1.  Dan Alatorre gives us these 10 things which make a story unreadable.

https://danalatorre.com/2016/10/02/10-things-that-make-your-story-unreadable/

2. Thanks to Sacha Black for these 30 writing competitions:

30 Writing Competitions With Cash Prizes

3.  Thanks to Archer’s Aim for this blog on how Scrivener can aid writing:

https://phsolomon.com/2016/10/02/%ef%bb%bf8-ways-scrivener-aids-my-writing/

4.  Good info from A Writer’s Path regarding book covers:

https://ryanlanz.com/2016/09/30/what-self-pubbing-authors-need-to-know-about-getting-the-best-book-cover/

5.  Thanks to Roberta Pimentel for these 5 ways to promote your blog for free:

https://robertapimentel.com/2016/09/30/3-ways-to-promote-your-blog-for-free-efficiently/

6.  Thanks to Jean’s Writing for this info on backing up your work:

What would happen to your story in a fire?

7.  The Publication Plan gives us this info on annoying writing mistakes:

Annoying writing mistakes [INFOGRAPHIC]

8.  Michael Dellert gives writers 8 reasons to use Twitter:

Eight Reasons Why Writers Should Use Twitter

9. The Millionaire’s Digest gives us the key to writing an amazing blog post:

https://millionairesdigest.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/the-key-to-writing-an-amazing-blog-post/

10.  Thanks to  Chris, the Story Reading Ape for this infographic on how to find freelance writing jobs:

HOW TO: Find Freelance Writing Jobs Infographic…

11.  4 reasons from Timothy Pike on why self-published authors should be taken more seriously than ever:

4 reasons to take self-published authors more seriously than ever

12.  Yecheilyah  at Pearls Before Swine gives us some advice on how to personalise our blogs without giving too much of our business away:

https://thepbsblog.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/how-to-personalize-your-posts-without-telling-your-business/

13.  Thanks to Carly Watters for this info on how to personalise your query to agents:

10 Ways To Personalize Your Query to Agents

14. Georgina Cromarty shares what she has learned from blogging, and how it helps her writing:

https://thewritingchimp.com/2016/10/03/what-i-learned-from-blogging-and-how-it-helped-my-fictional-writing-amwriting-writing/

15.  Here’s Melissa Bowersock at Indies Unlimited and her take on editing:

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16. Sue Vincent asks – is blogging worth it?

Is blogging worth it? 10 reasons why…

17.  Tara Sparling’s interview of Lorna Sixsmith focuses on how to market a book without annoying everybody:

How To Market A Book Without Annoying Everybody

Thanks to Archer’s Aim, Don Massenzio,  Kim’s Author Support Blog, Chris the Story Reading Ape, and Lizzie Chantree for the re-blogs.