Hey, guys and gals, welcome to May!  And, for those so inclined, a belated Happy Bealtaine.

This has been a busy week at the publishers’ and editors’ blogs I check regularly, so I’m going to try to clean up the format a bit to make the links easier to scan.  Feedback always welcome; I’m here to help you!

First, however, ♣ we say goodbye to Alice Pope‘s Children’s Writers and Illustrator’s Market blog.  But, never fear:  Alice will be writing the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators blog at scbwi.org.  Best of luck, Alice!

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Say Hello to Friday, which is from the Old English Frígedæg, meaning the Day of Fríge, Germanic goddess of keeping beer cold in magical cabinets.

So, let’s get right to business, which also happens to be a pleasure: passing along some interesting postings from my favorite literary agent blogs.

♦ I cannot even begin to describe what Janet Reid has written here, a combination of humor, rivalry, crime-fighting women, and sharks.  Click it, read it, it’s well worth the five minutes.

At the Dystel & Goderich blog, ♦ Jessica tackles the issue of writing manuals, while ♦ Miriam points us to a sobering piece at ◊ The Daily Beast on the effects blogging has on “regular” writing.

Jessica at BookEnds ♦ advises us to treat each query as our first, ♦ lets us in on some of her query stats, and ♦ tells us why queries get rejected.

♦ Kristin Nelson at Pub Rants assures us that writers are a hot commodity these days!

At her Rants & Ramblings blog, Rachelle Gardner asks ♦ why people want to be published, ♦ whether your agent has to love your book, and ♦ what are the limitations of market research in publishing.  She also reminds us that ♦ writing is a lifestyle, not a hobby, and invites guess blogger Christa Allan to discuss ♦ how to use a  journal to defeat writer’s block.

Here we are at the end of another week.  I had fully intended to finish an Observer short story called “The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die” this week, but I got distracted by residential concerns.  I’ll blog an update when one is warranted.

On the residential concerns.  When the story is ready, I’ll just publish it.

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