Flashbacks at edittorrent
Does this cliché make me look fat? at The Word is My Oyster
Re-Write Wednesday: Shake and Bake at The Other Side of the Story
5 Ways to Promote Your Book Using Social Media--by Louise Baker at Mystery Writing is Murder
The Writing Community by Elana Johnson at QueryTracker
One Agent Enthusiastic, The Other Not So Much at Pub Rants
Darn Lazy Agents! at Rants & Ramblings
Freelance Writing Rights Part 2 at The Blood-Red Pencil
Publishing News: Small Presses Get Big Boost at AuthorCulture
CONTEST
Official DECEPTION Contest Blog Post at Neverending Page Turner
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Current links for writers - June 29
Paragraphing as meaning at edittorrent
How settings make or break your characters at Plot to Punctuation
The good, the bad and the ugly... (Part II) at Justified Lunacy
The Ups and Downs of Prologues at Elaine English Literary
How They Do It: Guest Blogger Jana DeLeon on Wearing the Pants at The Other Side of the Story
The Perils of Compromise at Writer's Corner
Quitting -- The Good Kind by Elana Johnson - sometimes we must!
Some Thoughts on Public Speaking at Mystery Writing is Murder
Freelance Writing Rights at The Blood-Red Pencil
Queries: Really Not That Complicated at Rants & Ramblings
CONTEST -- Are you tired of me posting contests? Do you enter them? Please let me know.
Jessica Leader - She's as Nice as they come. I mean it. at Market My Words
How settings make or break your characters at Plot to Punctuation
The good, the bad and the ugly... (Part II) at Justified Lunacy
The Ups and Downs of Prologues at Elaine English Literary
How They Do It: Guest Blogger Jana DeLeon on Wearing the Pants at The Other Side of the Story
The Perils of Compromise at Writer's Corner
Quitting -- The Good Kind by Elana Johnson - sometimes we must!
Some Thoughts on Public Speaking at Mystery Writing is Murder
Freelance Writing Rights at The Blood-Red Pencil
Queries: Really Not That Complicated at Rants & Ramblings
CONTEST -- Are you tired of me posting contests? Do you enter them? Please let me know.
Jessica Leader - She's as Nice as they come. I mean it. at Market My Words
Monday, June 28, 2010
Current links for writers - June 28
The Nuclear Family in MG or YA Fiction at Kidlit.com
The good, the bad and the ugly... (Part I) at Justified Lunacy
Sentence level tension and conjunctions. by Ryan Sullivan at The Writer's Arsenal
Mental Health Monday–Mad as a Hatter!!! at Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone
Medical Mondays: Saving the Human Popsicle at The Word is My Oyster
Guest Blog: Bryan Russell on the Architecture of Revision at Nathan Bransford's blog
Guest Post: Alpha, Beta, Cappa… Oh, Hell, I Was Never in a Sorority by Brigid Kemmerer at Pimp My Novel - about beta readers
The Latest Trends in Query Letters and Sample Pages at Pub Rants
It's About What's Selling at Rants & Ramblings
Contact Information at Gabrielle Edits
CONTESTS
PERSONAL DEMONS ARC Contest at Confessions of a Wandering Heart
Amy Brecount White & her book are unforgettable! at Market My Words
The good, the bad and the ugly... (Part I) at Justified Lunacy
Sentence level tension and conjunctions. by Ryan Sullivan at The Writer's Arsenal
Mental Health Monday–Mad as a Hatter!!! at Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone
Medical Mondays: Saving the Human Popsicle at The Word is My Oyster
Guest Blog: Bryan Russell on the Architecture of Revision at Nathan Bransford's blog
Guest Post: Alpha, Beta, Cappa… Oh, Hell, I Was Never in a Sorority by Brigid Kemmerer at Pimp My Novel - about beta readers
The Latest Trends in Query Letters and Sample Pages at Pub Rants
It's About What's Selling at Rants & Ramblings
Contact Information at Gabrielle Edits
CONTESTS
PERSONAL DEMONS ARC Contest at Confessions of a Wandering Heart
Amy Brecount White & her book are unforgettable! at Market My Words
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Current links for writers - June 27
Should Stories Be Soapboxes? at Wordplay
Revising Your Word Count at The Rejecter
Professionalism by Angela Ackerman at The Bookshelf Muse
Ten Things I Love to See in the Slush at Slush at Stuff
Ten Things That Don’t Bother Me in the Slush No Matter What Your Writer Friends Tell You, also at Slush at Stuff
Should I self-publish? Know what awaits you at Behler Blog
Hands-On Writer Tools at Paperback Writer
INTERESTING - there must be a writing application here
'Tactile environment' affects decision making at BBC News
CONTESTS
Contest Alert! at Book Dreaming
Agent-judged Contest - Twitter Style! by Suzette Saxton at Query Tracker
Revising Your Word Count at The Rejecter
Professionalism by Angela Ackerman at The Bookshelf Muse
Ten Things I Love to See in the Slush at Slush at Stuff
Ten Things That Don’t Bother Me in the Slush No Matter What Your Writer Friends Tell You, also at Slush at Stuff
Should I self-publish? Know what awaits you at Behler Blog
Hands-On Writer Tools at Paperback Writer
INTERESTING - there must be a writing application here
'Tactile environment' affects decision making at BBC News
CONTESTS
Contest Alert! at Book Dreaming
Agent-judged Contest - Twitter Style! by Suzette Saxton at Query Tracker
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Current links for writers - June 26
You know, someone has to die . . . when swords are involved. at Brenda Drake Writes . . .
