Blogs that made me stop – 24-25 September 2012

I subscribe to a lot of blogs and I’m always behind in my reading, but I try. These are the blogs that made me stop this week:

• C. Hope Clarke on writer expectations and making a living from independent publishing: http://hopeclark.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/i-have-to-make-money-from-my-book-he.html
• Charles Stross suggests a writing activity for honing craft and finding ideas: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2012/08/on-the-impossibility-of-fictio.html
• The Alliance of Independent Authors on getting reviews honestly: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/blog/get-your-self-published-book-reviewed/;
• on how to self-publish on a budget: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/blog/self-publish-an-ebook-on-a-budget/; on questions to ask agents by Orna Ross: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/blog/questions-indie-authors-ask-literary-agents/; and on self-publishing in Australia by Steven Lewis: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/blog/self-publishing-in-australia/
• J.A. Marlow on creating a new pen name for an already-published work: http://jamarlow.com/2012/09/creating-a-new-pen-name-for-already-published-work/
• Kristen Lamb on the importance of authors being aware of their behaviour and how it can be viewed when using social media: http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/politics-religion-social-media-how-great-writers-change-the-world/; and more on social media: http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/how-personal-should-writers-get-on-social-media/; on writers who think they need multiple blogs: http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/when-do-writers-need-multiple-blogs/; creepy social media marketing don’ts: http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/top-five-creepy-social-media-marketing-tactics/;
• Looking for Mr Goodstory on why pornography is not a dirty word by Colin Falconer: http://colinfalconer.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/pornography-is-not-a-dirty-word/; and on the future of books, e-books and potentials for story marketing: http://colinfalconer.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/the-book-is-dead-long-live-the-book/;
• PJ Lifestyle on the life and death of Michael Clarke Duncan: http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/09/04/michael-clarke-duncan-1957-2012/; a review of Slender by Jon Bishop: http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/08/25/the-slender-man-cometh/;
• Stant Litore on Why Amazon: http://zombiebible.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/why-amazon-publishing.html;
• The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild on micro-stories for Conflux 8: http://csfg.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/conflux-guest-post-micro-stories/; on Matthew Farrer’s successful publication at Fantasy Flight Games: http://csfg.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/congratulations-to-matthew-farrer/; on a new writing resource link: http://csfg.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/new-writing-resource-link-added/;
• Writers in the Storm Blog about how to have a healthy writing brain by August McLaughlin: http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/2012/09/21/writerstrong-5-ways-to-eat-your-way-to-a-healthier-writing-brain/;
• Lindsay Buroker on e-book pricing: http://www.lindsayburoker.com/e-publishing/ebook-pricing-strategy-for-a-stand-alone-novel/.

I was going to keep reading blogs and adding them over the next three days, but that would have made this past far too long, so I’m scheduling it for Friday, while I write the next one. I hope you all found something that piqued your interest.