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Writer Links – Vampires, Pirates, and Novel Titles

Posted on 08 Jun 10 by Editor

This week I have begun a variety of summer renewal projects. I have potted 10 new plants in my new place, and have begun a photo catalog of my bookshelves. (I may post these to the blog, if encouraged.)

I have also begun a targeted revision of The Ligan of the Disomus, and a related short story, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die. Although I do not subscribe to the common wisdom that a work of art is “never finished, merely abandoned,” I am glad that Ligan had not been picked up for publication before I had a chance to sketch out and complete a few short stories in the Observer’s world, and thus work out some larger-scale plot and character development decisions.

But, enough about my writerly life! On to the links from other writers: Continue reading →

Category: Blogroll | Tags: anne rice, becky levine, bookfox, brittany landgrebe, dawn simon, dying light, fiction, john fox, juliette wade, les edgerton, novella, novels, pirates, plotting and scheming, Poetry, publishing, scott meek, talk to youniverse, twilight, vampires, writing

Writer Links – Obscure Characters, Back-Ups, and What Writers Read

Posted on 17 May 10 by Editor

I have returned, completely mostly moved in to my new place of residence, and ready to shout “clear!” and slap the paddles to this flatlining blog.

Also, now that I’ve switched WordPress themes, I can go back to regular text hyperlinks; Andreas09 gives them a nice, clean look. However, I still like the idea of card suit bullets distinguishing the different categories of link soup, so I think I’ll keep them too.

So, without further introduction, let’s look at some good stuff posted recently by writers: Continue reading →

Category: Blogroll | Tags: authors, becky levine, bethany wiggins, bookfox, dawn simon, fiction, jade smith, john fox, kelly morgan, lydia sharp, publishing, scott meek, the sharp angle, writers, writing

Writer Links – Things to Heart

Posted on 21 Apr 10 by Editor

So, my little experiment of setting aside the link soups in favor of just posting whenever I read something interesting? Yeah, that didn’t turn out so well. I would read something, tell myself to remember to blog about it, then forget to blog about it.

In other words, that plan was chock full o’ fail.

But, never let it be said that I don’t respond rationally to contrary data! Back to the status quo ante we go, with this week’s collection of links dedicated to the writers I read online.

Continue reading →

Category: Blogroll | Tags: becky levine, brandi guthrie, fiction, jade smith, john fox, juliette wade, lydia sharp, publishing, sammy suzuhara, writers, writing

Writer Links – Contradictory Advice, Micro-Themes, and Evil Memes

Posted on 30 Mar 10 by Editor

I want to start this week’s writer link soup with two author success stories from the Shooting Stars blog: Sarah Wylie and Mary Lindsey. Check them out; their story could be your story someday!

At the suggestion of her son, Becky Levine digs into the metaphorical Professor Umbridge, while Kelly Morgan of Distracted By The Internet gives us an intriguing peek into her writing process.

Heather Singh writes in her Composition Book about the Top Ten highlights from the Novel Writing Retreat at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, while John over at BookFox gives into the “evil meme” and presents his list of the Top Eight books that have influenced him. I may give into this fad myself soon.

Les Edgerton advises writers to avoid “as” and “-ing” phrases, while Lydia at The Sharp Angle discusses how to use micro-themes to bring energy to your writing.

Juliette Wade at Talk To YoUniverse explains how to let your characters use their social skills, and Liesl at Writer Ropes and Hopes kicks off her Contradictions series (a very clever idea, by the way) by navigating between showing and telling.

And big THANKS to Jade Smith for including my “In Defense of Coffee Shop Writers” in her latest link wave!

Publishing Links That Need No Introduction

Posted on 20 Jan 10 by Editor

Let’s just start right off with the best news, from the perspective of prospective authors: Amazon increases royalty rates on Kindle books! As New York Times‘ Media Decoder blog points out, “Amazon’s move is also a clear bid to woo authors away from traditional publishing houses.” Things just got interesting.

Jessica at BookEnds answers “Should I revise my manuscript before sending out the next batch of queries?” and other random questions. Meanwhile Rachelle Gardner discusses email protocol and the power of word-of-mouth.

Lauren at Dystel & Goderich offers some advice on titling, while her colleague Miriam disses the sarcmark.

Kassia Krozser at Booksquare expresses her doubts about enhanced ebooks, while Alan Rinzler at The Book Deal teaches us about hooks that snag great book deals.

Finally, John Fox tells us why he doubts book reviews, while Suzannah Windsor Freeman (guest-blogging at Nathan Bransford‘s site) negotiates the struggle between Word Nerds and Grammar Rebels.

Enjoy!

Category: Blogroll | Tags: Alan Rinzler, amazon, BookEnds LLC, Booksquare, Dystel & Goderich, ebooks, john fox, kassia krozser, kindle, new york times, rachelle gardner, suzannah windsor freeman, the book deal