1.  Lauren Sapala gives us some hints on how to write great fiction:

Want to Write Great Fiction? Stop Using the “Logical” Side of Your Brain

2.  Thanks to Jen Miller on Build Book Buzz for these tips on marketing:

Memoir author’s book marketing success story

3.  Tips on writing book reviews, by Christiine Husom:

https://indigoseapressblog.com/2017/01/20/writing-book-reviews-purpose-and-tips-by-christine-husom/

4.  Some tips on marketing from Eva Lesko Natiello via The Book Designer.

https://www.thebookdesigner.com/2017/01/the-pro-bono-marketing-staff-every-self-published-author-has-at-their-fingertips/

5.  A literary agent gives advice on how to win in self publishing, via Don Massenzio’s blog:

This week in Indie Publishing

6.  A Writer’s Path gives 10 tips for editing your short story:

10 Tips For Editing Your Short Story

7.  Sacha Black tells us of 6 writing tools for 2017:

6 Writing Tools You Can’t Live Without in 2017

8.  Thanks to Janice Wald (via D.G Kaye) for this advice regarding the Fotojet website:

https://dgkayewriter.com/17-ways-fotojet-will-quickly-help-you-blog-better/

9.  Story Empire gives advice on how to build a Twitter list:

Hootsuite, Twitter Lists, and Tweeps #MondayBlogs

10. Robert Hackett on Fortune.com (via re-blog by D.G Kaye) tells us of yet another online scam:

https://dgkayewriter.com/scam-alert-a-new-frightening-and-effective-gmail-scam/

11.  Thanks to Jean M. Cogdell for this info on how to add a Stumbleupon button:

How to add a StumbleUpon share button

12. Kristen Lamb tells us of the single largest problem of most first time novels:

The Single Largest Problem of Most First Time Novels

13. Thanks to Alison Williams for this warning about vanity publishers:

It’s a jungle out there – watch out for the vanity presses #wwwblogs #amwriting #selfpublishing

Thanks to A Writer’s Path, Chris, the Story Reading Ape, Don Massenzio, Indigo Sea Press, Kim’s Author Support Blog, D.G Kaye, Pearls Before Swine, and Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie for the re-blogs.