Footnotes: 4 Articles on Agent Pet Peeves from Guide to Literary Agents
YA writer lands 2 multi-book deals: How she did it at The Book Deal
Pets in Fiction from The Writing Spectacle
Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 3/19/10) at There Are No Rules
CONTEST
Awesome news and competition from Adventures In Writing
Interview the Author Week! And Book Giveaway! at Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 20
Do you have any sacred cows? (Go fish) from Jordan McCollum
Growing as a Writer from Chip MacGregor
Let Them Eat Cake from Editorial Anonymous
DELUDED COVERING LETTERS from Help! I Need a Publisher!
#150- from Query Shark - a query critique by a pro
Growing as a Writer from Chip MacGregor
Let Them Eat Cake from Editorial Anonymous
DELUDED COVERING LETTERS from Help! I Need a Publisher!
#150- from Query Shark - a query critique by a pro
Friday, March 19, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 19
Profile Series: Deb Salisbury at 5rivers News, Views and Points of Interest - an interview about me with my publisher
Writing a book? This better be personal! by Lori Devoti at Book View Cafe
what's at stake? by brian yansky at brian's blog: writer talk
5 Query Letter Tips at Guide to Literary Agents
Ask The Editor: Making the Big Time by Maryann Miller at The Blood-Red Pencil
Should You Hire a Professional Editor? by Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed
52 Qualities of the Prosperous Writer: Number Eleven, Good Health at the Sharp Angle
And here you thought the sky was falling…for shame! at Behler Blog - watch the whole video. There's a reason it's gone viral!
CONTESTS
Contests and Contests and Awards...Oh My! at Book Dreaming
Surprise/Friday's Marketing RoundUp (3/19) at Market My Words - win a free query critique.
Writing a book? This better be personal! by Lori Devoti at Book View Cafe
what's at stake? by brian yansky at brian's blog: writer talk
5 Query Letter Tips at Guide to Literary Agents
Ask The Editor: Making the Big Time by Maryann Miller at The Blood-Red Pencil
Should You Hire a Professional Editor? by Jane Friedman at Writer Unboxed
52 Qualities of the Prosperous Writer: Number Eleven, Good Health at the Sharp Angle
And here you thought the sky was falling…for shame! at Behler Blog - watch the whole video. There's a reason it's gone viral!
CONTESTS
Contests and Contests and Awards...Oh My! at Book Dreaming
Surprise/Friday's Marketing RoundUp (3/19) at Market My Words - win a free query critique.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 18
Juliette Wade at TalkToYoUniverse has given me the Sugar Doll Award. Thank you, Juliette! I'm to pass it on to five people and tell ten things. Here are the five (I need to think about the ten).Lydia Kang at The word is my oyster
Traci at Writer's Corner
Cheree at Justified Lunacy
DaniSue at Revelations of a Smoothie Girl
Laura Diamond at Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone
Onward to today's links ...
What Defines Success? from Elana Johnson - I love her definitions
The Middle Way: A new method of timing your queries from Getting Past the Gatekeeper
How To Format a Query Letter from Nathan Bransford - clear and to the point
Subsidiary Rights and Why We Keep Them from Upstart Crow
Chapter Breaks from Mystery Writing is Murder
Do you use parallel drafts? from TalkToYoUniverse
Protagonist & Climax from Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers - a simple explanation I really like
Clea Simon and Why We Kill at The Blood-Red Pencil
Don't Stick Your Nose In It from Writer's Corner
Story Openings: What Constitutes Significant/Meaningful Action? at There Are No Rules
Prithee, Inform Me: Paying for POD from Pimp My Novel - a poll about paying for POD in a library
why famous authors don't want to read your unpublished manuscript from the Intern
Unofficial CP appreciation day at the Magic District
NEWS
QueryTracker Upgrade - The QueryTracker main site and forum will be unavailable this weekend (March 20th and 21st) while we perform an important upgrade.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 17
Status Updates at BookEnds, LLC - when you wonder about your query's status
do I really want to be published? from Editorial Ass
When do I want to hear from you? (this is not a trick question) from Janet Reid
Maintaining mental health while querying from Behler Blog - good advice
Q&A 2010—Round Three from Pub Rants - more answers from an agent
Pitching to agents: How to throw a fiction fast ball by Kathryn Craft at The Blood-Red Pencil
Backward Mapping: Arriving at the destination before the journey from Justified Lunacy - good thoughts on plotting, or just planning
Re-Write Wednesday: Onward...No? from The Other Side of the Story
Knowing Our Genre, Audience, and Market from Mystery Writing is Murder
What makes a sympathetic hero? from Plot to Punctuation
CONTEST
i don't want to go on the cart from The Ham-Sized Fist Award - he's trying to create an award for the for best Heroic Fantasy or Sword-and-Sorcery short fiction. Right now he's looking for a new name for the award. Suggestions are welcome.
