This Week in the Blogs, November 29 – December 5, 2019

by Shelley Sturgeon | Dec 8, 2019

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By Shelley Sturgeon

You won’t want to miss this week’s articles.

Don’t forget, submissions for December’s Carnival of the Indies blog carnival are accepted until December 15th. We plan to publish the post a week earlier on Sunday, December 22nd due to the holidays.

Submit your e-book covers for our December e-Book Cover Design Awards by December 31st. November’s e-Book Cover Design Awards post will also run a week earlier on Monday, December 23rd due to the holidays.

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Anne R. Allen on Anne R. Allen’s Blog… with Ruth Harris
Commenting on Blogs: The Easy Way for New Writers to Build Platform
“I’ve seen a steep decline in the number of people commenting on blogs over the past few years. I’m not sure why that is. But commenting on blogs is still an easy, painless way to get your name into search engines and build an “author platform.””

Ali Luke on Aliventures
Five Signs That You Might Be Over-Editing Your Work
“Editing is a really important part of the writing process – and that’s why we’re in the middle of a four-week series on it. However … it’s possible to over-edit. And, if you’re at the editing stage of a project right now, you might be wondering when to stop rewriting and tweaking.”

Kristen Lamb on Kristen Lamb – Author, Speaker, Professional Troublemaker
Unplugged Book Sales: Is It Possible to Sell Books Off-Line?
“Unplugged and Internet-free. Sounds like heaven to me. Why am I posting on this? Well, someone in the last post commented and asked me to blog on how to sell books without the Internet or social media. If it was even possible.”

Gwen Hernandez on Writer Unboxed
16 Scrivener Tools and Tricks
“There’s a treasure trove of helpful features hiding in Scrivener’s menus and settings.”

Orna Ross on ALLi’s Self-Publishing Advice Center
Look Back at Self-Publishing in 2019
“As we draw into the final couple of weeks of the year, it’s we’re feeling reflective in ALLi. Orna Ross ALLi Director, takes a look back at self-publishing 2019, the ins and outs, highs and lows.”