12 Best Articles This Week for Writers 5/13/11

GINORMOUS congrats to the fabulous Rebekah Purdy and to Meagan Spooner! WOOT!  WOOT! (See the congrats section below!) And for those of  you who don't remember, Meagan was the winner of our Pitch-to-Query contest a while back. We thought her idea was fabulous then, so we're not the least bit surprised to see her trilogy go at auction!

After the Sale

• The Writer and Editor Relationship [Ingrid's Notes] Disagree with your editor's revisions? Advice from editor Margaret Miller.
• Author Brand/Who Cares? [Enter the Between] Four questions to help you build your author brand.
• Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of May 2, 2011 [Author Marketing Experts, Inc.] Six great posts to up your book promo skills.

Book Reviews

• First Page: THE SWEETEST THING [First Page Panda] Charming first page for THE SWEETEST THING by Christine Mandelski.
• HOURGLASS by Myra McEntire [ROOTS IN MYTH] PHENOMENAL review of HOURGLASS from
• Tantalizing Future YA Releases! [/- LA FEMME READERS -/] Thirteen drool-worthy YA releases in the pipe. Get ready!
• Simon & Schuster Unveils Facebook App [GalleyCat] Book Battle? Simon & Schuster Facebook ap lets your fave books duke it out.
• Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston To Co-Author YA Trilogy [GalleyCat] After the apocalypse comes new sorcery and magic from Melissa de la Cruz and her husband.
• 10 Simple Ways to Support Authors You Love [Author, Jody Hedlund] Love a good book? Share it with others. Here are ten ways to do it
• Marvelous Middle Grade Monday--Justin Case (and a Giveaway!!!) [Shannon Whitney Messenger] Great review of Justin Case: Schoo, Drool, and other Daily Disasters.
• From My Bookshelf [christina lee] Five brilliant new YA novels. Have you read them yet?
• Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler to Pen New YA Novel [GalleyCat] New YA novel THE FUTURE IS US by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler to release in November.

Congrats!

• Big News! [Meagan
  Spooner] Congrats to Meagan on the sale, at auction, of her "magicpunk" trilogy,
  starting with THE IRON WOOD, to Carolrhoda Lab! Woot!
• Rebekah Lands an Agent! [Rebekah
  L. Purdy] A big squee for Rebekah for starting on this next leg of her journey.
  Well-deserved! (We love you!)
• JACOB WONDERBAR Publication Day!!! (And First Chapter Revealed!) [Nathan Bransford, Author] It's release day for JACOB WONDERBAR! Congratulations,
• Bookanista Buzz [Market My Words] DIVERGENT hits #6 on the NYT Bestseller list. WOW!

Contests

• The "I'm NOT Going to BEA" Contest [Denise Jaden] offers a bounty of books in her I'm Not Going to #BEA11 contest.
• NATHAN BRANSFORD BREAKS THE UNIVERSE [Grab a Pen] JACOB WONDERBAR and three chances to win new book.
• Diving into Divergent with a Signed Book Giveaway [Carolina Valdez Miller] DIVERGENT: "So much wisdom, so much heart-pounding impact." Enter by 5/19 to win it.
• I SO DON'T DO FAMOUS Book Giveaway [ROOTS IN MYTH] Enter by 5/20 to win I SO DON'T DO FAMOUS by Barrie Summy.
• GIVEAWAY: 101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids [Lisa and Laura Write] Great op to win 101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids!
• May Giveaway! [Class of 2K11] Win POPULAR or XVI. Enter by 5/31.
• Blogoversary Giveaway #7 - The Poster Prize Pack [Confessions of a Bookaholic] Win a copy of RETURN TO PARADISE by Simone Elkeles, plus swag. Enter by 5/31.
• The First-Ever ARC Giveaway of Kody Keplinger's SHUT OUT! [YA Highway] Enter by 5/18 to win an ARC of SHUT OUT by
• May Secret Agent Early Info [Miss Snark's First Victim] First page contest starts on Monday!
• Month of May Giveaway! [Reading with Rebecca] Enter by 5/31 to win Elizabeth Berg's HOME SAFE.
• ROSANNE PARRY INTERVIEW AND BOOK GIVEAWAY MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY [Literary Rambles] Lovely interview with Rosanne Parry, plus a book giveaway of SECOND FIDDLE. Enter by 5/14.
• Vote for Your Favourite Blogging Contest Finalists [Write It Sideways] Eight great blog posts for writers, and your opinion requested for a contest.
• Want. [Babbling Flow] Seven ARCs up for grabs and a great book trailer.
• Prep MORE Pages Contest -- and more chances to win! [YA Muses] Win critiques by the YA Muses in their Prep Your Pages contest. Enter every day this week.
• First Page and Giveaway: OyMG [First Page Panda] Read the 1st page of Amy Dominy's OyMG and win some book bling. Enter by 5/18.
• Interview & Giveaway with Jessi Kirbi, Author of Moonglass! [THE BOOK BUTTERFLY] Win a signed copy of MOONGLASS. Enter by 5/15.
• Blogoversary Giveaway #4 - Paranormal Abilities Prize Pack [Confessions of a Bookaholic] Win and ARC of KINDRED and a copy of Future Imperfect. Enter by 5/31.

