Wednesday links: What authors don’t control

I love regularly reading tips and advice articles in certain subjects — particularly writing and publishing. I don’t always need the information right then, but I know that it’ll eventually come in handy. Or at least, I hope it will.
I know there are a lot of other people out there who feel the same way I do, but sometimes it can be difficult to find every useful advice article that’s out there. So I thought I’d bring you a few. Here are the tips and advice articles that jumped out at me the most over the past week.
1. 16 Things Authors Don't Control in Publishing, from Dan Koboldt: Admittedly, this list is a little more applicable if you're going the traditional route rather than the self-publishing route. But some items apply to both. Excerpt: "When you start out on that journey — as in, when you start writing your first book — you’re in complete control. You are the only person who can write the book, just as you’re the only one to blame if it doesn’t get written."