Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts

I’ve spent the past two days in Richmond, Virginia doing research for The Sapphire Brooch. I’ve walked around the city, visited museums and have had fantastic conversations with lots of folks who have fed me facts and figures that I somehow have to turn into a plot. Here are a few pictures of my adventure.

Museum of the Confederacy & The White House

Dinner at the Jefferson Hotel 

President John Tyler's grave site at Hollywood Cemetery

President James Monroe's grave site at Hollywood Cemetery

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets from Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, here they are again: 

1. The Other Side of the Story: Give Me a Beat: Rhythm in Dialog http://ow.ly/p9EUx
2. Between the Lines: Edits and Everything Else: Amping up Your Scenes http://ow.ly/p9F1X
3. 10 Ways to Make Readers Loathe Your Antagonist - Helping Writers Become Authors http://ow.ly/p9Fmu
4. The Bookshelf Muse: Promoting a Virtual Book Tour http://ow.ly/p9Frz
5. From the Write Angle: WHERE THERE’S A STORY THERE’S AN END http://ow.ly/p9Fzd
6. Marketing Books Using Demographics, Psychographics, and Consumer Behavior | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/p9FF1
7. Enhance your ebook and your bottom line with creative hyperlinks | Good Words http://ow.ly/p9FMi
8. Bloggers: Do You Call Readers To Action? | Molly Greene: Writer http://ow.ly/p9FRl
9. Mailchimp: Ten Reasons it’s the Best Program for Authors Since Twitter | Molly Greene: Writer http://ow.ly/p9Gdj
10. 4 Tips To Increase Your Klout Score [INFOGRAPHIC] - AllTwitter http://ow.ly/pb8Te
11. The Other Side of the Story: Through My Eyes. Or Your Eyes. Or Somebody's Eyes. POV Basics http://ow.ly/pbdXM
12. How to Write a Captivating Blog Title | Writers In The Storm Blog http://ow.ly/pbe1P
13. Who Makes You Want to Be a Better Person? - Marcy Kennedy http://ow.ly/pbe6j
14. The Bookshelf Muse: How to Write a Tagline for Your Book (And Why You Need To) http://ow.ly/pbebZ
15. The Secrets of How to Write Short | TIME.com http://ow.ly/pbel2
16. Marketing Tips 4 Authors - by @CliveEaton: Creating a USP for your book http://ow.ly/pbeAl
17. What Ever Happened to Book Editors? | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/pbeDf
18. The Brave New World of Publishing - Rachelle Gardner http://ow.ly/pbeH5
19. Six Easy Tips for Self-Editing Your Fiction | Kristen Lamb's Blog http://ow.ly/pdGoq
20. What Can I Copyright? | Spann of Time http://ow.ly/pdGsu
21. Why Indie Authors Need to Understand the Amazon Reviewers Subculture | Self-Publishing Advice http://ow.ly/pdGvL
22. Taking a Closer Look at Your Amazon Product Page | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/pdGAW
23. Breaking the rules http://ow.ly/pdH0A @fcmalby
24. Twitter Guide For Authors & Illustrators - via @inkyelbows http://ow.ly/pdH84
25. The Other Side of the Story: Living in My Head: Crafting Natural-Sounding Internal Thoughts http://ow.ly/pg4tS
26. 7 Invaluable Writing Tips From Stephen King http://ow.ly/pgD
27. Blood-Red Pencil: Grab Your Reader With the Five Senses http://ow.ly/pgDcu
28. Interviews--My Checklist for Skype Interviews, Podcasts, or Radio | Mystery Writing is Murder http://ow.ly/pgDgt
29. Writer Unboxed » Start Your Author Blog in Five Easy Steps http://ow.ly/pgDjV
30. Addendums, Rights Grabs & Agents | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/pgDoc
31. The Other Side of the Story: How to Make a Depressed Character Likable http://ow.ly/pgDs7
32. Maximizing Your Writing Time | The Daily Dahlia http://ow.ly/pgDUM
33. Social Strategy, How to Build a Sustainable Social Media Marketing Plan | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/pgDZP
34. Don’t Fall Into This Trap That Could Destroy Your Blog : @ProBlogger http://ow.ly/pgE4P
35. Four Old-School Ways to Thrive in any Economy | Copyblogger http://ow.ly/pgEbc
36. Who Are You Blogging For? The Nimble Media Interview — The Book Designer http://ow.ly/pgEfi
37. 3 Ways to Write Stupendous Supporting Characters - Helping Writers Become Authors http://ow.ly/pgGgA
38. Referencing a Tweet in an Academic Paper? Here's a Citation Generator http://ow.ly/pgGoJ
39. Safety tips to stay safe, written by a cop, car safety, predator with gun http://ow.ly/pgGPA
40. The Brave New World of Publishing - Rachelle Gardner http://ow.ly/pgGWf
41. Why Don't Publishers Believe in Author Websites? by Jane Friedman http://ow.ly/pgHiZ
42. Content Curation Tips: Content Curation Tips: 6 Places to Find Content to Share on Social Media | Social Media Today http://ow.ly/pgHCF
43. 5 Creative Ways to Drive More Traffic to Your Blog Posts | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/pgHIC
44. My 11 Questions About Publishing Ebooks on Amazon’s Kindle http://ow.ly/pgHO7
45. Author Rank, Your Book, Magazine Article or Product & You. http://ow.ly/pgI1Z
46. The Best Times To Post On Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn And Pinterest [INFOGRAPHIC] - AllTwitter http://ow.ly/pgI8h
47. Quick Manuscript Editing Tips | Fantasy Scroll http://ow.ly/pi4Dy
48. 3 Pillars of Selling More Books Online | Digital Book World http://ow.ly/pgIRR
49. Your Characters Are Lost: 4 Ways to Find Them http://ow.ly/pi4Lv
50. How Wattpad Gained My Self-Published Novel 500,000 Reads http://ow.ly/pi4R0
51. Mignon Fogarty: Why Book Authors Should Build Apps | Book Marketing Bestsellers http://ow.ly/pi5iW
52. Why Creativity Is Like Karaoke | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/pi5tX
53. 12 Facebook Groups for Writers You Don't Want to Miss http://ow.ly/pi5C7
54. The Long Haul - Rachelle Gardner http://ow.ly/pi5Mo
55. 5 Reasons Why an #Entrepreneur is like a Jazz Musician | by @JanMoran @RichIdeaCo http://t.co/LybOnSe3sq #startups
56. Novel Rocket: Mastering Your Craft http://ow.ly/pi6iA
57. Seven Most Useful Writing Apps for Authors | Where Writers Win http://ow.ly/pi6r3
58. Attacking the Page | Martial Arts & Action-Packed Fiction: The Adam & Eve Approach to Character Development http://ow.ly/pi6C4
59. The E-book Sky is Falling... Right? | August Wainwright http://ow.ly/pi708

Happy writing & running, Kathy

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