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DEPRESSED? ANXIOUS? STRESSED? A MUST-HAVE GUIDE TO MUST-LISTS FOR WRITERS

By: Ruth Harris

Writers write—except when we're staring into space or out the window, at a blank screen or an unfinished sentence.

From first draft to final draft, we spend a lot of our time looking for help, info, inspiration. Which is why the right list at the right time is a writer's best friend.

We are living in the information age. Just about anything a writer wants to know or needs to find out is just a few keystrokes away. No more trips to the library. No more scrolling through hard-to-read microfiche. No more searching through heavy tomes to find that one piece of information you're looking for.

We need—

• a name—or a job or hometown—for a character
• character traits, good and bad, for a hero, a villain or someone in between
• a great setting for a book or a scene
• to know what a lawyer, brick layer or middle manager actually does all day long
• where a stripper buys her pasties and g-strings or an expert mountain climber stocks up on crampons and ice axes
• a way for the bad guy to blow up a fishing shack or the hero to go beyond first aid to save a life

Research—the World Beyond Google

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

• Writers On The Move: Multiple Points of View: Good or Bad? http://t.co/rhxRuVuAGk
• Why There’s So Much Conflicting Advice About Social Media http://t.co/ppxyU2fVBE
• Anne R. Allen's Blog: Depressed? Anxious? Stressed? A Must-have Guide to Must-lists For Writers http://t.co/swbJxmN5LI
• Why Self Publishing Is A Lot Like Growing Bamboo -BookBaby http://ow.ly/RAfpR
• Toxic Beta Readers: Avoid Them. Avoid Being One. | Bryn Donovan http://ow.ly/RAior
• Creativity tip: When you need inspiration, figure out what you need to know | Nathan Bransford, Author http://ow.ly/RAf9C
• Southern Writers - Suite T: Chart It!—How to Keep Track of Your Characters http://ow.ly/RAvek
• Truths and Lies about Self-Publishing : Women Writers, Women's Books http://ow.ly/RAvnh
• Ten Exceptionally Well-Written Horror Films | LitReactor http://ow.ly/RAvtr
• Resources for Writers: Create a Complex, Charismatic Main Character http://ow.ly/RAvDz
• 10 Ways to Use Audio to Sell More Books! - Author Marketing Experts, Inc. http://ow.ly/RAvIv
• When Does It Make Sense to Make Big Revisions? | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author http://ow.ly/RAvLK
• Bang2Write | 6 Things To Remember When Dealing With Writing Feedback http://ow.ly/RAvRJ
• 25 Proven Ways To Beat Writer’s Block - Writers Write http://ow.ly/RAweS
• Writability: On the Creation Process (or Why I Prefer Revising) http://ow.ly/RAwmE
• Hide it in a Hiding Place Where No One Ever Goes* | Confessions of a Mystery Novelist... http://ow.ly/RAwtI
• Breaking Into True Crime: Ann Rule’s 9 Tips for Studying Courtroom Trials http://ow.ly/RAwFU
• Word Count: How Many Words In a Novel? http://ow.ly/RAx4d
• 9 Social Media Marketing Tool Tips From the Pros Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/RAx8I

Happy writing and running, Kathy