Craft

• Want to Write More Creatively? Stop Killing Your Creativity! [Quips and Tips for Successful Writers] Five ways to kill your creativity. (And how to stop.)
• Narrative Tension and the Ticking Clock [Let The Words Flow] Three tips to using a ticking clock to up the narrative tension.
• Sequences and Setpieces Part II [YA Muses] Great breakdown of INCEPTION into acts, sequences, and setpieces. Read and learn.
• Staying Out of the Story [Writer Unboxed] Author intrusion pulls readers out of the story. Are you guilty?
• Putting the Character into Characterization [storyfix.com] The magic characterization pill: strive for readers to empathize and root for your hero.
• Worldbuilding, part 1: It's not just for science fiction anymore! [Dancing with Dragons is Hard on Your Shoes.] Create an authentic setting in a place and time where the reader has never been.
• My Neurotic Writing Method [* Fiction Groupie *] Ten steps to creating a novel.
• How to Get into a Subjunctive Mood [Daily Writing Tips] Good trick to check the subjunctive verb in difficult sentences.
• Adding Zingers to Your Writing [Anna Staniszewski] Adore this: Step past the cliche and into your own unique strings of words.
• Writer’s Digest - 3 Ways to Know When to End Your Chapters [writersdigest.com] Great post on the how and why of chapter breaks.
• Sequences and Setpieces [YA Muses] Great --> Four-part structure using sequences and setpieces to build plot.
• Does Your Story Have a Hook or Merely a Gimmick? [Guide to Literary Agents] A hook is original, genuine, sustained through the rest of the plot.
• BOOKS ON WRITING: PART ONE [Beyond The Margins] Ten craft books for #writers. Have you read them all?
• Learning to Find a Balance in Showing Versus Telling [Author, Jody Hedlund] Once you cut the over-telling, don't eliminate your style by under-telling.
• Tips for body language and description. [Laura Pauling] Five things body tags should do--in addition to identifying speakers.
• Back To Basics: What Makes a Story a Story? [The Sharp Angle] Three things you may have overlooked about story basics. Great refresher.
• Emotional Contrasts [Seeing Creative] Add fresh perspective and memorable drama to your ms by using contrasting emotions.
• A nameless protagonist [QueryTracker.net] Even an "everyman" character needs very specific traits.
• Story Structure, Part 1: Beginnings [Fantasy Faction] Writing fantasy? Get your beginning moving quickly with the CSI principle.
• Writing Beautiful and Unique Snowflakes [Write Anything] Love this: Character is action.
• 5 Key Research Sites You May Have Missed (Plus Cool Tricks) [There Are No Rules] Research on the Internet made easy
• Key Story Elements: Into The Special World [Alexandra Sokoloff] Symbols and timing of moving your characters into the special world.
• 8 Ways NOT to Describe Your Main Character [A. Victoria Mixon, Editor] Can you see your protag in any of these descriptions? Oops.
• My Inevitable Prologue Post [Glass Cases] Succinct, sound arguments supporting the anti-prologue bias.
• When Characters Lie: Eight Questions to Ask [Cheryl's Musings] The difference a lie can make in your story, and the doors it opens.
• 3 Bloggers and a Wedding: What I Learned About Passion, Emotion and Story [Cat's Eye Writer Blog] Love: Show passion. Touch reader emotions. Speak truth and tell your story.
• Mothers in Fairy Tales [The Enchanted Inkpot.] Ever noticed that mother's get the bum rep in fairy tales?
• Tips for Writing a Picture Book [GalleyCat] Let the child character solve problems in a picture book.
• What My Readers Taught Me [Writer Unboxed] Just when you think you’ve figured something out, you discover you haven’t got a clue. Writer Unboxed
