The 4 Best Strategies For Savvy Self-Publishers http://ow.ly/lSb3J
  17. No, E-book Sales Are Not Declining http://ow.ly/lSbaS via @nathanbransford
  18. Manage Your Writing Connections with LinkedIn Contacts http://ow.ly/lSbiC

I’m always looking for great content to share. If you have a writing and/or marketing blog, or have a favorite that you visit often, please leave a link in the comment section. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy writing & running, Kathy

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