do I really want to be published? from Editorial Ass
When do I want to hear from you? (this is not a trick question) from Janet Reid
Maintaining mental health while querying from Behler Blog - good advice
Q&A 2010—Round Three from Pub Rants - more answers from an agent
Pitching to agents: How to throw a fiction fast ball by Kathryn Craft at The Blood-Red Pencil
Backward Mapping: Arriving at the destination before the journey from Justified Lunacy - good thoughts on plotting, or just planning
Re-Write Wednesday: Onward...No? from The Other Side of the Story
Knowing Our Genre, Audience, and Market from Mystery Writing is Murder
What makes a sympathetic hero? from Plot to Punctuation
CONTEST
i don't want to go on the cart from The Ham-Sized Fist Award - he's trying to create an award for the for best Heroic Fantasy or Sword-and-Sorcery short fiction. Right now he's looking for a new name for the award. Suggestions are welcome.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 16
First Girl Ever by Marie Brennan at Science Fiction and Fantasy Novelists - thoughts on plots
9 Strategies for Surviving the Second Book by Therese Walsh at Writer Unboxed
Writing Doesn't Love You from Writer's Corner - quotes worth thinking about
“Brainedness” and plotting by Jordan McCollum - verrrry interesting!
Q&A 2010—Round Two at Pub Rants - check out question #4 on re-querying
what if a submission needs more work? (Your Questions continued) from Editorial Ass
Tales from the Slush Pile from edittorrent
Here’s the thing about promo plans… from Behler Blog
The Secret Strength of Killer Queries: Specificity from Nathan Bransford
Self-Publishing, Step One. from Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise.
5 Traits That Bag anBoyfriend Agent, Courtesy of Cosmopolitan Magazine at The Rejectionist
There is nothing to fear but fear itself… at Behler Blog -- ROFL
CONTEST
I've been interviewed, and I am giving away a FREE copy of my book. at Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise.
9 Strategies for Surviving the Second Book by Therese Walsh at Writer Unboxed
Writing Doesn't Love You from Writer's Corner - quotes worth thinking about
“Brainedness” and plotting by Jordan McCollum - verrrry interesting!
Q&A 2010—Round Two at Pub Rants - check out question #4 on re-querying
what if a submission needs more work? (Your Questions continued) from Editorial Ass
Tales from the Slush Pile from edittorrent
Here’s the thing about promo plans… from Behler Blog
The Secret Strength of Killer Queries: Specificity from Nathan Bransford
Self-Publishing, Step One. from Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise.
5 Traits That Bag an
There is nothing to fear but fear itself… at Behler Blog -- ROFL
CONTEST
I've been interviewed, and I am giving away a FREE copy of my book. at Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 15
I'm thrilled to have won a copy of Erin Hart's new novel, False Mermaid, on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS -- Thank you!
“I have a blog” from Behler Blog - an editor's thoughts on platform
Rookie Mistakes from Bent on Books - an agent's thoughts on what to NOT do in your query
Thoughts on Thank You from BookEnds, LLC — A Literary Agency
Common Questions Answered from Rants & Ramblings - thoughts from yet another agent
Things I Thought Were Obvious File #127 from the Rejecter - an agent's assistant
Learning What *Doesn’t* Work from Mystery Writing is Murder
Showing & Telling in Scenes & Dialogue by Jane Friedman at There Are No Rules
Foreshadowing from Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers
VERY COOL :
Mental Health Monday at Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone -- Laura a psychologist. She has four interesting answers for writers - and will be open to more. She's partnering with:
Medical Mondays! Mental Health Mondays! at The word is my oyster. Lydia is a medical doctor. Have a medical or mental health writing question? Send it in!
