We're still struggling a little bit with the Google+ thing, so this week's list is in a slightly different format. We'd love feedback. What do you like about the format? What would you like to see us change?
And we have a special treat! This week's WOW Wednesday Post was from Inara Scott, so we have a giveaway of the first book in her Delcroix Academy series. Enter by 12/1 for a chance to win. The form is at the bottom of this post.
Bad things usually happen when Danica Lewis sees someone threatening one of her friends. That's why she does everything possible to avoid getting close to anyone, belieiving this way she can supress her powers and keep them hidden. But when recruiters from the prestigious Delcroix Academy show up in her living room to offer her a full scholarship, her days of living under the radar may be over. At Delcroix, everyone treats Dancia like she's special. Even the hottest guy on campus seems to be going out of his way to make Dancia feel welcome. And then there's her mysterious new friend Jack, who can't stay out of trouble. He suspects something dangerous is going on at the Academy and wants Dancia to help him figure out what. But Dancia isn't convinced. She hopes that maybe the recruiters know more about her "gift" than they're letting on. Maybe they can help her understand how to use it...But not even Dancia could have imagined what awaits her behind the gates of Delcroix Academy.
And the winner of last week's giveaway is: Ruth Setton. Congrats, Ruth! :D
Clara's Favorites
- Happy release day to TANGLED TIDES by Karen Amanda Hooper!
The Publication Follies of Alexandra Shostak: Release Day Celebration: TANGLED TIDES by Karen Amanda Hooper - Putting “my brand” at the center of your writing career sucks all the air from your creative process.
Platform and Social Media Must Not Be Your Center | Jane Friedman - Very cool! The Life Cycle of a Book site shows how the development stages of a book begin and end with the author.
The Official SCBWI Blog: Life Cycle of a Book - a very cool resource - Flawed characters make for fascinating fiction. How to do it right.
Perfect Characters Need Flaws | The Editor's Blog - What the Grinch can teach you about writing (This post totally rocks).
Top 5 Writing Tips from the Grinch - 10 trends you must follow to succeed as a writer.
Authors Are The Gatekeepers now but must do 10 things to succeed | GENREALITY - A beautiful tribute to Anne McCaffrey from @wordforteens
WORD for Teens: Why I'll Be Reading A Dragon Book Tonight: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey - The real value of tweeting: Excellent Twitter tips
The Kill Zone: SHARING GOOD NEWS: A Twit speaks on Tweets - Holiday gift list for (Clara is forwarding this post to her husband)!
The Ultimate Gift Guide for Writers | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author - @JulieMusil, we are thankful for your article on 4 reasons for writers to be thankful!
Julie Musil: 4 Reasons for writers to be thankful - @HeatherMcCorkle gives you the most important writing tip ever.
Author Heather McCorkle: Tuesday Writing Tip~Most Important Tip - EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton: A paranormal that stands out from all the rest.
Brodi Ashton - Kat Zhang on why she tried ALL the writing advice she could find.
The Katacomb: Writing Advice - Don’t substitute craft for the life of your story—let craft bring your story to life. Beautiful.
Don't Lose the Fire and Passion of Fiction for the Technique | The Editor's Blog - Excellent examples of writing viruses.
Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies? (Part II) | Nathan Bransford, Author - 5 mistakes to avoid in subplots.
*Lynnette Labelle* @Chatterbox Chitchat: 5 Subplot Blunders to Avoid - If you love kittens, this is the perfect motivation tool for you!
Use Free ‘Written? Kitten!’ Tool: NaNoWriMo Tip # 19 - GalleyCat - Hooray, it's Twitterific time! Links to all things writerly
Twitterific | Mystery Writing is Murder - Mimic (not copy) your favorite author’s genius to launch your own unique story, style, and voice.
Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors: 4 Reasons to Mimic the Masters—and 3 Reasons Not to - A perfect example of how too much editing can kill your prose. Love this.
