The LiveHacked.com Power 100 – The 100 Best Blogs for the Modern Writer

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This is the post I’ve wanting to talk about for the past six months. It’s taken me at least that long to compile it, organize it, rank, and prepare it, not to mention the hours of personally emailing each blog owner to thank them for their writing, time, and effort.

In a word, this post is a doozy. I hope you’ll agree.

What is the “Power 100?” 

So far, the “Power 100″ is an ongoing collection of blogs that I’ve used, recommended, read, and shared since I started my writing journey years ago. You’ll find that they range from blogs on self-publishing to blogs on marketing and entrepreneurship, and each is given a main category they’re listed under. That organization structure is to help me keep things straight, but also to help you find your next favorite site. Just click the Category title to organize the list by category!

As of right now, here are the categories mentioned:

• Self-Publishing – blogs on self-publishing, book creation/marketing, and the general business of writing.
• Writing Process – need help getting that first draft knocked out? This category has everything you’ll need to write better.
• Marketing – general marketing information (may not be necessarily related to books).
• Platforms – we talk a lot about platforms here, so I thought a category specific to building platforms online would be helpful.
• Lifestyle – you’ll see some blogs listed as “Lifestyle” blogs — these are blogs that are just fun to read, offer great wisdom, or are inspirational.
• Productivity – finally, what’s writing worth unless you can do it efficiently. These are the best blogs to help stay productive.

You’ll also notice that these categories are very broad, and very generalized. I’ve organized them according to what I usually get from them, but your mileage will vary. In fact, I’m sure you’ll find much more than just what the category mentions on each blog — they’re on this list for that reason!

Help promote the “Power 100″ list on Twitter (click the link)!

I wanted to collect a listing of the absolute best blog resource I’ve had the pleasure of coming across, but I wanted to make sure it was relevant to you — I tried to include the blogs that helped me through a particular problem, a troubled time, or just a boring day.

Each of these entries represents an entire community of writers, bloggers, and entrepreneurs, and each has its own unique flair and usefulness to me. I hope you’ll take a decent amount of time and subscribe to each, or at least visit them and see for yourself why they made this list!

Thanks to Tom Ewer of Leaving Work Behind

Tom gave me the idea for this post — he recently released a “Top 100” blog list as well, and it was such a great resource for me (a few of the blogs on this list ended up on my own list!) that I knew the self-publishing community needed to have one as well!

Help promote the “Power 100″ list on Twitter (click the link)!