• Four ways to use Myers-Briggs personality types in your novels [Show Some Character!] Building layered characters and casts using Myers-Briggs personality types.
• How to establish your characters: endings [Show Some Character!] Five things your ending must do for your characters.
• DRAW Your Own Conclusions [The League of Extraordinary Writers] Three critical writing lessons to learn from comic books.
• Getting Into Character-Guest Post by She Read's Ariel Alison Lawhon [Novel Matters] Four ways to step deeper into your character's shoes.
• Tips from Television [Katie Ganshert] Four writing tips to learn from Vampire Diaries. And they are really GOOD ones.
• Author Elana Johnson on Writing Out of Order [* Fiction Groupie *] Great idea! Write the query letter before you finish your draft.
• Planting Clues in Your Story [Writer Musings] Four books that handle twists and clues well, and how to use subtle hints in your WIP.
• The Leisurely Voice [Kim's Craft Blog] Confidence in voice, and where it leads us.
• 5 Reasons Why Moms Matter in Children's Literature [iggi & gabi] What roles do mothers provide in YA lit?
• Suffering is Optional [storyfix.com] Ten tips to help you avoid screwing up your novel.
• Talking about Voice, part 6: Helpful links [Dancing with Dragons is Hard on Your Shoes.] Some fabulous links on developing voice.
• Talking about Voice, part 5: Differences in character dialogue [Dancing with Dragons is Hard on Your Shoes.] Three problems that may make your characters sound alike in dialogue.
• Talking about Voice, part 4: Viewpoint voices [Dancing with Dragons is Hard on Your Shoes.] Great post. Breaking down character voice into details, slang, and personality and concerns.
• Talking about Voice, part 3: One author, three books [Dancing with Dragons is Hard on Your Shoes.] Great author voice is recognizable across manuscripts. See these examples from Gaiman.
• The ABCs (and Ds and Es) of Plot Development [Daily Writing Tips] A is for Action. B is for Background. Use the alphabet to develop your plot.
• Seven Tips on Creating a Fantastic Fantasy Villain [Fantasy Faction] Antagonists need justifiable motivations to be believable. What's the reason for their villainy?
• On Staying Fresh, Marketable, and Innovative [Babbles from Scott Eagan] Honor the past, live in the present, create a future. Your book needs to do all three.
• 3 Ways to Make Setting Come to Life [iggi & gabi] How to create settings that are as important to your book as your main characters.
• thoughts on plots [The Intern] Great perspective: Three elements that must combine to make a plot.
• Some Thought-Provoking Words On Worldbuilding In Fiction [www.publetariat.com] Great insight on worldbuilding and why it needs a light hand to engage the reader's immagination.
• Busted!—National Park caught flaunting excellent writing [The Blood-Red Pencil] Five fantastic tips for elevating your writing and making it resonate.
• The Problem of the “Eureka” Moment [Beyond The Margins] Four ways to handle (or not handle) your mc's epiphany.
• The “it” factor [GENREALITY] Voice as a combination of story, style, and intent. Can it be taught?

Critiquing

• Bid on a Critique with me to support Alabama! [ROOTS IN MYTH] Bid on a critique with to support Alabama disaster relief.
• 4 reasons to give as good as you get with critique partners [Don't pet me, I'm writing] Build skills and relationships by GIVING critiques as well as getting them.
• Week 'o' Critique, Part 1: The 14 Stages of Critique Acceptance [The Intern] How many of these stages of critique acceptance do you go through?
• Asking a Published Author to Read Your Work [Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent] Should you ask an author for an agent referral or feedback on your work?

