2018 (and 2017) Link Round Up

UPDATE: In my December post, you might've seen a note I added about going to the ER. I went after experiencing severe pain in my abdomen that lasted a full 24-hours and didn't respond to pain meds. I found out that I have a 7cm mass (about three inches) on my right ovary. I've seen a specialist at a cancer institute. No one can say exactly what it is, but because of my age, the specialist doesn't believe it's cancer. (Side note: my paternal grandma died of ovarian cancer.) I have an appointment at the end of the month, but I'm going to call today to see if I can get in sooner due to uncomfortable, new symptoms. I'll update you all next month. Thanks for your well wishes!

UPDATE: After talking to the nurse, she bumped up my ultrasound to this Friday with a follow up on Tuesday to discuss the results and next steps.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I didn't do a "Best of Write with Fey 2018" post (which I usually do in December) because I didn’t post as much last year. I didn't even do one in 2017! But then I thought that someone might’ve missed a post that he/she could use right about now, so here’s my linky round up.

Bactine for Writers:

Submissions – treat yourself for every submission you send out.

Rejections – reward yourself for your rejections, too; their badges of honor.

Criticism – have you ever heard of a dammit doll?

Book Readings – how to prepare for a book reading.

Writer's Depression:

Part 1 – how blogging helped me.

Part 2 – how reading helped me.

Writer's Burnout:

Speak - Part 1 – how speaking about my writer’s burnout was my first step to recovery.

Write YOU - Part 2 – writing about yourself can be the easiest form of writing.

Writer’s Meetings - Part 3 – how attending a writer’s meeting could be just the thing you need to feel connected.

Morning Pages - Part 4 – could writing  pages every morning in a journal help you?

Organizational Tips:

Release Day - how to plan and stay organized for release day.

Writing Goals – how to organize and break down your goals.

Expense and Earning Logs – how to organize your expenses, earnings, and tax deductions.

Word Count Calendar – how to keep track of your word counts using a calendar and stickers.

Promo Goals – how to plan out your promo goals for the year.

Bullet Journals – how to use a bullet journal to keep track of the things you do each day.

Business Cards – one method to organize the business cards you collect.

Writing Backpack – how to prepare for a disaster.

Agent Lists – how to keep your submissions to agents/publishers orderly.

Other:

Creativity Boost from Your Power Element – get in sync with your power element.

My Guest Posts:

Jane Friedman – 5 Tips for Selling Your Books at Events on a Budget

The Creative Penn – 5 Ways to Spice Up Your Amazon Book Pages

Elizabeth S. Craig – 3 Things You’re Probably Not Doing on Goodreads that You Should and 3 More Things You Should Do on Goodreads

Janice Hardy – 10 Ways to Promote Backlist Titles

Writer’s Helping Writers – Boost Your Creativity Mindset Naturally

Live Write Thrive – 10 Ways to Spark Your Story Ideas

Damyanti Writes – Do Authors Need to Be on Social Media?

Literary Rambles – 10 Things You Can Do on Your Author YouTube Channel 

Positive Writer – 6 Tricks to Help You Finish Your Work In Progress

Insecure Writer’s Support Group – 10 Great Places to Promote Your Book

Re:Fiction – You Don’t Need an Author Website…Yet

Sharing with Writers – Using Litsy as an Author

Spunk on a Stick’s Tips – Pros and Cons to Having a Pen Name

Nothing Any Good - 6 Ways to Be a Writer While Recovering from Surgery

From 2017:

Diverse Characters:

A + B

C + D

E + F + G

H + I + J

K + L + M

N + O

P + Q + R

S + T + U

V + W

X + Y + Z

Books for Writers:

The Grammar Bible

Guerilla Marketing for Writers

Writer’s Market

Bird by Bird

Feng Shui for Writers

The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing

Your One Word

The Artist’s Way

Children’s Writer’s Word Book