Blog posts for writers - Nov 24

More about Smashwords and Digital Rights Management from 5rivers News, Views and Points of Interest

Writer Question: When Should I Take Revision Advice, and When Should I Listen to My Gut? from Editorial Ass

When Can You Query Agents? How Do You Know if Your Project is Ready? from Guide to Literary Agents

Character in Queries from Elaine English

Write What You Don't Know from the Literary Lab

Top 7 Reasons Readers Stop Reading from Wordplay, by K.M. Weiland

Four Contests to Consider:

Cry Havoc from the Ham-Sized Fist Award - an award to be given for the best heroic fantasy or sword-and-sorcery published during the year.
Don't let the date worry you. This contest runs until December 31 2009, and the winner will be picked no later than March 1, 2010. The award is currently $400, and could go up.

**CONTEST** Win a $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card!!! from Hair Dye & Samurai: Musings from an overly caffinated writer
"Because the people at work are trying to kill me you, my friends, get lucky!"

"Thanks for following this Turkey" Contest! from Market My Words
"I will leave the contest open until midnight Pacific time on Wed night. I will draw a name on Thanksgiving Day and post the winner next Monday.
"The winner will get a one hour free marketing consulting session and a book."

Writing Contest! from Cipherqueen - a short story contest
Deadline: December 30th (The sooner, the better)
Length: Must be less than 7,000 words or twenty pages. Please number them.
Topic: A life-changing moment (Both fiction and nonfiction accepted)

Blog posts for writers - Nov 23

What Will You Do to Publish? from BookEnds, LLC

Nosy Neighbors and Other Stock Characters from Mystery Writing is Murder

7 Characteristics You Need To Get Published from QueryTracker.net

Not hiding information that readers need from TalkToYoUniverse

Definitions for the Perplexed: Self Publishing from Editorial Anonymous

The Art of Public Reading from Chandara Writes

7 Reasons Agents Stop Reading Your First Chapter from Guide to Literary Agents

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers’s “List of Attributes that Make a Good Children’s Book” from Upstart Crow - this is a great list!

Blog posts for writers - Nov 21

Let it BREATHE... from Writer's Corner

Paying Attention from Mystery Writing is Murder

Pseudonyms from BookEnds, LLC

When Characters Take Over from Brian's Blog

Shnookiedoodlepoo and the Diaper from Editorial Anonymous - about titles

WRITE FOR READERS from Help! I Need a Publisher!

Happy Thanksgiving and Other Such Things from Elana Johnson
She is offering a discount on her book From the Query to the Call

Blog posts for writers - Nov 20

Revision Checklist from Fire and Silk, The Journey from Santerre

Agent Feedback On My First Page -- More On Internal Observation and Point of View
from Livia Blackburne

Facebook from Mystery Writing is Murder

How to show character through dialogue from Plot to Punctuation

Story finished? Now it's time to edit! from Elaine English

Just Write The Next Word Down from the Literary Lab

SFWA on Harlequin Horizons by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware

NaNoReVisMo #5: galumphing towards triumph from the Intern

Blog posts for writers - Nov 19

The Title Struggle from Fiction Groupie, via Why A? The Blog of Lisa Amowitz

Telling the Story—Making it Good from Mystery Writing is Murder

Hiding Information in Plain Sight from TalkToYoUniverse

My Dream Client from BookEnds, LLC

9 tips for successful author readings from The Book Deal

The Era of Instant Word-of-Mouth from Upstart Crow

Harlequin News Flash from Pub Rants

Blog posts for writers - Nov 18

Blogging: What Not to Do… from Books & Such

Keeping it Professional from Mystery Writing is Murder

Prejudice: Not a Wise Platform Strategy from QueryTracker.net

Harlequin Horizons: Another Major Publisher Adds A Self-Publishing Division from Writer Beware Blogs!

Do your characters' flaws work on more than one level? from Plot to Punctuation

The Last Will of Moira Leahy – book club pick? from Therese Walsh - go vote for her!

Blog posts for writers - Nov 17

what's the difference between earning out my advance and making a profit for my publisher? from Editorial Ass

Don't Give Up from Elana Johnson

Subtle Narration in the Graveyard Book from Livia Blackburne

Micro character arcs in sequels from Jordan McCollum

The Waiting is the Worst Part from Nathan Bransford

(Possibly) Bad Advice I’ve Heard Lately from Rants & Ramblings

Those pesky three questions that can stop your heart from Behler Blog

The wild wood and the holy city: settings for fantasy from Writer Unboxed

Blog posts for writers - Nov 16

How to get no more rejections, EVER! from Janet Reid

An important lesson learned... from Justified Lunacy - about backing up your work

Marvelous Marketer: Kaylan Adair (Assoc. Editor at Candlewick Press) from Market My Words

On Marriage and Series from Mystery Writing is Murder - about writing series

When Life Happens to your Characters from Gabrielle Edits


Three great posts from edittorrent:

Alicia being a crank about "self-promotion"

Dark moment article Developing the Dark Moment

The Reversal is a turning point that appears in many stories

Blog posts for writers - Nov 15

Vonnegut advice from Brian's Blog - advice about writing

The Eye of the Beholder from Chandara Writes - about POV

Age and Characters from Mystery Writing is Murder

More Subtleties also from Mystery Writing is Murder - variations on a scene

Pacing Dialogue and Action Scenes -- Your Story at Your Speed from Holly Lisle

Blog posts for writers - Nov 13

Overzealous Is Your Middle Name (Which Makes You Just Like Most Authors) from Editorial Anonymous

Humor from Mystery Writing is Murder

The Inciting Event and Your World - Revisited from TalkToYoUniverse

Agent Inbox by Victoria Strauss, from Writer Beware

Fragments and Run-ons - Acceptable or Not Acceptable? That is the Question! from Writer's Corner