Linkgasm of Writerly Business

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

It’s been a while since I had a Linkgasm! Today’s is concerned with the business side of writing.

io9 on “5 Ways The Google Book Settlement Will Change The Future of Reading.”

Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who’s written in a range of genres, has created an in-depth Freelancer’s Survival Guide that all writers, full-time or not, ought to visit and browse.

Courtney Milan, romance author, crafted a program to generate bookstore links for a range of online vendors.

Looking for new ways to publicize your blog posts? Why not participate in a Blog Carnival?

Associated Content allows you to: “create original content (articles, videos, images or audio) on any topic you choose…earn money every time your content is viewed…establish your expertise by applying to our Featured Contributor program.” A friend of mine has been writing restaurant and concert reviews for AC for a little over a month, and recommended the site to me.

Finally, just in case you’ve never tried Icerocket, it’s a useful search engine for blogs and for Twitter, sometimes catching items that Google does not.

About Victoria Janssen

Victoria Janssen [she, her] currently writes cozy space opera for Kalikoi. The novella series A Place of Refuge begins with Finding Refuge: Telepathic warrior Talia Avi, genius engineer Miki Boudreaux, and augmented soldier Faigin Balfour fought the fascist Federated Colonies for ten years, following the charismatic dissenter Jon Churchill. Then Jon disappeared, Talia was thought dead, and Miki and Faigin struggled to take Jon’s place and stay alive. When the FC is unexpectedly upended, Talia is reunited with her friends and they are given sanctuary on the enigmatic planet Refuge. The trio of former guerillas strive to recover from lifetimes of trauma, build new lives on a planet with endless horizons, and forge tender new connections with each other.
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4 Responses to Linkgasm of Writerly Business

  1. Cathleen Ross says:
    June 5, 2010 at 7:30 am

    Thanks Victoria. I'd never heard of a linkgasm. Thank you for increasing my vocab. It's seems fitting that you should introduce me to new and exciting words.
    Best
    Cathleen

  2. Victoria Janssen says:
    June 5, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    LOL!

  3. A. Catherine Noon says:
    June 24, 2010 at 1:34 pm

    Thanks for sharing this. I love collecting cool writing sites and information. ~adds to list~

  4. Victoria Janssen says:
    June 24, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    Me, too!

    Sometimes it takes me a while to read through them all.

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