Plus, I kind of like organizing things.
Book Reviews:
- Graceling, Unravel Me & Shades of Earth
- Mini Book Reviews: Insurgent & Hourglass
- Mini Book Reviews: The False Prince & Re-Reading
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Mini Book Reviews 2: Spaceships and Faeries
- Mini Book Reviews (YA Fantasy)
- Matched by Ally Condie
- Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
- Forbidden by Ted Dekker & Tosca Lee
- Across the Universe by Beth Revis
- The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker
Guest Posts:
- Every Reader Matters
- Is Fear Holding You Back?
- The Secret Ingredient to a Successful Blog
- How to Make Any Good Blog Great
How To:
- How to Avoid Writing Info Dumps
- How (Not) to Write a Blog Post
- How to Write Romance Well
- How to Write Great Analogies
- How to Write Multiple POVs
- How (Not) to Win a Twitter Pitch Fest
- How (Not) to Write the Perfect Query Letter (Part 2)
- How to Use What Ifs While Revising
- How to Survive the Waiting Game
- How to Rewrite Old WIPs Like a Pro
- How (Not) to Write Like a Master
- How to Think of Blog Post Ideas
- How to Write When You Don't Want To
- How to Make NaNoWriMo Especially Difficult
- How (Not) to Finish Writing a First Draft
- How to Know It's Time to Shelve Your Novel
- How to Juggle Life and Writing
- How (Not) to Be an Awesome Critique Partner
- How to Kill Characters With Impact
- How (Not) to Be a NaNoWriMo Champ
- How to Give a Fair Critique
- How to Choose Critique Partners
- How (Not) to Get an Agent
- How to Write Consistently
- How (Not) to Be a Brilliant Writer
- How to Use Brainstorming to Edit
- How (Not) to Write Dialogue
- How to Read Your Writing Objectively
- How to Choose a POV Character
- How to Write a Novel in Only 500 Words a Day
- How (Not) to Get Traditionally Published
- How (Not) to Become the Next Kindle Bazillionaire
- How to Write Characters Your Readers Love
- How to Spot Mary Sue in Your Writing
- Writing Goals: How to Meet Them When You Don't Have Time
- How (Not) to Write Amazing Villains
- How to Survive the Query Wars
- How (Not) to Be Awesome on Social Media
- How to Remain Sane While Writing
- How (Not) to Write a Novel
- How to Finish Writing a Novel
- How (Not) to Write Great Characters
- How to Use Timers to Be More Productive
- How to Make Your Readers Believe Anything
- How (Not) to Be a Successful Blogger
- How to Plot Without Plotting
- How to Be a Writer
- How to Be Happy
- How (Not) to Write the Perfect Query Letter
- How to Gather Distance from Your WIP
- How to Find Your Inner Sadist
- How to Celebrate Your Writing Success
- How to Be Awesome on Twitter
- How to Write Quickly
- How to Make Your Characters Talk
- How to Make Your Readers Run
- How to Plot with Flashcards
- How to Write a Masterpiece
- How to Be a Happy Writer
- How NOT to Edit
Writing Life:
- 25 Helpful Writerly and Twitter Terms
- 5 Truths I Wish I Knew When I Began Writing
- Writers and Bad Behavior
- On Writing and Giving Up
- Writer's Guilt: Don't Let it Drown You
- Discussion: Why Do You Love Writing?
- Don't Worry About Other Writers Stealing Your Ideas
- Why Have a Yearly Reading Goal?
- How (and When) to Give Yourself a Break
- On Dealing With Rejection
- Discussion: What Do You Love to Write About?
- Discussion: Can Anyone Become a Great Writer?
- Four Writing Fears, Debunked
- Ten Indisputable Signs That You're a Writer
- NaNoWriMo Discussion: Are You In?
- On Being an Unpublished Writer: Enjoy it While You Can
- Writing: A Mind Game
- Writing by Hand vs. Typing: Is There a Difference?
- On Reading and Learning from Books
- On Writing Your First Novel
- Discussion: What's Your Favorite Part of the Writing Process?
- Discussion: Are First Drafts Always Awful?
- Writers: Start Acting Like Professionals
- Why Writing Books Are Essential for Writers
- Writers: Do You Keep a Journal?