Inspiration

• 5 Fast Differences Between YA and MG [YA Highway] Great perspective on MG and YA differences, and they aren't what you think.
• Yea, this. [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] Love: You become great by wanting to do something, then doing it so hard that...
• The Road To Success [Sisters in Scribe] Luck = Preparation + Opportunity. What do successful people do differently?
• The Art of Dreaming [Writer Unboxed] Do you remember your dreams and do they inform your writing?
• How to get more self-discipline about your writing (or anything else) [Time to Write] Three strategies to improve your self-discipline and spend more time writing.
• ON FEELING INADEQUATE [Grab a Pen] Love this: Remind yourself that you are incredible.
• How to Generate Passion for Your Writing [.W.I.P. It] Three ways to rekindle your writing passion.
• If you are a writer, read this [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] OMG -- this is beautiful. READ this for inspiration and a smile.
• Promo Time vs. Writing Time [Mystery Writing is Murder] Six techniques to help you make the most out of your limited writing time.
• Dust yourself off: Sometimes crap happens [The Misadventures In Candyland] Need inspiration? Must read example of resiliance and determination
• Leg Workouts Anywhere by Melissa Paris [iggi & gabi] Six do-anywhere leg exercises to use as a mini-writing break.
• How J.K. Rowling Followed Her Heart to Fame and Fortune [Quips and Tips for Successful Writers] Four tips to successful (and happy) writing from J.K. Rowling.
• STEALING TIME TO MAKE A SCHEDULE [Grab a Pen] "Writers are thieves. We steal moments and memories and now we steal minutes, too."
• Back to Basics, part VII: Anatomy of a Butt-Kicking [Magical Words] How to kick-butt when your WIP is kicking yours.
• It’s Easy to Talk About Fear [Confident Writing] LOVE: Doubt = fear our words won’t be enough to paint the things we see, hear, feel, notice, wonder at, love.
• Juggling Parenthood and Writing [Mystery Writing is Murder] Uber-juggler shares tips to manage writing and parenting more effectively.
• Writers and others: stop preparing! [Time to Write] Love this. "Don't prepare. Begin." Sit down and write.
• Pictorial Ideas for Constructing Your Own Writing Routine [Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors] Ten ways to up your creativity with inspiration before you write.
• The three ages of becoming a writer [Nail Your Novel] The light at the end of your writer's journey. Don't worry--it's coming.
• How to Know if Your Story is Worth Pursuing [.W.I.P. It] Five ways to tell if an idea is book-worthy.
• How to Begin a Story With a Technique from Stephenie Meyer, Author of Twilight [Charge of the Write Brigade] Need a new ms idea? Start with an image and work forward and backward to discover plot.
• Friday Filler...Why You Procrastinate [The Literary Lab] Must see video for writers about motivation, purpose, and growing your craft.
• The Benefits of Scheduling Daily Writing Time [.W.I.P. It] Six things that you can get out of a daily writing schedule.
• Join in the Love Revolution–#MyWANA « Kristen Lamb's Blog [warriorwriters.wordpress.com]

Issue

• A new mission for literary agents [Nail Your Novel] Agent "discovery" imprints on POD and ebook. What do you think?
• This Is My Shocked Face [Pimp My Novel] Does the demise of mass market begin with the HarperCollins announcement?
• The PW Morning Report: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 [PWxyz] Bookish, lawsuits, Apple ruining e-book biz, and an agent on Twitter v. Facebook.
• Amazon Seeks World Domination [Write About Now] New Amazon Romance trade and MM imprint. What do you think? Is this for you?
• I Broke a News Story, and All I Got Was This Freaking T-Shirt [Writer Beware™ Blogs!] Would you wear your story? Should anyone?
• Should eBooks Restrict Your Ability To Copy & Paste? [GalleyCat] Clipping Limit Exceeded note restricts highlights made inside your Kindle books. What do you think?
• The Rise of Urban Fantasy [Fantasy Faction] An excellent analysis of Urban Fantasy novels and their Strong Female Leads.
• Hachette, Penguin, Simon & Schuster & AOL/HuffPo Team Up for Bookish [GalleyCat] Major publishers to collaborate on BOOKISH website to connect authors and readers.
• Flashback Fridays: The Devastating Southern Storms [GotYA] Lovely note on the week's events and tragedies, and ways to reach out and help.
• Hep Write Now [Kristin Miller, Literary Agent] Help out tornado victims by bidding on great lit prizes!
• 12 Children’s Illustrators Donate Original Artwork for Charity Auction [GalleyCat] Scholastic opens auction with work of 12 children's illustrators to benefit literacy.
• Top 10 Lists of Literary Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day [GalleyCat] Need literary Mother's Day ideas for last minute shoppers? Drop this list.
• Midlist Nonfiction Books: Too Much Effort for Too Little Return? [There Are No Rules] A new definition of "book" and how e-publishing may redefine mid-list NF.

