- How do readers connect with a book (by a new author)? [Ripping Ozzie Reads] Hint: it's not book trailers.
- Bookanista Buzz - Ditched by Robin Mellom! [Market My Words] Great review!
- New Voice: Matt Blackstone on A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie [Cynsations]
- Book Review: On The Fringe by Courtney King Walker [Mundie Moms] OOH! I need to go get this one.
- GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS by Rae Carson, A Bookanista Review [YA Muses] Captivating!
- Book Review & Giveaway: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater [Mundie Moms] 4.5 stars
- Book Review: Past Perfect by Leila Sales [Candace's Book Blog] Seriously amazing.
- Book Review: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick [/- LA FEMME READERS -/] Another awe-inspring journey by the creator of Hugo Cabret.
- Book Review: Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe [Novel Novice] Spectacular.
- This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel: Steph’s review [Novel Novice] A perfect Halloween read.
- Book Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland … [Novel Novice] Quirky & unique.
- Every Poster Has a Story: The Scoop on the First-Ever Golden Kite Awards Poster [The Official SCBWI Blog] Fun read, and a job well-done.
- Book Tour: Bridger by Megan Curd Excerpt and Giveaway! [Candace's Book Blog] Enter by 10/30.
- Haunted Halloween: YA #Giveaways #2 [Confessions of a Bookaholic] Three wonderful prize packs. Enter by 11/3.
- Giant Giveaway! [kt literary] @DaphneUn & other agents are giving away boxes of books!
- GIVEAWAY! Nightshade Chronicles by Hilary Wagner! [Seanchai] Enter by 10/23.
- Haunted Halloween with Victoria Schwab and a giveaway! [Confessions of a Bookaholic]
- Five ways to banish drama from your scenes [James Killick's Blog]
- Why I? [Adventures in Agentland] Do YA's work best in 1st person?
- Editor’s Notes: Show versus Tell [GENREALITY] Fantastic post.
- 6 Ways to Reconnect with Your Work-In-Progress [Write It Sideways]
- We Don't Need To Know It All Now! [Babbles from Scott Eagan] Infodumps = rejection.
- Nanowrimo: Elements of Act One [Alexandra Sokoloff] Get those index cards ready!
- Perfecting Your YA Voice (Part 2) [Ingrid's Notes] How a YA voice is different from an adult voice. Excellent.
- Story Threads and Resonance [Let The Words Flow] Fantastic post.
- 5 Tips For Not Screwing Up Your Character's Name by Suzanne Johnson [* Roni Loren - Fiction Groupie *]
- The Story Bible: What It Is and Why You Need One [Jane Friedman] by Rochelle Melander
- Better Writing through (Cheap) Technology [Writer Unboxed]
- See How Easily You Can Write A Novel Using The Snowflake Method [BubbleCow]
- 8 Plotting Pointers [*Lynnette Labelle* @Chatterbox Chitchat] Love this!
- The political possibilities of SF | Books | guardian.co.uk [www.guardian.co.uk] Excellent post.
- YA Cafe: Villains and Antagonists [Iggi & Gabi] How to make them the most effective.
- Perfecting Your YA Voice (Part 1) [Ingrid's Notes] Bookmark this.
- Character Trait Entry: Witty [The Bookshelf Muse]
- 5 Fun and Easy Ways to Lengthen Word Count [Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors]
- The Science of Story: All the Way Back to Aristotle [thescienceofstory.blogspot.com] Flaw, realization of flaw, and reversal of expectation.
- Do You Feel It? Plotting With Emotional Layers [The Other Side of the Story] Fantastic.
- NaNoWriMo starts right here, right now « Nail Your Novel [nailyournovel.wordpress.com]
- Karen Baney » Dialogue: Common Mistakes Part 1 [www.karenbaney.com] Overuse of Character Names.
- Scoring the novel as it unfolds – the undercover soundtrack « My Memories of a Future Life [mymemoriesofafuturelife.com] Q2 Music and more.
- Character Reaction—Make Your Characters Respond [The Editor's Blog]
- NaNoWriMo #21: Still Struggling with Your ‘Concept’? [storyfix.com] A short cut to premise.
- The Critique Mindset [The Bluestocking Blog] Which stage are you in? Great post
- My best tips for writing quickly (and well) [Time to Write] NaNo-ing? These tips will help.
- Should You Write When You’re Tired? | Fear of Writing [fearofwriting.com] Another symptom of writer's block.
- 20 Strategies to Defeat the Urge to Do Useless Tasks [zenhabits.net] Great post for writers.
- Bringing the Passion [Supernatural Underground] when you just don't feel it.
