My friend, and fellow Arlington Writers Group member, Michael J. Sullivan has been writing a series of posts on writing advice for writers who are just getting their start. Michael knows what he is talking about. He is a best-selling e-book author of the Riyria Revelations series, which later this year will be re-released by Orbit Books. He’s written two posts in the series so far:

1. Writing Advice, which provides an introduction to his series of posts
2. Before the basics, which covers the more commons tools you might need as a writer.

I wish I’d has some of this advice when I was getting my start. Go check it out and keep an eye out for new posts in the series.