Just for Smiles

• Writing A Sequel [Nothing Cannot Happen Today] Awesome video on the birth of a sequel.
• Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories [Crowe's Nest] Kurt Vonnegut draws the shape of three best-selling stories. Brilliant.
• Novel Writing As A Sport (Via The Monty Python Boys) [Falling Leaflets] Great Monty Python skit on Thomas Hardy and the writing process.
• Stanley Tucci Cast in The Hunger Games [GalleyCat] LOVE this. Stanley Tucci to play Caesar Flickerman in Hunger Games movie.
• I'm Reading a book. [Adventures In Writing] Great video on Reading a Book.
• The Writing Life Through the Eyes of the Outside World (And Your Cat) [YA Highway] Snarfworthy report on a writer's day by the sun, the CPU, and General Meow.
• Writer's Block song from Debs and Errol [Inkygirl.com] Great! Writer's Block song and a song contest.
• Think You're Bad? Top 5 Writing Superstitions of the Greats [NouveauWriter] Got superstitions? Here's proof you can be quirky and end up a famous writer.
• Dan Wilbur: Better Book Titles: Children's Book Edition (PHOTOS) [www.huffingtonpost.com] Children's books retitled in synopsis form. Hilarious.
• What's an Idea Worth? [Writer Beware™ Blogs!] OMG--the $3,000,000 query letter from eBay!

Self-Editing

• In Review: DARedit Editing Software from AutomatedEditing.com [WOW! Women On Writing Blog] WOW! Have you tried DARedit? Easy-to-use automated editing software for writers.
• Week 'o' Critique Part 2: How to Revise (When You'd Rather Just Drink) [The Intern] Four things you can do to fix your ms even if you're too depresed to revise.
• The Case for Putting a Manuscript in the Drawer [Nathan Bransford, Author] First novel too ambitious? Don't know how to fix it? Time to meet the drawer?
• Tackling Revisions [Let The Words Flow] To survive revision, break it into manageable chunks.
• Does Your Story Maintain Consistency in the Details? [Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors] The mistakes are in the details--how to keep track of them.
• Solving a Sentence [edittorrent] Another great sentence autopsy Read and apply to your WIP.
• 10 Words That Don’t Mean What You May Think They Do [Daily Writing Tips] Are you using these ten tricky words correctly?
• Real Life Diagnostics: POV and Openings [The Other Side of the Story] An excellent break-down of a ms for POV issues. Read and learn!
• 5 Common Writing Pitfalls [Kristen Lamb's Blog] Are any of these newbie mistakes in your WIP? Great examples here.
• SCBWI Revision Masterclass: Sara Grant is Born Again [Notes from the Slushpile] Fix the big stuff - plot, POV, tense, characters - before you worry about the picky details.
• Cutting the Flab: Eliminate Extraneous Words [Fantasy Faction] Think you're ready to query that ms? Read this and tighten up.
• Revision – Revised [The League of Extraordinary Writers] Four revision tips you need to know.
• Single Quotation Marks—A Reader’s Question [The Editor's Blog] Using single quotes for empahsis to add nuance and shading. Or inside double quotes.

Social Media

• Facebook Dramatically Cuts Authors & Publishers’ Ability To Host Contests [GalleyCat] Use Facebook for book giveaway? New FB restrictions will change all that.
• Blogging Etiquette [Paranormal Point of View] What to do and what not to do while blogging. is saving the blogosphere one writer at a time.
• Should Critics Share Reviews with Authors on Twitter? [GalleyCat] Does flagging the author of your book review on Twitter upset them?
• How to be effective on Twitter – and a game! [Laura Pauling] Are you playing The Twitter Game?
• Twitter For Shy Persons—Secrets of Stress-free Tweeting [Anne R. Allen's Blog] Fifteen tips to twitter success--even if you're naturally shy.

