- Tips on Marketing Your Novel [Adventures in Agentland] Great post!
- Are Writers without Business Sense Doomed? [Jami Gold, Paranormal Author]
- 10 Ways Your Friends Can Help You Sell More Books [Author Marketing Experts, Inc]
- Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of October 3, 2011 [Author Marketing Experts] Some excellent tips here.
Book Reviews
- So, it's my pub date... [Writer on the Side] Congrats @SWKehoe! And Happy B-Day AUDITION!
- First Page Critique: THE BLINDED GARDENER [Artzicarol Ramblings] Some good learning points from Michael Di Gesu's novel.
- Dr FaustusAU Does H.P. Lovecraft a la Dr. Seuss [GalleyCat] What do you think of these sample pages?
- New Young Adult Book Releases: October 11, 2011 [Novel Novice]
- Birthday Bash: Top Ten Creepy Covers! [Katie's Book Blog] Some great reads to get us in time for Halloween.
- Review: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins [Confessions of a Bookaholic] A fun read!
- Book Review: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare *spoiler FREE* [Mundie Moms] Excellent. Can't wait for this one!
- YA Cafe: New-and-Improved Book Club [Iggi & Gabi] Some great ideas here. Looking forward to YA Cafe's new stuff.
- Clockwork Angel Read-A-Long [Mundie Moms] Great giveaway and group read. Join in starting 10/12!
- Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi [Confessions of a Bookaholic] A masterpiece.
Congrats
- Finalists for the National Book Award - Young People's Literature [Cynsations] Awesome list of books.
- SHATTER ME LAUNCH PARTY!! [Grab a Pen] Congrats @TaherehMafi--SOOOO exciting!
- Write It Sideways Regular Contributor Search [Write It Sideways] Congrats on the baby, Suzannah! And a great opportunity for writers.
- Tina Moss | Urban Fantasy, Paranormal & Historical Romance Author |: So You're Looking for a Literary Agent... [Tina Moss] Great post on what it takes to make it.
- Giveaway: The Earth Painter by M.J. Lee (kindle format) [Candace's Book Blog] Enter by 10/23.
- Final Giveaways! [Class of 2K11] Amazing giveaways -- HUGE prize pack for a library, and one for you.
- Haunted Halloween: YA Giveaway #1 [Confessions of a Bookaholic] Enter by 10/25.
- Cheryl Klein's Spring 2012 List (+ Galley Giveaway Contest!) [Brooklyn Arden] Beautiful covers!
- Birthday Bash Giveaway #3: 2012 Releases! [Katie's Book Blog] Enter by 10/31.
- The Doctor's Lady--Interview with Author, Jody Hedlund, and a Book Giveaway! [Julie Musil]
- First Page and Giveaway: VIRTUOSITY [First Page Panda] Enter by 10/25.
- The 2nd Annual Baker's Dozen OFFICIAL RULES AND INFORMATION [Miss Snark's First Victim] Great new contest.
- October Secret Agent Early Info [Miss Snark's First Victim] Open to all genres of YA/MG!
- Book Commercials & Giveaway: Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow by Daniel Nayeri [Cynsations] Enter by 10/24.
- Freebie Friday: CROSSED ARC Giveaway! [Mundie Moms] Enter by 10/31.
- Exclusive Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick Book Giveaway [Novel Novice] Enter by 10/14.
- Aphrodite the Diva Swag Giveaway [Cynsations] Enter by October 23rd.
- Swoon by Nina Malkin: Trivia Contest #3 [Novel Novice] Fun #giveaway.
- The Butter Speaks (How to Cook Up a Terrific Narrative) [San Diego Professional Writer's Group] Lovely post on ingredients and balance.
- Plot is Exactly Like a Hail Storm [Words from the Woods] Lovely and accurate metaphor. Check it out.
- Consider the Why & Why Not of Rules Before You Break Them [Magical Words] Be sure your reason is valid.
- Create Your Own E-Book with Open-Source Sigil [ProfHacker]
- Symbolism in Key Points of Character Transition [Harry Potter for Writers] Deepen your own key moments.
- Give a Man a Hammer (or Other Cool Ability): Fifty-Seven Ways it Can Be Used [Cheryl Reif Writes] Great brainstorming list.
- The Build-a-Book Workshop [Writer Unboxed] Only the end result matters. Write however feels good.
- Urban Fantasy versus Paranormal Romance [Fantasy Faction] Some helpful and uncommonly-stated distinctions.
- Making the Most of Your Paragraphs [The Other Side of the Story] Four critical places to use a brilliant sentence.
