Author Inspiration and This Week’s Writing Links

Ciao, everybody. Are you having a good week?

I used to be a professor, and I currently write for two industry websites. Basically, I’m used to operating in teacher-mode. But this week, I started taking a mastermind class on backlist strategies for authors. I’m a student again! It’s a refreshing change. I feel my horizons expanding and my synapses firing. On top of all the work on my calendar, it makes for busy days. But I love the challenge.

Which brings me to the quote of the week:

It’s an eight-week course, and I’m only in the first week, but I’m excited about it. I don’t know where it will all lead, but I’m enjoying the ride. And that’s what I’m choosing to focus on.

What path are you traveling this week? Let’s talk about it.

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And now, this week’s links:

Posts by me, about my work, or at sites I contribute to:

• Summer and Writing | Story Empire
• On the Road Again | Romance University
• Calibre for Formatting | Story Empire
• Organic Marketing | Romance University
• Friday Book Share: Boneshaker | Story Empire

Posts by others in the industry:

• Time Travel as a Literary Device | The Write Stuff
• Tips for Sustaining Tension | Morgan Hazelwood
• Creating Perfect Facebook Creatives | Nicholas C. Rossis
• Ways Repetition Hurts a Novel | Fiction University
• Budgeting for Marketing | Self Publishing Advice
• Things to Know Before a Pitch | Fiction University
• An Ideal Writer’s Workspace | Nicholas C. Rossis
• Spreadsheet Downloads for Manuscript Details | Cow Pasture Chronicles
• Listening to Your WIP | Marcia Meara Writes
• Common Consistency Errors | Ryan Lanz
• What Writers Can Learn from Animated Stories | The Kill Zone
• The Ensemble Cast | Standout Books
• Write a Novel Readers Can’t Put Down | The Write Practice
• Multiple POVs | Well-Storied
• Make Something Happen | The Kill Zone
• Writer’s Spice Cabinet | Writers Helping Writers
• How to Avoid Messing Up | The Write Practice
• Who and Where in the Opening | The Kill Zone
• How to Avoid Cliches | The Write Practice