Pinterest for Writers - How to Write

Pinterest, as it says on their website, is a virtual pinboard and I think that it can help a person know how to write.  Or at least improve their writing.  It is a great resource to help writers keep track of research and inspire stories!

There are so many things that I find online that might inspire my writing.  It could be a particular picture or maybe a quote or a possibly a poem.  There are several options available to a writer to keep track of all of these writing seeds. 

One options would be to print everything out and then keep information in different folders (done that), another option would be to post a link of it to my Facebook page (done that), still another option would be to tweet it, to email a link to it, to memorize it, or to use your digital camera and take a picture of it.  Unfortunately, while there are a lot of options, none of these tools are necessarily designed to be convenient for a writer. 

Pinterest looks like a tool that might be especially helpful to writers.  The following link is to a blog post by Tracey Neithercott.  She does a great job summarizing her experiences with Pinterest as a writer. 

http://thewordsonpaper.blogspot.com/2011/08/pinterest-for-writers.html

How to Be A Writer - - New York Times Best Seller List

This all important list has been around since 1942 and is published every week. What writer wouldn't want to be included on these lists!! These writers absolutely know how to be a writer.  If I know enough about them, maybe I could find out how to be a writer as well. It might be considered the holy grail of both writing and publishing. The basis for the rankings are actual sales of books - - and it serves as an often reliable source for those interested in finding good reading.

It is, however, also a tool for writers. Doing your homework on the New York Times Best Seller list can give a writer the sense of what the public finds intriguing in any number of genres. This list can also point a writer to other authors who have been successful. These writers often include advice to other authors on their personal blogs.

For writers, an awareness of the New York Times Best Seller List is helpful in understanding the trends and market for their future best seller.

The next NYT Best Seller List comes out August 7

For the Current Best Seller List - - Click Here

Bill Cosby on Fatherhood

As a boy, I listened to Bill Cosby on my grandfather's record player.  My brother and I would memorize the routines and do our best comedy skits on roadtrips.  As a 10 and 8 year old, we both thought we were very funny.  How to be a writer?  Comedic timing, and relevant topics!

Couple Raising "Gender-Free" Child

Interesting analysis and discussion. Dr. Drew seems to have a relatively balanced perspective.  I'm not exactly sure what this has to do with "how to be a writer."  Still, this remains an intersting perspective, right? right.