- I'm Ready For NaNoWriMo. Are YOU? [WOW! Women On Writing Blog] We are! Anyone else? Great tips!
- Writing Through Doubt [Writer Unboxed]
- When Is ‘Good Enough’ Really Good Enough? [Writer Musings]
- Kidlit News Quickie Round-up [Inkygirl: An Illustrated Guide For Writers] Three pieces of news you'll want to know.
- This Week in Clusterfuck, brought to you by the National Book Foundation [libba-bray.livejournal.com] Yes! F'ing LOVE this post by @LibbaBray.
- Sometimes Good Writing Isn't Enough [Babbles from Scott Eagan] Editors can no longer simply like a piece of writing.
- Putting the A in YA [Glass Cases] Why "New Adult" isn't marketable. Excellent analysis.
- Winter Conference Registration Opens Monday! [The Official SCBWI Conference Blog] Who's going to SCBWI?
- Get a book, make a donation [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] Donate to your charity of choice, then get a FREE book from Concord Free Press!
- What The Agents Are Chirping About~ Mid-Month Tweets [Falling Leaflets] Awesome insights!
- Comic: Bibliophile Bus Stop [Inkygirl: An Illustrated Guide For Writers] Love this!
- A Giant Giveaway Gets Even Bigger! [kt literary] Great thing to do! Spread the word.
- The Game of Write [Kate Hart] A board game just for writers! Great.
- Pre-Writing Preparation [authorculture.blogspot.com] Funny! You'd rather be writing but first you have to...
- The Novel Relationship [YA Muses] Hilarious, & sooooo true!
- 7 Classes of Phrases [Daily Writing Tips] Participial, appositive, gerund: do you use your phrases correctly?
- 50 Redundant Phrases to Avoid [Daily Writing Tips] An unexpected surprise!(LOL)
- And Pretty Words All in a Row: Tightening Your Narrative Focus [The Other Side of the Story]
- Story Sensei: Deep Point of View [storysensei.blogspot.com] Good post
- NaNoWriMo #20: To Edit or Not to Edit… [storyfix.com] When not to follow NaNo's Do Not Edit advice.
- Do Writers Need to Think About SEO? [Rachelle Gardner] by Erin MacPherson
- Blogging Etiquette (That Matters) 101 [christina lee]
- Why You Must Suck It Up & Create Your Facebook Business Page Today [Author Marketing Experts, Inc. » BLOG]
- Marketing Your Unborn Book [kimberlysabatini.blogspot.com] Brilliant points about the honest, painless way you market every day.
- Who in the YA/Kid Blogosphere is on Google+? [plus.google.com] Great list by @KateMessner.
- Haunted Halloween: Twitter Party Coming Soon! [Confessions of a Bookaholic] Sounds fun!
- Best of the Web Book Marketing Tips for the Week of October 10, 2011 [Author Marketing Experts, Inc. » BLOG]
- Numbers Are Our Friend–Writers and the Wild World of Metrics [Kristen Lamb's Blog]
- Agent Spotlight: Roseanne Wells of Marianne Strong [Literary Rambles] Another great profile.
- Want to Make Money Writing? Build Relationships With Editors [Quips and Tips for Successful Writers]
- WITCHLANDERS Query Dissected [lenacoakley.com] Great analysis of the letter that got her represention.
- Agent Spotlight: Jessica Sinsheimer [Literary Rambles] Specialities include YA & MG.
- How Do I Find An Agent? [BubbleCow] Step-by-step.
- Here’s the Pitch—It’s a Hit! Crafting Your Novel's Pitch Line [The Other Side of the Story]
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 Roundupfor the SCBWI Children's Market Blog.
- Northern Colorado Writers do This Week in the Writing Worldevery 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 bloglater 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!
- DuoLitdoes 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 Cynsationsdoes a Cynsational author and book news review.
Happy reading and joyous writing,
Martina, Clara, and Marissa
Lots of good ones! I hear NaNo calling my name, even though I'm not sure I want to do it this year, so I'm off to check out some of those sites! :)
ReplyDeleteI missed the post. Who won 'Flip' by Martin Bedford?
ReplyDeleteGood stuff!!! Thx for the shout out. Off to clickety click...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the linkies!!
ReplyDeleteAnd another news: BIG congrats to Lydia Kang for selling her book to Dial Children's, woot!!!
Another great week of writing links! Thanks so much for your hard workd in collecting them and for including mine! Happy Writing!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited about this list of links. You guys are great!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, I stopped here for a minute, and now an hour has passed by. Such great links, ladies. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteGreat list, as always! I could spend all day tracking down these links.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to check out The Author Chronicles blog - they have a roundup every Thursday. See if you'd like to add them. http://authorchronicles.wordpress.com/