Hope everyone has had a fantastic week. Welcome to Fill-Me-In Friday where I share some of the best links I've come across this week (and also shamelessly update you on what you may have missed here.) :)
But first a quick announcement: If any of you live in the DFW area, I am doing my first public reading along with a few other authors at the Authors' Roundtable at Bedford Public Library at 7pm on Saturday. (Here are the details if you're interested.) Come see me blush profusely as I try to skip past the parts that I refuse to read aloud in public. :)
Alright, now on to the links...
On Writing and Marketing:
Blogging Tips: Make Your Text POP by Angela Ackerman at The Bookshelf Muse
A Checklist for Marketing Your Ebook by Writer Unboxed
Bad Blog Design: 7 Tips to Beat the Status Quo by Jeff Goins
Your Only Real Competition Is Yourself by Cynthia Leitich Smith on Adventures in Children's Publishing
Meet the Maven: We're Here Whether You Want Us or Not (types of social networkers you should know) by Kristen Lamb
Making a Scene: Using Scriptwriting to Fix Problem Scenes by Janice Hardy
The 10 Deadly Sins of Website Design: A Checklist to Avoid Them by Author Marketing Experts
Amazon Unveils $199 Fire Tablet via Bloomberg
10 Tips For Planning a Blog Tour by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Are All Writers Delusional? by Jami Gold
Flick Chicks by The New Yorker (found via @Jamie_Wesley 's tweet)
Top 10 Writing Distractions by Meredith Jaeger
Five Facebook Changes and What You Need to Know via Social Media Examiner
Expect To Work Hard by Jody Hedlund
7 Ways Successful Creatives Think Differently than Unsuccessful Ones by Michael Hyatt (link found via Jody's post above)
Writers Must Kill Self-Doubt Before Self-Doubt Kills Them by Chuck Wendig (and Jenny Hansen's post bouncing off that Do Writers Need Validation?)
Have You Read a Self-Published Book? by Nathan Bransford (make sure and read the comments, interesting thoughts from people.)
For Fun:
Swagger Wagon (found via KB Owens' Blog)
What You Missed on the Author Blog:
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Alright, that's what I have for you this week, what were some of your favorite links of the week? Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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