Around the Web: Best Posts on Writing I've Discovered This Week

 I subscribe to and follow several authors, blogs, and writing sources throughout the week.

Each Friday, I include links to FIVE sources to improve your writing that I found useful.

Here are my offerings for this week.

Hope they inspire you to start writing
and to continue to write!

Here's the latest call-out from Chicken Soup for the Soul...Crazy, eccentric, wacky, lovable, fun families...Those eccentric, goofy, wacky, lovable, and oh-so-fun family members — the ones we tell all the stories about. Share your true stories and poems about those family members. With love and appreciation, please. No mean-spirited stories wanted. And you can put a pen name on your story if necessary. Submission details: https://www.chickensoup.com/story-submissions/possible-book-topics/

Here's an explanation on SEO and why it matters for dummies: https://authorkristenlamb.com/2022/03/seo-the-key-to-working-smarter-not-harder/

I love this site for their weekly critique sessions using one piece of writing. This one is a query and Bransford shows how it could be written with more precision to pique the literary agent's interest in finding something with a unique twist. https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2022/03/lead-with-the-story-query-critique

If you want to create characters that readers will remember and want to follow in the next book, read this: https://jerryjenkins.com/character-profile

This must be a hot topic this week. Just watched a podcast on M-I-D - Multiple streams of income. This is a good overview: https://www.blueridgeconference.com/writer-what-is-your-side-hustle/