Blog Treasures 5-28

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Gene Lempp

Welcome to my weekly roundup of the best Treasures I’ve found on the blogsphere during the past week. Glad you stopped by, enjoy!

Elizabeth S. Craig What a Cozy Mystery is and thoughts on Genre Writing.  Great advice for pinning down genre and the reasons why this will help your platform.

James Killick Five ways to know your characters before you even meet them.  Excellent ideas for rapid character development and brainstorming.

Looking for ways to generate, sift through and develop all the ideas your muse reveals? Aliventures has a fantastic post on this at Ideas #2: How to Choose and Develop a Great Idea.

Jess Witkins shares her path to blogging fame in What Six Months of Blogging has taught me about Perseverance

Story structure is all around us. Kristen Lamb explores the power of studying movies in What “Finding Nemo” can teach us about Story Action

The books we read impact us all in deep ways. Sonia G. Medeiros brings us Novel Memories – What is your all time favorite novel?

Are deadlines our enemy or greatest motivating friend? Kate Nolan explores this in Efficiency 101 – Embracing the Deadline

Whether you are new to Tweetdeck or looking for ways to use this fantastic Twitter tool, Pat Thunstrom is building the guide to help us all at Personalize your Deck – The Tweetdeck Learning Guide

The coolest blog idea I’ve seen comes from Jen Kirchner. This weekly pick your path adventure allows voting and movement of the story through reader comments and Twitter votes. Come join us on a thrilling, dark adventure in The Relic – Part Three (Vote Your Adventure)

That’s it for this week. See you Wednesday for “Designing from Bones”

Peaceful Journeys!

About Gene Lempp

Gene Lempp is a writer blending elements of alternate history, the paranormal, fantasy, science fiction and horror for dark and delicious fun. He unearths stories by digging into history, archeology, myth and fable in his Designing from Bones blog series. “Only the moment is eternal and in a moment, everything will change,” sums the heart of his philosophy. You can find Gene at his Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, WANATribe, Google+, Pinterest and StumbleUpon.
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4 Responses to Blog Treasures 5-28

  1. Sonia G Medeiros says:
    May 28, 2011 at 10:23 am

    Great links! Going to check the ones I’ve missed. 😀

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  2. Patrick Thunstrom says:
    May 28, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    Thanks for sharing the Learning Guide! Great company to be amongst, even!

    Checking some of these I missed.

    Reply
  3. Jess Witkins says:
    May 29, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    I’d hardly call it blogging fame! LOL. Thanks for the mention though! I appreciate everyone’s comments and goal sharing. Fun to follow all the journeys!

    Reply

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