To Market

• Agent Spotlight: Vickie Motter [Literary Rambles] A great collection of information on Agent Vickie Motter.
• Agent Advice: Lisa Leshne of LJK Literary Management [Guide to Literary Agents] Agent Lisa Leshne looking for commercial YA w/ great writing and compelling plot.
• Should You Self-Publish After a Near-Miss? [There Are No Rules] Considering self-pubbing? Here's some checklists for decision time.
• Eight Tips to Make Your Next Writers Conference Awesome! [Author Marketing Experts, Inc.] Great conference tips to help build a productive experience.
• New Agent Alert: Jeff Ourvan of the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency [Guide to Literary Agents] New agent Jeff Ourvan is looking for NF, YA fiction, and thrillers.
• Regrets? I've had a few. [Bent on Books] The "Well, I passed on X" game agents play.
• WHAT NOT TO SAY IN A COVERING LETTER - COMP [Help! I Need a Publisher!] Twenty-two things NOT to say in your cover letter.
• Workshop Wednesday [BookEnds, LLC — A Literary Agency] breaks down another query. Don't miss her Workshop Wednesdays!
• How To Read A Book Contract: Paragraph 7 Giveth And Paragraph 22 Taketh Away [www.publetariat.com] Curious about book contracts? Here's the start of a new series on potential gotcha's.
• Adventures in Agentland: HOOK 'em in (in three seconds or less) [adventuresinagentland.blogspot.com]
• The Elevator Pitch [YA Muses] Easy formula to craft your elevator pitch--just in time for conference season!
• Your Online Presence and Getting an Agent Or Editor [Babbles from Scott Eagan] Scott Eagen on the perils of approaching agents incorrectly.
• Synopsis Example: ''The Fly'' (Horror / Sci-Fi) [Guide to Literary Agents] Need a one-page synopsis? Here's another terrific example from
• Following Up on Submissions [BookEnds, LLC — A Literary Agency] When and how often to check with an agent about queries and full/partial subs.
• What to do with short stories [Not Enough Words] Eight reasons to submit short stories, and eight reasons not to.
• What Works: Promo for Ebooks [A Newbie's Guide to Publishing] Got an ebook? What to do (and what not to do) to guarantee sales.
• How to format a query sent by email [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] Your email query must get the important stuff in the 1st screen. Here's how
• Agency Alert, Agent Move, and Agent Contest! [Falling Leaflets] Hen & Ink Literary is extending their submission period this year! Open thru 6/15/11. Looking for YA, MG, PB.
• Agent Spotlight: Kristin Nelson [Literary Rambles] Round-up of all the info on agent Kristin Nelson from
• Because It’s May [Pub Rants] Need an agent's insight on your work? Try the On-line Auction for Diabetes Research.
• Query letters – do you have personality? [Behler Blog] Is personality one of the most overlooked aspects of your queryletter?
• “Write-by-number” Synopsis Recipe [Magical Words] The short synopsis made easy.

Other Weekly Round-Ups:

• Jane Friedman of Writer's Digest does a wonderful list of best tweets of the previous week. 
• Alice Pope does a Wednesday Tweet Roundup for the SCBWI Children's Market Blog.
• Northern Colorado Writers do This Week in the Writing World every Friday.
• Jennifer Roland does a Writing Roundup on Fridays.
• Ricki Schultz does an "In the Blogosphere" post on Fridays where she lists posts she's enjoyed during the week.
• Elizabeth Craig posts a weekly list of all her helpful Twitter posts.
• And don't forget to check  Nathan Bransford's blog later this morning for his weekly recap of publishing news and information.
• Saturday Link Party [Forever Young] Jessica rounds up fun and interesting links.
• Stina Linddenblatt does a Cool Links Friday. This week, she caught a lot I wish we had on ours. I know what I'm doing for the next few minutes!
• DuoLit does a weekly list of links with some emphasis on self-publishing and marketing.
• YA Highway's Friday Road Trip hits the high points of the publishing industry, writing craft, submissions process, and other fun stuff.
• Cynthia Leitich Smith at Cynsations does a Cynsational author and book news review.

Did we miss anything? Anyone? Please leave a comment!

Happy reading and joyous writing,

Martina, Marissa and Clara