- Writing Dangers: Shiny New Idea Syndrome
- Writers: Undisciplined Need Not Apply
- Do You Listen to Music While Writing?
- Do You Read Your Old Writing?
- Why Writers Must Be Observers
- Do You Read What You Want to Write?
- Writing Discussion: The Good, The Bad and The Tortuous
- Time and Priorities for Writers
- Why Writing Through Resistance is Essential
- On Writing and Waiting
- Should Writers Delay Their Gratification?
- Why the First Draft is Usually Awful (And Why it's Ok)
- Writers: Don't Forget This
- Don't Be Afraid of Failure
- So You Want to Be a Writer?
- Writing is Like...
- Inspiration is Everywhere
- Why Writers Must Read
- Why First Draft Writing Sucks
- The NaNoWriMo Madness: Just Keep Writing
- A Guaranteed Way to Fail
- Time is on Your Side
- When Your Novel Isn't the One
- Your Greatest Asset is You
- Talent is Overrated
- Can You Lose the Ability to Write?
- Patience: A Virtue
- Confessions of a Techie Book Lover
- When They Don't Understand
- Never Settle
- Be Genuine
- 5 Reasons Why
- Writing and Love
- Finding the Time: A Challenge
- The Never-Ending Job of a Writer
- Inspiration Board: Get One
- Just Keep Swimming, Swimming, Swimming...
Writing Tips:
- Pitch Tip: Remember Your Stakes
- First Pages: The Most Important 250 Words of Your WIP
- A Quick, Easy Way to Write More
- Writing Tip: Maximize Your Excitement
- Writing Discussion: Where Do Your Novel Ideas Begin?
- Write What You Know?
- The Cure to Resistance in Writing
- When Writing, Cannibalize Everything
- Book Titles: How Do You Choose?
- Write Like It'll Never Be Read
- Conflict: The Key to a Good Story
- Writing Tip: Keep an Ideas List
- NaNoWriMo Tip: Write and Don't Look Back
- Writing Tip: Explore Alternate Universes
- Writing Danger: Don't Create a Cliché
- Why Use Multiple POVs?
- On Writing Coincidence and Fate: Don't Be Too Nice
- The (Not So) Surprising Key to Writing Quickly
- Short Story or Novel Idea: How Do You Tell?
- What Makes a Great Final Sentence?
- The Value of Reading Your WIP Out Loud
- Voice: You Are Not Your Characters
- A Lesson from Bestsellers: Write Whatever You Want
- On Writing Symbolism into Your Work
- Is Your Idea Novel-Worthy?
- What Makes a Book a Bestseller?
- What Makes You Keep Reading?
- To Plot or Pants?
- When Writing, Take Your Time
- The Problem with Love Triangles
- 5 Writing Myths
- Writing Dialogue with Purpose
- Why Use Past Tense?
- Why Use Present Tense?
- What Makes a Great First Sentence?
- Every Writer (Should Be) a Sadist
- Writing Quickly: A Secret Strategy
- Tension: A Valuable Tool
- 10 Writing Truths (Part 2)
- 10 Writing Truths (Part 1)
- Are You Waiting for Good Ideas?
- Writing: Mastering the Balance
- On Underestimating Your Readers
- Unleashing Your Voice
- Defining Author Voice
- How Important is Loving Your Novel?
- Finding Your Zone (Again)
- First Draft Blasphemy
- The Pretty Writing Trap
- Brainstorming
- #wordmongering: Are YOU In?
- Paragraphs: A Little Rant
- Pushing Past Writer's Block
- [Insert Chapter Title Here]
- Writing is Writing is Writing
Character Development:
- Romance in Writing: Murder the Insta-Love
- Characters: Static or Dynamic?
- Discussion: Fascinating Characters
- Adding Contrast to Your Writing: Character
- Romance in Writing: Don't Force It
- Character Development: Morals & Ideology
- Stupid Characters vs. Stupid Decisions: They're Not the Same
- Character Development: What Do They Want?
- Character Development: Make Them Angry
- On Writing "Real" Characters
- Writing Discussion: Are You Guilty of Parenticide?
- Reviving Characters: Should It Be Done?
- Discussion: How Do You Get to Know Your Characters?
- Every Character is Important
- Character Development: Exploiting Weaknesses
- Writing Mistake: Are Your Characters Invincible?