“I have a blog” from Behler Blog - an editor's thoughts on platform
Rookie Mistakes from Bent on Books - an agent's thoughts on what to NOT do in your query
Thoughts on Thank You from BookEnds, LLC — A Literary Agency
Common Questions Answered from Rants & Ramblings - thoughts from yet another agent
Things I Thought Were Obvious File #127 from the Rejecter - an agent's assistant
Learning What *Doesn’t* Work from Mystery Writing is Murder
Showing & Telling in Scenes & Dialogue by Jane Friedman at There Are No Rules
Foreshadowing from Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers
VERY COOL :
Mental Health Monday at Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone -- Laura a psychologist. She has four interesting answers for writers - and will be open to more. She's partnering with:
Medical Mondays! Mental Health Mondays! at The word is my oyster. Lydia is a medical doctor. Have a medical or mental health writing question? Send it in!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 14
what's a standard submission process like? from Editorial Ass
Being Midlist from Mystery Writing is Murder
Living As a Ghost – Without Having to Die First by Kim Pearson at The Blood-Red Pencil
Kids and a Sense of History by Sherwood Smith at Book View Cafe
PUNCTUATION POINTS from Help! I Need a Publisher!
Making it plausible from edittorrent
TimeTimeTime, See What You've Done to Me from The Writing Spectacle
Sunday Mirthbombs from Behler Blog - the winners of the Bulwer-Lytton contest
CONTESTS
3 Contests via Paperback Writer
Being Midlist from Mystery Writing is Murder
Living As a Ghost – Without Having to Die First by Kim Pearson at The Blood-Red Pencil
Kids and a Sense of History by Sherwood Smith at Book View Cafe
PUNCTUATION POINTS from Help! I Need a Publisher!
Making it plausible from edittorrent
TimeTimeTime, See What You've Done to Me from The Writing Spectacle
Sunday Mirthbombs from Behler Blog - the winners of the Bulwer-Lytton contest
CONTESTS
3 Contests via Paperback Writer
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 13
Matterhorn by Janet Reid - this is how she wants queries to read
Resources for Synopsis Writing from Livia Blackburne
More on platform also by Janet Reid
Undermining Our Protagonist’s Perspective from Mystery Writing is Murder
Hearing Voices by Dani Greer at the Blood-Red Pencil
The End. What? It's Not The End? from The Alchemy of Writing
Week’s Links from Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone
CONTEST
Erin Hart Returns with "False Mermaid" by Sandra Parshall at POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS - she's giving a copy of her new book
Resources for Synopsis Writing from Livia Blackburne
More on platform also by Janet Reid
Undermining Our Protagonist’s Perspective from Mystery Writing is Murder
Hearing Voices by Dani Greer at the Blood-Red Pencil
The End. What? It's Not The End? from The Alchemy of Writing
Week’s Links from Diamond–Yup, Like the Stone
CONTEST
Erin Hart Returns with "False Mermaid" by Sandra Parshall at POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS - she's giving a copy of her new book
Friday, March 12, 2010
Blog posts for writers - March 12
Things I Learned This Week from * Fiction Groupie *
Gut instinct – you have more of it than you know from Behler Blog
Tell Yourself a Story from The Literary Lab - instead of outlining
Great characters are like origami from Plot to Punctuation
Contest Redux from Kidlit.com - more about beginnings
The Abyss from Books & Such -writing and the hero's journey
Read It Aloud... from Writer's Corner
Friday Five/Marketing Round Up (3/12) from Market My Words - great links
Don't Miss Out! from Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise. - 50% off her new release
The Ten Best Things You Can Do For Your Manuscript from the Intern
CONTESTS
Reminder: Third ''Dear Lucky Agent'' Contest Ends Sunday! from Guide to Literary Agents
Reminder: Fantabulous Followers Giveaway from Elana Johnson
Reminder: Fantabulous Followers Giveaway from Shooting Stars
Gut instinct – you have more of it than you know from Behler Blog
Tell Yourself a Story from The Literary Lab - instead of outlining
Great characters are like origami from Plot to Punctuation
Contest Redux from Kidlit.com - more about beginnings
The Abyss from Books & Such -writing and the hero's journey
Read It Aloud... from Writer's Corner
Friday Five/Marketing Round Up (3/12) from Market My Words - great links
Don't Miss Out! from Step 1: Write, Edit, and Revise. - 50% off her new release
The Ten Best Things You Can Do For Your Manuscript from the Intern
CONTESTS
Reminder: Third ''Dear Lucky Agent'' Contest Ends Sunday! from Guide to Literary Agents
Reminder: Fantabulous Followers Giveaway from Elana Johnson
Reminder: Fantabulous Followers Giveaway from Shooting Stars
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