- Dialogue and Exposition [Fiction Notes] Great post on mixing it up.
- Plan, Central Question, Central Story Action [Alexandra Sokoloff] Easy way to find and define your central premise.
- Nail Your NaNoWriMo #11: Cast Your Story With Familiar Faces [storyfix.com]
- The 25-word hook revisited [Help! I Need a Publisher!] Brilliant techniques and a chance to ask for help.
- NaNoWriMo Prep Week 2: Characters [Novel Novice]
- Two Questionnaires to Help You Understand Your Character [www.stumbleupon.com] From Gotham Writers' Workshop & Marcel Proust.
- Character, Plot or Setting? Building Your Story's Universe [Adventures in YA & Children's Publishing] How do you get from idea to full-fledged premise?
- The Middle Grade Voice [YA Highway] Excellent post.
- Karen Mahoney - Sometimes... [Kaz Mahoney] A ladder can be disguised as a writing block.
- Writing Bootcamp: Five Ways To Revive Your Novel by Luisa Plaja [Steph Bowe's Hey! Teenager of the Year] Good tips!
- Why No Sex Doesn't Mean No Tension by Jody Hedlund [Roni Loren - Fiction Groupie] It's about the push/pull.
- Avoiding Fantasy Gender Stereotypes in Your Heroine [Fantasy Faction] Make her real and complex.
- TOTW: A Past That Never Was [The Enchanted Inkpot.] Historical fantasy, gaslight fantasy, and steampunk. What's the dif?
- Reading With Attention [Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors] Fantastic! Plot structure and character development. by Victoria Mixon
- Foreshadowing -- Don't You Love it? [Janice Hardy] Techniques to use in your own work with great examples.
- Character Traits Thesaurus Entry: Worry Wart [The Bookshelf Muse] Excellent!
- Rethinking Motivation for Character Arc [Writer Unboxed] You must read this. Now. Seriously.
- 50 Rhetorical Devices for Rational Writing [www.dailywritingtips.com] Fascinating. I am going to print this as a reference.
- When a YA Novel is Not [kt literary] Important #pubtip about keeping things current for today's teens.
- Go Big or Go Home [GENREALITY] Commit fully within the scope of your story.
- Writing tips from Jan Winburn [Buffy's write zone] Great post for any writer.
- Telling Stories: There Is No Story Until There Are Two Stories [Magical Words]
- Editing Your MS in 30 Days or Less [YA Author Elana Johnson]
- Believe It Or Not « Angela Wallace ~ Believe, Dream, Awaken [angelawallace.wordpress.com] Great post to help keep you from losing readers.
- You Spin Me Round: Making Clichés Work for You [The Other Side of the Story] Reverse them to make them new.
- Structure Part 2–Plot Problems–Falcor the Luck Dragon & the Purple Tornado [Kristen Lamb's Blog] Great post!
- Clothe Characters Well—Choose Words that Fit [The Editor's Blog] A must-read post on choosing the right words.
- May the Five ‘Forces’ Be With You [storyfix.com] The physics that pull your reader through a book.
- Before You Write “The End”: Climax and Denouement [Fantasy Faction] Excellent post.
- The Art of Critiquing [www.publetariat.com]
- Writer’s Den: Using Feedback to Better Your Work [Fantasy Faction]
- How To Get The Most Out Of A Critique, Part Five [Writer Musings]
- Do You Take Yourself Seriously? [Cheryl Reif Writes] Investing mentally and physically in your writing career.
- WOW Wednesday: Teri Hall on What Makes a Writer [Adventures in YA & Children's Publishing] And the compromises we have to make.
- Happy Writers: On Hope [Between Fact and Fiction] Important post for every writer on the road to pub.
- Pathway to Publication: An Interview [QueryTracker.net] with debut author Ryan Graudin. Inspiring!
- 5 Mistakes I’ve Made in My Journey to Publication [Author, Jody Hedlund]
- Why It’s Harder To Write When You’re Happy [thoughtcatalog.com] Thoughtful, intriguing poast.
- Rise of the Machines: Why We Keep Coming Back to H.G. Wells’ Visions of a Dystopian Future | Underwire | Wired.com [www.wired.com] Great post.
- On Writing and Fear [Magical Words] So much to fear, & so many ways to overcome.
- 3 Tips for Riding the Rejection/Acceptance Roller Coaster [Writer Unboxed] Excellent points about the non-linear nature of the the road to pub.