Matching Books to Readers by Chris Dolley at Book View Cafe
You and the beginnings of your manuscript are standing in Grand Central by Getting Past the Gatekeeper
From another post by Getting Past the Gatekeeper (in the middle of an unflatterering review: PPW)
I confess we change our reading styles a bit--that is, the slush pile trains us. We read more for rhythm, word choice, energy, tone, feeling, voice, unusual sentence construction (you've no idea how many writers pick one simple sentence and repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it), and not quite so much for comprehension. I've certainly lost details of how things happen or why--even in manuscripts I've liked very much. Why? Because my focus is elsewhere. I'll pick up, of course, on things the average reader would get--but I'm not circling motifs, tracking coincidences, or going beyond the text, as I would with a work I was reading purely for me.
Matching Books to Readers by Chris Dolley at Book View Cafe
You and the beginnings of your manuscript are standing in Grand Central by Getting Past the Gatekeeper
From another post by Getting Past the Gatekeeper (in the middle of an unflatterering review: PPW)
I confess we change our reading styles a bit--that is, the slush pile trains us. We read more for rhythm, word choice, energy, tone, feeling, voice, unusual sentence construction (you've no idea how many writers pick one simple sentence and repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it), and not quite so much for comprehension. I've certainly lost details of how things happen or why--even in manuscripts I've liked very much. Why? Because my focus is elsewhere. I'll pick up, of course, on things the average reader would get--but I'm not circling motifs, tracking coincidences, or going beyond the text, as I would with a work I was reading purely for me.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Current links for writers - June 25
Why smart characters make dumb mistakes at Plot to Punctuation
PUNCTUATION by Sheila Connolly at POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS
Don't Tell Me- Show Me at The Blood-Red Pencil
Best Advice: Have More Fun (Stop Worrying and Obeying) by Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed
It Just Isn't Done. by Getting Past the Gatekeeper
Would you please quit assuming stuff already? by Janet Reid
e-Book Standardization at 5rivers News, Views and Points of Interest
CONTEST
Friday Five/Marketing Round Up (6/25) at Market My Words
PUNCTUATION by Sheila Connolly at POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS
Don't Tell Me- Show Me at The Blood-Red Pencil
Best Advice: Have More Fun (Stop Worrying and Obeying) by Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed
It Just Isn't Done. by Getting Past the Gatekeeper
Would you please quit assuming stuff already? by Janet Reid
e-Book Standardization at 5rivers News, Views and Points of Interest
CONTEST
Friday Five/Marketing Round Up (6/25) at Market My Words
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Current links for writers - June 24
Many thanks to Elizabeth Arroyo at Chandara Writes for this blog award!
Hurray for all supportive commenters!
I'd like to pass it on to DaniSue at Revelations of a Smoothie Girl
Passive voice = Passive scene? at edittorrent
So You Want To Commit Novel: #4 Characters by Phyllis Irene Radford at Book View Cafe
SUSPENDING DISBELIEF at Help! I Need a Publisher!
The Best Techniques Are The Simplest Ones by JC Hutchins at Writer Unboxed
Talk About the Money at Pub Rants
Advance! (Retreat?) at Pimp My Novel
INSPIRATIONAL
Split the Seams... at the Literary Lab
Real or Imagined? at Book Dreaming
The World in Miniature: The Book Gardener at The Alchemy of Writing
CONTESTS
Advice from one YA Rebel to another! at Market My Words
Volitional Ten - Ten Things I've Resolved to Do at Paperback Writer
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Current links for writers - June 23
Do Flashbacks Change Reader Expectations? (Lost Mission Giveaway) at *A Brain Scientist's Take on Writing*
Getting Rid of the Boring Stuff at Mystery Writing is Murder
Re-Write Wednesday: Telling Yourself to Show at The Other Side of the Story
When To Tell Instead of Show at Kidlit.com - I can see this working for MG, but do you think it works in YA and adult literature?
