This page is for authors of any level of experience. Click on the links to find what you’re looking for. New articles are added regularly. (There are older posts on the blog concerning the topics below, but I’d rather not link to something that *might* be out of date.)
Writing Tips
Getting it Right: Writing to Market
X-Factor: Beta Readers and Critique Partners
3 Roles to Avoid While Creating Characters
Invitations from Fictional Friends
Blogging Tips
RSS Feeds and the Good They Can Do For Your Blog
Blogging for Writers: What Blogging Teaches about Writing
Blogging for Writers: Keep Readers Engaged
Proper Guest Post and Interview Etiquette
Blogging for Writers: Setting up a Blog and Why You Should Have One
Social Media Tips
Adding Goodreads to my Author Platform
Why Authors should have a Writing Platform
The Difference between Building Your Brand and Being Hustled
The Reasons Branding Confuses You and How To Fix That Right Now
Taking Impostor Syndrome to Its Limits
Publishing Tips
Understanding Vanity Publishers and Author Services
The Pros and Cons of Traditional and Self-Publishing
Why You Need to Hire a Freelancer to Get Your Novel from Meh to Marvellous
eBooks — The Future or a Mistake?
Query Letters and Other Common Publishing Terms
Other resources on the blog:
Recommended Books for Your Reading List
Links will take you to my Goodreads reviews of the books. (Star rating: 4 stars or more.)
For the writing business:
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday
The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
How To Market A Book by Joanna Penn
Author 2.0 Blueprint by Joanna Penn
How to Make a Living with Your Writing: Books, Blogging and More by Joanna Penn
For the writing craft:
Your Novel, This Month: The step-by-step plan for writing a novel in 30 days by M.L. Keller
Nail Your Novel Instant Fix: 100 tips for fascinating characters by Roz Morris
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Comp titles for YA (Young Adult) Fantasy, Retellings, Faeries:
When Ash Rains Down (Kingdom Come, #1) by Cecelia Earl
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) by Richelle Mead
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2) by Rick Riordan
Ironside (Modern Faerie Tales, #3) by Holly Black
Valiant (Modern Faerie Tales #2) by Holly Black
Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1) by Holly Black
Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1) by Shannon Hale
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1) by Rick Riordan
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely, #5) by Melissa Marr
Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely, #4) by Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3) by Melissa Marr
Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2) by Melissa Marr
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) by Melissa Marr
Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1) by Jessica Day George
Princess of Glass (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #2) by Jessica Day George
Abandon (Abandon, #1) by Meg Cabot
Underworld (Abandon, #2) by Meg Cabot
Awaken (Abandon, #3) by Meg Cabot
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
Comp titles for Young Reader, Fantasy, Retellings, Faeries:
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1)
The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #2)
Lucinda’s Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #3)
The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #4)
The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #5)
by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Comp titles for MG (Middle Grade) Fantasy, Retellings, Faeries:
Talking to Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #4) by Patricia C. Wrede
Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3) by Patricia C. Wrede
Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2) by Patricia C. Wrede
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1) by Rick Riordan
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2) by Rick Riordan
The Serpent’s Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3) by Rick Riordan
A True Princess by Diane Zahler
Frogspell (Spell #1) by C.J. Busby
The Princelings of the East (Princelings of the East, #1) by Jemima Pett
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