- Writing Bootcamp: Victoria Schwab says, 'Be Brave!' [Steph Bowe's Hey! Teenager of the Year] Inspirational advice
- Beyond the Basics—Push the Story and Push Yourself [The Editor's Blog]
- Making time to Write—by Glenn Gamble [Mystery Writing is Murder]
- Laura Miller Calls National Book Awards Irrelevant [GalleyCat] Is it the literary equivalent of spinach?
- Library eBook Checkouts Up 200% This Year [GalleyCat]
- This Week in Books 10/8/11 [Nathan Bransford, Author]
- Why Is Dark YA So Popular? [www.sfsignal.com] Smart post by Stina Leicht.
- Tuesday Ten: Ways to Irritate an Editor [Cheryl Reif Writes] Funny with a side of truth.
- Comic: Autumn Procrastination [Inkygirl: An Illustrated Guide For Writers] LOVE this comic by @InkyElbows
- 20 More Smothered Verbs Set Free [Daily Writing Tips] Simplify and activate your prose.
- The Importance of Staying With Your Character [Nathan Bransford, Author] Good crit of 3rd close vs. 3rd om POV.
- Plurals of Proper Names [Daily Writing Tips]
- Editing - is it necessary? [Market My Words] Interesting perspectives and breakdowns.
- Testing the Middle: Subplots [edittorrent]
- When comma's destroy you... [Unedited] Some fun examples.
- The Importance of Story Questions [Ara's Blog] Several great reminders for all writers.
- Buried Dialogue: The Unofficial Rules [*Lynnette Labelle* @Chatterbox Chitchat] Great, clear examples.
- The Post In Which I Rant About Blogging, Platforms,and the Pressure on Writers [* Roni Loren - Fiction Groupie *] FABULOUS post. READ THIS!
- Why Successful Bloggers Always Win The M&M Game [Cat's Eye Writer Blog] Great post!
- How to Make Any Good Blog Great [www.problogger.net] True for all writing?
- Contact Tip for Writers [Words from the Woods] Is it easy for people to contact you? Are you sure?
- Meet the Salesman–Every Deal Needs a Closer [Kristen Lamb's Blog] Who are the influencers on social media?
- Critiquing the Query [Oasis for YA] Different perspectives on a single query from the Oasis for YA writers.
- Tips and Tricks from Indie Authors [Market My Words] Thinking of going it alone? Read this.
- Should You Send Your Book To An Agent Before Its Finished? [BubbleCow]
- What Not to Say in a Query [Rachelle Gardner]
- The Query Isn't Working, Maybe It's the Book [BookEnds, LLC] Hard truth from @BookendsJessica.
- Queries with Lots of Voice [Kidlit.com] Don't do it.
- Today's query pitfall [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] Avoid cliches and focus on something interesting about your character.
- The Falling Domino [Behler Blog] The reality of new publishers and how to protect yourself.
- Call For Submissions, Query Contest, & Agent News [Falling Leaflets] OUTSTANDING opportunities roundup!
- Getting published: The inside scoop from 3 top editors [The Book Deal: A Publishing Blog for Writers and Book People] Excellent info and discussion
- A Time to Kill…Your Novel [Rachelle Gardner] Three reasons to consider retiring it.
- Jane Friedman does a wonderful list of best tweets of the previous week.
- Alice Pope does a Tweet Roundupfor the SCBWI Children's Market Blog.
- Northern Colorado Writers do This Week in the Writing World.
- Elizabeth Craig posts a weekly list of all her helpful Twitter posts.
- 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.
Happy reading and joyous writing,
Martina, Clara, and Marissa
Fantastic links!!
ReplyDeleteSo many great links. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSo many good ones to click on--thx!!
ReplyDeleteOkie dokie, I have my weekend reading scheduled. Thanks so much for the mention, and for these awesome links.
ReplyDeleteWow! A TON of wonderful links here! I see a few that I've missed this week....thank you! :D
ReplyDeleteAnother great roundup, so much here I want to dig into! Thank you very much :-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome links. I'll be catching up on the ones I missed this weekend :)
ReplyDeleteWow, there I was, reading through the list, and found my own link! Thanks for including me. :) A great list, as usual.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including me! Made my morning.
ReplyDeleteHow do you do it? Super links.
ReplyDeleteAs ever, thank you! Glad someone's out there intelligently filtering all this stuff...
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, everyone! It is WONDERFUL to hear that someone finds these lists helpful--and thanks to ALL of you who have written the amazing posts that we include. So much great stuff is put out by generous writers every week. I just wish Clara and I had more time to read it all!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Martina