18 Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts You Might Find Helpful

Don’t you love Mondays? I do. A new week to enjoy and new goals to set. I’m not sure I accomplished all I intended to last week, but it ended on a high note anyway. If you didn’t get a chance to read Bart Cleveland’s 4 branding tips yesterday, be sure to read the post.  

If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. 7 Creative Writing Tips for Increasing Productivity http://ow.ly/gKQrN
2. How to strengthen a story idea http://ow.ly/gLqkX
3. Ten Techniques for Getting Tension on Every Page http://ow.ly/gLqtW via @JodyHedlund
4. 4 Tips for Creating an Author Brand by @BartCleveland http://ow.ly/gLAzT
5. To be more creative, mix up your work http://t.co/lfWIyAEw  @tannerc RT @elizabethscraig Good suggestions to improve your craft
6. E-books: Why Self-Publishing Will Be Preferred by Readers http://t.co/6tk7AYLa via @Wiseink RT @Janice_Hardy
7. Do I Have to Kill My Darlings? 5 Self-editing Steps You MUST Take Before an Editor or Agent http://ow.ly/gLB88
8. How to Creatively Market Your E-Book: An Interview with Author Julia Tagliere http://ow.ly/gLBDO
9. 7 Essential Elements of Scene + Scene Structure Exercise | Jane Friedman http://t.co/ho8w9YJC   RT @EricStoffle
10. Your Clutter Is Killing Your Creativity (And What to Do About It) http://ow.ly/gLZgm via @jeffgoins
11. What to Do When Your Creative Writing Hits a Brick Wall http://ow.ly/gLZlI
12. Working with Your Contest Results... http://ow.ly/gLZpv I've used contest judges as teachers. Great experience.
13. 3 Vs of Fiction: Vulnerability http://ow.ly/gLZG9 via @FictionNotes
14. Structuring Your Scenes, Pt. 6: Variations on the Scene http://ow.ly/gLZLi via @KMWeiland
15. What Is Content Marketing, and Why Does Your Business Need It? http://ow.ly/gLZVh
16. 3 StoryTelling Tips from "Breaking Bad" Creator Vince Gilligan http://ow.ly/gM054 Let characters take risks & veer off the obvious path
17. Facebook Offers Admins The Ability To Promote Page, Get More Likes http://ow.ly/gM0m4
18. Resolve to Tweet Better in 2013 http://ow.ly/gM0oy via @writerunboxed

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