A Few Things the Salty Ones Taught Me by Barbara Samuel at Writer Unboxed
Getting the most out of a rewrite: Tips for authors at the Book Deal
why the first page of your manuscript is so dang important at Editorial Ass
One Possible Peril Of A Multi-book Deal at Pub Rants
Short and Not-Always-Sweet Answers at Rants & Ramblings
CONTESTS
That was fun, wasn't it! Let's do it again: EVEN writing contest by Janet Reid
Kiersten White on Paranormalcy (eGalley ARC giveaway!) at Market My Words
Meg Gardiner and the Deadshrinker Interviewed by Sandra Parshall at POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS
Getting Rid of the Boring Stuff at Mystery Writing is Murder
Re-Write Wednesday: Telling Yourself to Show at The Other Side of the Story
When To Tell Instead of Show at Kidlit.com - I can see this working for MG, but do you think it works in YA and adult literature?
A Few Things the Salty Ones Taught Me by Barbara Samuel at Writer Unboxed
Getting the most out of a rewrite: Tips for authors at the Book Deal
why the first page of your manuscript is so dang important at Editorial Ass
One Possible Peril Of A Multi-book Deal at Pub Rants
Short and Not-Always-Sweet Answers at Rants & Ramblings
CONTESTS
That was fun, wasn't it! Let's do it again: EVEN writing contest by Janet Reid
Kiersten White on Paranormalcy (eGalley ARC giveaway!) at Market My Words
Meg Gardiner and the Deadshrinker Interviewed by Sandra Parshall at POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Current links for writers - June 22
Passive voice-- just some thoughts at edittorrent
Adverbs! at The Writer's Arsenal via Literary Rambles
Do You Need to File for Divorce? at Book Dreaming
Love and Death: Would you like a little romance with your action? by Deborah J. Ross at Book View Cafe
Jarring Elements at Mystery Writing is Murder
Five more ways to create sympathetic characters at Plot to Punctuation
Sneak Peek at edittorrent - about branding and your website
Also from the peanut gallery . . . by Kathleen Bolton at Writer Unboxed
The Internet Counts at Pimp My Novel
The One-Book Deal at Pub Rants
What Is Love? at BookEnds
CONTEST
Natashya Wilson - Senior Editor Harlequin Teen at Market My Words
Adverbs! at The Writer's Arsenal via Literary Rambles
Do You Need to File for Divorce? at Book Dreaming
Love and Death: Would you like a little romance with your action? by Deborah J. Ross at Book View Cafe
Jarring Elements at Mystery Writing is Murder
Five more ways to create sympathetic characters at Plot to Punctuation
Sneak Peek at edittorrent - about branding and your website
Also from the peanut gallery . . . by Kathleen Bolton at Writer Unboxed
The Internet Counts at Pimp My Novel
The One-Book Deal at Pub Rants
What Is Love? at BookEnds
CONTEST
Natashya Wilson - Senior Editor Harlequin Teen at Market My Words
Monday, June 21, 2010
Current links for writers - June 21
Word Tools at Book Dreaming
Stimulus First, Then Reaction at Kidlit.com
Interfering Characters at Mystery Writing is Murder
Inherent Contradictions in Character at TalkToYoUniverse
How Story Structure Can Help You Both Before and After You Write Your Novel at The Sharp Angle
Medical Mondays: BBQ Ribs at The Word is My Oyster
Cool Gen Ten at Paperback Writer - Ten Things About Online Generators
Writing Nowadays–Taxing Writers by Steven Harper Piziks at Book View Cafe
10 Errors that Drive Me Crazy at Chip's Blog
You're making me CRAZY here! by Janet Reid - more query woes
Blogging 201 by Elana Johnson
Peeps Aren’t Only for Easter by Jan O'Hara at Writer Unboxed
Crocodiles Smile When They Dance at The Alchemy of Writing
CONTESTS
CRASHERS contest! at Janet Reid's blog
More BEA Bonanza.... at Market My Words
Stimulus First, Then Reaction at Kidlit.com
Interfering Characters at Mystery Writing is Murder
Inherent Contradictions in Character at TalkToYoUniverse
How Story Structure Can Help You Both Before and After You Write Your Novel at The Sharp Angle
Medical Mondays: BBQ Ribs at The Word is My Oyster
Cool Gen Ten at Paperback Writer - Ten Things About Online Generators
Writing Nowadays–Taxing Writers by Steven Harper Piziks at Book View Cafe
10 Errors that Drive Me Crazy at Chip's Blog
You're making me CRAZY here! by Janet Reid - more query woes
Blogging 201 by Elana Johnson
Peeps Aren’t Only for Easter by Jan O'Hara at Writer Unboxed
Crocodiles Smile When They Dance at The Alchemy of Writing
CONTESTS
CRASHERS contest! at Janet Reid's blog
More BEA Bonanza.... at Market My Words
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