- Do Your Characters Fail Enough?
- Character Names: How Do You Choose?
- Do Your Characters Make Enough Mistakes?
- Character Development: Fear
- On Character Motivation
- On Writing Memorable (Minor) Characters
- Character Beauty in Imperfection
- Are Your Characters Beautiful?
- Loving Your Villain
- Getting to Know Your Characters
- Defining Character Voice
- Making the Connection: Character-Reader
Editing:
- Query Critiques: More Important Than You Think
- Why I Keep Every Draft of My WIP
- Revisions: Don't Be Afraid to Make (Big) Changes
- Three Important Critique Tips
- Editing: How Do You Know When You're Finished?
- Why Critiquing Others Helps You
- Writing Tool: iBooks
- Over-Editing: Does it Exist?
- NaNoWriMo Winner? Hold On to that Novel!
- Critique Partners: They're Not Optional
- Why Writers Should Let Their Manuscripts Cool
- Discussion: On the First Reading of Your WIP
- Why You Need to Stop Rewriting
- Why Tough Critiques Are Exciting (To Me)
- Editing Technique: Lists
- Why I Love to Edit
- Do You Need That Scene?
- Are You Really Done Editing?
- On Critiques
- Cooling Off
- NEESA
- Editing: Learn to Love It
Social Media:
- Twitter for Writers: Are You Following These Accounts?
- Social Media: Is it Worth the Time?
- Why Enter Pitch Contests?
- The Heart of Social Media
- Why Write Blog Posts Consistently?
- Stop the Spam
- Why I'm Glad I Joined Twitter
- Yet Another Reason You Should Blog
- Why I Don't Auto-Follow Back
- 5 Reasons You Should Be Blogging
- Klout: Why I Stopped Caring About My Score
- Tumblr for Writers
- Social Media for Writers
- Social Media: It's not About You
- Making the Connection: Author-Reader
- Everything is Changing
Publishing:
- Query Tip: Keep Track of Your Submissions
- Query Tip: Do Your Research
- Writing & Publishing: Does Age Matter?
- Self-Publishing: It's Not a Backup Plan
- Discussion: Is Cursing in YA Novels Acceptable?
- Do You Really Want Overnight Success?
- E-Books Are Not the Print Apocalypse
- On Writing and Publishing Trends
- Would You Write if You Were Never Getting Published?
- Writers: Would You Publish Traditionally if You Could?
- Will Print Books Become Obsolete?
- What is Success to You?
- Why Gatekeepers Aren't Evil
- Publishing: Indie or Traditional?
- Loss of a Legend
- The E-Book Experiment
Miscellaneous:
- Writability Turns Two!
- Writer's Voice Entry: FIELD OF BONES
- Interrupting Your Scheduled Programming...
- Weird Writing Trends: Sexy Stalkers?
- Do You Listen to Audiobooks?
- Discussion: What's Your Favorite Word Processing Program?
- Reading: Do You Prefer E-Books or Print?
- Discussion: Do You Like Book-to-Screen Adaptations?
- Cover Design Winner and Service Launch!
- First Ever E-Book Cover Design Giveaway
- End of Year Countdown: 5 Top Fives of 2012
- Thanksgiving: A Writing Exercise
- Writing Tool: Scrivener
- Why I Have Yet to Write a Sequel
- Discussion: Should Chapters Be Getting Shorter?
- On E-Readers and Reading More
- Why Evernote is Great for Writers
- Why I Don't Like the Term "Aspiring Writer"
- On Reading "Bad" Books
- The Gift Writing Gives Us
- Blogging, a Year Later: Thank You
- Reading: How Do You Decide?
- Joining the Dark Side with a NOOK
- End of Year Countdown: 5 Top Fives
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (For Writers)
- There is No Wizard of Oz
- Celebrating 100 Posts
- On Giving Thanks
- Do What You Love
- Taking a Leap of Faith
- The Prologue War
- Survivor's Guide: The Internet Abyss
- Dystopia: The New Vampire?
- Judging Book Covers
- Top Five Favorite Harry Potter Moments
- To Be Read: The Ever-Growing List
- Dear You
- And the Winners Are...
- Why I Celebrated a Rejection
- The Reading-Writing Stages (Never Leave Your Book in the Car)
- Welcome!
