Get loads more tips by visiting our new, updated, streamlined Topical Article Index! This master index enables you to access every article on Writing-World.com through an easy-to-navigate topical format. How to Leverage Guest Posting to Get (Paying) Writing Gigs - Jennifer Brown Banks How to Write the Perfect Road-Trip Article - Barbara Weddle A Mother's Gift (The Gift of Reading) - Moira Allen My Point of View on Point of View (Part One) - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction) My Point of View on Point of View (Part Two) - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction) Parsing Paragraphs - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction) Stealing Ideas at Church & Selling Them Back - S.R. Morris So Many Books, So Little Time - Moira Allen What's Wrong with The Writer? - Moira Allen Read This Week's Newsletter Online: How to Leverage Guest Posting to Get (Paying) Writing Gigs, by Jennifer Brown Banks Editorial: What's Wrong with The Writer? by Moira Allen Crafting Fabulous Fiction: Parsing Paragraphs, by Victoria Grossack Free Stuff for Writers: Dear Editor... by Aline Lechaye PLUS: News from the World of Writing; Opportunities for Writers; The Write Sites; Writing Contest Listings Enter Email to Subscribe:

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A WRITER'S YEAR 2013! If you keep wondering where your time goes, here's a tool that can help. A Writer's Year is a 365-day planner designed for writers -- not, like most of those expensive planners on the market, for folks who work 8-5. Use it to plan your schedule, organize your tasks, record your achievements, track your goals and progress, and keep track of important deadlines. Each week opens with a place to list your priorities and upcoming deadlines, and ends with an inspirational quote about writing. Each day, there's space to make note of your achievements, tasks completed, and progress. And, once again, it's FREE! You can download the planner in PDF or Excel format, along with a submission tracker. Or, get a spiral-bound hardcopy from Lulu.com. If you liked last year's format better, don't worry -- I made one in that format as well. (The "classic" version is only available electronically.) Just right-click one of the links below to get your copy. 2013 Planner-PDF · 2013 Planner-Excel · 2013 Classic-PDF · 2013 Classic-Excel Submission Tracker - PDF · Submission Tracker - Excel Spiral-Bound Edition from Lulu.com

April 2013

Accuracy... It's Not Just for Nonfiction Anymore! - Moira Allen

Does Accuracy Matter? - Moira Allen

Facts in Fiction - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

How to Choose the Right Parenting Website for Your Writing - Aditi Bose

Nine Anti-Muses and How to Placate Them - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

Social Media: Getting Back to Basics - Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

March 2013

How Much Is that In Dollars? The Financial Side of Writing for Foreign Publishers - Audrey Faye Henderson

Less is More: 15 Quick, Clever and Clean Tricks to Reduce Manuscript Word Count - Devyani Borade

The Order of Things - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

Surviving Without a Computer - Moira Allen

Who Speaks? Pointers about Attribution in Dialogue - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

Who's in Your Corner? (Tips on Making a Good First Impression) - Moira Allen

February 2013

Disheartened And Dragging? Write Yourself a Letter - Noelle Sterne

How to Write an In-Depth City Logistics Article - Barbara Weddle

Interjections and Profanity - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

Mentors in Your Masterpiece - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

Promoting Your Book: Are You Doing the Right Job? - Moira Allen

The Secret of My Success? - Moira Allen

January 2013

Beating Burnout - Tips for Copywriters and Every Writer - Dawn Copeman

Do You, Author, Take This Novel....? - Moira Allen

Love Thy Enemy: How Your Competitors Can Help You Make Money - Devyani Borade

New Beginnings, Again - Moira Allen

What Do You Write? Using Writers' Platforms to Establish Subject Matter Credibility, by Audrey Faye Henderson

What Do Your Characters Want? (Part I) - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

What Do Your Characters Want? (Part II): How to Use Characters' Goals to Move the Plot - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

December 2012

My Christmas List - Moira Allen

Pseudonyms: 10 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Pen Name, by Adrienne DeWolfe

Tense Matters: Verbs in the Past, Present, and Future - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

November 2012

Copyright, Public Domain and the Wild Wild Web - Moira Allen

Extending Your Character Range: Sex, Age and Other - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

How to Repurpose Your Rejection - Isabella E.C. Akinseye

Once More, with Slightly Sharper Teeth (Copyright Infringement) - Moira Allen

Prayers, Promises and Prophecies - Victoria Grossack (Crafting Fabulous Fiction)

Thanksgiving with a Twist - Moira Allen

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