Promoting
A suggestion for an untapped promotion opportunity. The post is aimed at self-published or indie authors, but could work for any effort to get your name out there:
http://selfpublishingcentral.blogspot.com/2011/05/your-new-friends.html
Publishing
Tips from Miriam Kriss of the Irene Goodman Literary Agency on how to keep your Urban Fantasy fresh:
http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Agent+Miriam+Kriss+On+Is+There+Still+Room+In+Urban+Fantasy.aspx
Research
Whether your 16th century characters are stranded far from medical care or you need to craft a sling for your sprained shoulder, this is a useful resource of basic medical knowledge and care along with diagrams and illustrations that can be modified to suit any time period or world:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-ship-captains-medical-guide
Submitting
Tips for how to format your submissions so they will read well on an eReader, important as so many editors/agents are going away from paper while reading on the screen can be annoying:
http://navigatingtheslushpile.blogspot.com/2011/04/formatting-your-ms.html
Writing
(Warning: Adult Content) A writer well versed in mature novels gives six tips for how to make a sex scene powerful…including not letting anything happen. It’s good advice, and can translate to many types of confrontations:
http://blog.janicehardy.com/2011/04/guest-author-tiffany-reisz-tiffanys-six.html