Welcome to the July 10, 2009 edition of Just Write. If you’re looking for writing or book related blog articles, this is the place to find them. Remember to show the blog owners we appreciate their efforts by commenting and socially bookmarking your favorites.

Book Reviews

Keira presents Review: To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning posted at Love Romance Passion, saying, “My second fav book in the series!”

Amanda presents Book Review~Louisa, by Robert Emmel | Mom of Faith posted at Mom of Faith.

Encouragement for Writers

Mark David Gerson presents The Voice of Your Muse: Overcoming the Ultimate Writer’s Block posted at The Voice of Your Muse, saying, “How does your commitment express itself? Where have you been blocked and how have you overcome that block? If you haven’t yet overcome it, what’s holding you back?”

Love Affair With Words

Keira presents The Darcy Syndrome posted at Love Romance Passion, saying, “A guy’s perspective on the literary figure Mr. Darcy, the gentleman who’s won over the hearts of women for nearly 200 years.”

Poetry/Poets

Richard Shelmerdine presents Some Random Haiku Poems posted at Richard Shelmerdine.

Publishing

C.F. Jackson presents How To Best Advertise Your Book | Website Makeover Workshop posted at Website Makeover Workshop, saying, “Some of the most popular questions and inquires I receive and or hear are…

1. How To Best Advertise Your Self-Published Book 2. How To Sell Fiction Today 3. How To Promote a Book 4. How To Market a Book”

The Writing Life

Jennifer Roland presents Freelancers You Should Follow posted at Jen’s Writing Journey, saying, “As writers, we can easily get isolated. This is the first in a series of “who you should follow on Twitter” posts. Use Twitter and other social networking tools to build your writing network.”

Positive Present presents positively present: words are my happy sounds posted at positively present.

Ilavaluthy presents Ila, trying to find a place in the world.: She is my Destiny ! posted at Ila, trying to find a place in the world.

MelMenzies presents Rejection Slips And Bad Reviews Of Your Book? 4 Ways Of Coping :: Mel’s Muse :: Mel Menzies posted at Mel’s Muse, saying, “They say there’s no such thing as bad press. But it still hurts when others criticise your work, especially if its unjustified. There are various responses you can take, but turning the other cheek is probably the best all round.”

Writing for Blogs

Buck Weber presents Can You Turn Your Hobby Into Income? posted at THE BUCK LIST, saying, “I decided to try writing again. I had not written anything other than reports for almost twenty years. How to get started?”

Manuel Washington presents Manuels Best Marketing Tools: Blastomatic Tool posted at Marketing Tools, saying, “Use Blastomatic Tool and send your site to 12 million webpages with one click.”

Writing Mechanics

Craig presents Writing user manuals | tips and templates posted at HelpScribe Technical Writing, saying, “User manuals are the bread and butter of technical writing, and freelancers can easily make a career out of writing them. However, a great user manual requires plenty of research and hard work. These tips will help.”

Shaun Duke presents Reader Question: Dialogue Tags (Friend or Foe?) posted at The World in the Satin Bag.

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