Blog posts for writers - March 11

Art, Information, Theft, and Confusion by Ursula K. Le Guin at Book View Cafe

The long and the short of building a synopsis at Arizela's Blog

OUTLINE and SYNOPSIS from Help! I Need a Publisher!

Literary striptease – do you have a message? from Behler Blog

Ask the Editor: Character Growth from The Blood-Red Pencil

The virtue of repetition by Jordan McCollum

7 Things I've Learned So Far, by Libby Gleeson from Guide to Literary Agents

How self publishing can lead to a real book deal from the Book Deal

Thankful Thursday from Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone - Why DO I keep going?

The "Dream Agent" by Elana Johnson - great advice

Only as Much as I dream Can I Be from Book Dreaming - I love this one

CONTEST

New Contest: Pitch Pride and Prejudice, Get Zombies - from Getting Past the Gatekeeper
The skinny: write a pitch letter for Pride and Prejudice and, if yours wins, receive a print of a Jane Austen letter to her cousin, and a signed copy of Carrie Ryan's The Dead-Tossed Waves.

Blog posts for writers - March 10

The Wrong Way from BookEnds, LLC

Friends Don't Let Friends Overwrite from * Fiction Groupie *

Less Is More... from Writer's Corner

Shelf Awareness in Novel Genres and Women's Fiction H. L. Dyer at QueryTracker

Webinar Update from Rants & Ramblings - this looks interesting

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Ann Aguirre at Writer Unboxed

Blog posts for writers - March 9

AUTHOR AGE MATTERS - PS RE KIDS/YA from Help! I Need a Publisher!

Midwifing an Idea into a Novel from Upstart Crow

Research – plausibility from Behler Blog

Productivity and the Muse from TalkToYoUniverse

Writing What You Know, Part II from Elaine English

Flashbacks in Fiction from The word is my oyster

Myth: This Will Solve Everything (part 2) from Writer Unboxed

Guest Blog Post: Content Mills--Why Aspiring Writers Should Avoid Them from Writer Beware

CONTEST

Pyr Celebrates 5th Anniversary With Essay Contest - Grand Prize Winner Embarks on a ‘Pyr and Dragons Adventure’

Blog posts for writers - March 8

Organic characters from Arizela's Blog

Are you accidentally dismembering your characters? from Plot to Punctuation

The writer's relationship to the reader from TalkToYoUniverse

Writing Invisibly from Gabrielle Edits

The End from The Other Side of the Story

Freaking Myself Out from Mystery Writing is Murder - about revising

Writing Nowadays: Querying and Submitting by Steven Harper Piziks at Book View Cafe

TOO OLD TO DEBUT??? from Help! I Need a Publisher!

Kid Ninja by Michele Lang at The Magic District - great advice & love that kid

CONTESTS

Fantabulous Followers Giveaway at Elana Johnson's Blog - Enter to win one of seven SIGNED BOOKS

The Amanda Project - Marketing an Interactive Story (Part 1) at Market My Words - Shelli also will draw a winner

Fantabulous Followers Giveaway from Shooting Stars - You could win a submission/critique from an agent!

HEAVY METAL WEEK!!! HEAVY METAL REJECTION CONTEST!!!! from the Rejectionist

Blog posts for writers - March 7

Three Things To Tell Your Teenage Writing Self by Chris Dolley at Book View Cafe

Writing and Young Adult Books by Sherwood Smith at Book View Cafe

7 Things I've Learned So Far, by F. Gerard Jefferson from Guide to Literary Agents

15 Lessons From the Masters from Wordplay

You Can't Please Everyone... from Writer's Corner

Read an Ebook Week from Book View Cafe - eBooks on sale

Author Spotlight & Book Giveaway with Denise from Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise.

Blog posts for writers - March 5

Quick Tip for Hyphens and Adjectives at edittorrent

Who is the Robin to your novel's Batman? from Plot to Punctuation

Busted!—Kingsolver caught integrating her setting from The Blood-Red Pencil

Put Baby in the Corner from The Other Side of the Story

Flake-out Friday 3 from Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone - a bit about loglines

Ode to Spell Check by Jerrold H Zar at AuthorCulture -

I Wrote a Novel by Stephen Parrish

Blog posts for writers - March 4

Losing words, gaining meaning from Arizela's Blog

When the right word is wrong from Jordan McCollum

How does one land a job as a literary agent? from Ask a Literary Agent

Submitting a Partial from BookEnds, LLC

NO! SOMEONE GOT THERE FIRST! from Help! I Need a Publisher!

The importance of criticism from Justified Lunacy

Courtesy and Critique: A Plea from The Alchemy of Writing

What Writing and Lying Have in Common from Nathan Bransford

Having What It Takes from Pimp My Novel

52 Qualities of the Prosperous Writer: Number Nine, Saleable from the Sharp Angle

Selecting the Tense for Your Story from The Blood-Red Pencil

thoughts on YA: of xylophones and violins from the Intern

HURRAY!

A Drumroll Please... from The Other Side of the Story

Blog posts for writers - March 3

Tax Deductions for Writers: Guest Post by Pamela S. Thibodeaux at AuthorCulture

Guest Blogger Karen Collum: Lady in Waiting at Literary Rambles

Tips for Developing Character Voice from Dee Garretson from Livia Blackburne

The Elements of Awe by Donald Maass at Writer Unboxed

What’s Unique about the Writer’s Lens from Mystery Writing is Murder

Rejection Lessons from "American Idol" from Market My Words

Time Management, Where Are You? from Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone

How To Title Your Book from Rants & Ramblings

Beware the Silent Critter from Shooting Stars

Re-Write Wednesday: Oh, That's Subtle from The Other Side of the Story

In Which We Uncharacteristically Attempt to Offer You Some Comfort from the Rejectionist

Blog posts for writers - March 2

Muse Medicine: Body Electric from Arizela's Blog

What’s Scary at Mystery Writing is Murder

New and Updated Publishing Dictionary from BookEnds, LLC

how are multiple book deal advances divided up? (Your Questions continued) from Editorial Ass

Two good points from my correspondence this morning from Getting past the Gatekeeper - short and sweet

Archetype vs. Cliche from Nathan Bansford

Living on the Wall from The Other Side of the Story

Secrets Every Writer Should Know About Query Letters at Writer Unboxed

CONTESTS

Contest Announcements! There’s FOUR of ‘em!!! Whee! via Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone

Blog posts for writers - March 1

Kids Contest Winners Announced! at Guide to Literary Agents - Hurray, Lisa Amowitz!

Be Flexible from The Other Side of the Story

Can you see it too? POV conundrum from Justified Lunacy

How much description? from TalkToYoUniverse

Voice vs. writing well by Jordan McCollum

Leap and the Net Will Appear by Suzette Saxton at QueryTracker

Phrasing a First Impression from Gabrielle Edits - about query letters

My brain is popcorn via Behler Blog - eeek! I didn't know that could happen!