The Best of Pub Crawl 2013 + the Kindle Winner!

It's that time of year again, guys—time for us at Pub Crawl to celebrate the past year's worth of Pub Crawl-y awesome by rounding up some of our most amazing posts. Well, they're all amazing, right? ;) But these are the best of the best, I think! Together, we wrote over 171,097 words worth of posts on this blog this year. Unsurprisingly, the most commonly used word was "book." The second most commonly used word was, also unsurprisingly, "writing." "Time," "story," and "love" were also common words. Now that I've indulged my statistics-loving heart, here are the Best of 2013! Thank you all for sticking around and hanging out with us this year :D

General Writer-y Goodness (for earlier stages):

1. Twisting Your Plot

2. Killing Your Darlings

3. Writing Vivid Scenes

4. The Destructive Twist

5. Common Problems with Beginnings

6. Simple Tricks to Unstick Your Story

7. Writing Diverse Fiction: A Practical Guide

8. The YA Sass Attack

9. Telling Yourself the Story

10. Literary Voice: Developing it and Defining it

11. Adding Sound to Your Prose

12. Holding Up the Mirror: Hands on Tips for Spotting Flaws in Your Writing

13. Screenwriting Skills Translated to Book-writing

General Writer-y Goodness (for later stages):

1. The Request to Revise and Resubmit

2. Researching Literary Agents

3. After the Editorial Letter: a Peek at Pass Pages and Beyond

4. Long Term Query Do's and Don'ts Tip: Your Decisions Now DO Affect Later Relationships

5. The Important of Educating Yourself (Royalty Statements Part 1)

6. The Importance of Educating Yourself (Royalty Statements Part 2)

Writing Inspiration:

1. The Comparison Game

2. The Creative Cousins of Writing

3. Letting Go of Stories

4. On Writing Risks, and the Safety Net

5. Write What You Know Love

6. The Impostor Syndrome

7. Maintaining Passion for a Story.

From the Other Side of the Desk (posts on the beyond-writing aspects of the publishing industry):

1. Ask Alex: Internships

2. A Closer Look as Like as a Publishing Sales Rep

3. Conferences and Book Festivals

4. A Peak at an Editor's To-Do List

5. What is Launch?

6. Ask Alex: Editorial Assistants

7. Ask Alex: Summer Publishing Courses

Book Recs from Pub Crawl:

1. Book Recommendation: PERFECT RUIN

2. Book Recommendation: THE TIME TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

3. Book Recommendation: Stephen King's ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT

4. Book Recommendation: THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER

General (but awesome) Book Talk:

1. On "Strong" Female Characters

2. The Importance of Womance

3. When Characters Age in a Series

4. New Adult: Passing Trend or Legitimate Genre?

5. In Defense of Love Triangles Interests.

Aaaand, that's it for now! Plenty of reading material to keep you going while we at Pub Crawl take a little holiday break. We'll be back and ready to go in January...with a few exciting new members to introduce you to... ;) [hr]

BUT FIRST, before we go, we need to announce our EPIC WINNER OF THE EPIC KINDLE GIVEAWAY!! You know, that awesome giveaway we ran last week along with the cover reveal for Meredith McCardle's The Eighth Guardian...Well, we chosen a winner, and it's...

Holly Bryan!!

Thank you so much for preordering the book, Holly, and for helping us spread the word about Meredith's fabulous new cover. (And don't worry: we'll email you soon about the Kindle. ;)) And thank you to everyone else who participated! You readers are what make Pub(lishing) Crawl so much fun for those of us behind the scenes. Now, have a WONDERFUL holiday season and best wishes to you all for 2014.

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