Blog posts for writers - February 17

Are Publishers Taking Risks Anymore? from KidLit.com

The series sashay from Behler Blog - a publisher's take on series

Mardi Gras Wed!/Marketing to Indie Bookstores from Market My Words - great interview with agent Marietta Zacker and another contest

The Feeling Something is Wrong from Mystery Writing is Murder - medicating your manuscript

How to Plot (or Revise) Your Book by Suzette Saxton at QueryTracker - clear advice

Re-Write Wednesday: The Spit Shine from The Other Side of the Story - and more good advice

Where the Rubber Meets the Road from Rants & Ramblings - challenged nearly to the breaking point

Inspired Living Publishing: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme by Victoria Strauss at Writer Beware Blogs!

John Sankovich at A little bit of... has awarded my other blog - Deb Salisbury, The Mantua-Maker with the "Creative Writer" award in his current post: WiP Wednesday

Thanks, John!

Have a look at my award, and at an incredible video shot in San Francisco - in 1906! Apparently just days before the earthquake. Any Steampunk writers out there? Or historicals? Pure inspiration.