Supernatural Underground: Editing: How much is too much in the pursuit of perfection? - Stuck? Use story, set, character, and scene goals to get moving again. Terrific post
The Other Side of the Story: Where Do I Go From Here? Plotting Through “What Happens Next?” Part One
- Great post on voice, including how not to have a bad one.
Write Like a Pro! A Free Online Writing Workshop: What Is Voice—And How Do I Get It? - Have you given enough set up to make your story believable?
QueryTracker.net: Believability or Bust - Fun and TRUE tips for all fiction writers.
Top 5 Writing Tips from the Grinch - Anne McCaffrey's death is a true loss to fiction, to writers, and to fans.
Anne McCaffrey, ‘Dragonriders’ Author, Dies at 85 - Four brilliant and seldom referenced writing tips!
WOW Wednesday: Inara Scott on Writing Like A Lawyer - Haven't we already established that lending is GOOD for business?
Penguin Restores E-Book Access Amidst Amazon Negotiations - What do you think of Penguin's new self-pub services?
The JVNLA Authors Daily - Thank a teacher on November 25th.
StoryCorps' National Day of Listening - Umberto Eco's THE PRAGUE CEMETERY is now available in U.S. Can't wait to read this!
"Literature is a perverse game." - An Interview With Umberto Eco | Dale Estey
- EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton: A paranormal that stands out from all the rest.
Brodi Ashton - THE FUTURE OF US: Fast-paced and entertaining.
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler | The Story Siren - @NovelNovice is celebrating 1 million visitors with a huge giveaway! Congratulations!
1,000,000 Visitors to Novel Novice Mega Giveaway - Leave a comment to win an ARC of @leannarenee Heiber's DARKER STILL
Big News Giveaway #2: DARKER STILL by Leanna Hieber - Fivet techiques to use your protag's dead or absent parents to enhance your story.
Disney Parents: Dead Mothers and Absent Fathers | Fantasy Faction - @NovelNovice is celebrating 1 million visitors with a huge giveaway! Congratulations!
1,000,000 Visitors to Novel Novice Mega Giveaway
- Congratulations Jo Knowles on your two book deal! We're so happy for you!
I have some very exciting news - Holiday gift list for (Clara is forwarding this post to her husband)!
The Ultimate Gift Guide for Writers | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author - Have you given enough set up to make your story believable?
QueryTracker.net: Believability or Bust - Fun and TRUE tips for all fiction writers.
Top 5 Writing Tips from the Grinch - Fivet techiques to use your protag's dead or absent parents to enhance your story.
Disney Parents: Dead Mothers and Absent Fathers | Fantasy Faction - Very cool! The Life Cycle of a Book site shows how the development stages of a book begin and end with the author.
The Official SCBWI Blog: Life Cycle of a Book - a very cool resource
- 5 tips to avoid online distractions so you can get back to writing.
5 Online Distraction-Busters for Writers - Flawed characters make for fascinating fiction. How to do it right.
Perfect Characters Need Flaws | The Editor's Blog - What the Grinch can teach you about writing (This post totally rocks).
Top 5 Writing Tips from the Grinch - Dead/absent parents are common in the fantasy genre. How to use them to deepen your story.
Disney Parents: Dead Mothers and Absent Fathers | Fantasy Faction - Using realistic cause, effect, and emotion to pull your readers from beginning to the end. Stimulus and Response: The Writer's Path through Story
- Backstory should be sprinkled thoughout the story without the reader noticing.
*Lynnette Labelle* @Chatterbox Chitchat: 6 Common Backstory Pitfalls - Excellent examples of writing viruses.
Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies? (Part II) | Nathan Bransford, Author - 5 mistakes to avoid in subplots.
*Lynnette Labelle* @Chatterbox Chitchat: 5 Subplot Blunders to Avoid - Mimic (not copy) your favorite author’s genius to launch your own unique story, style, and voice.
Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors: 4 Reasons to Mimic the Masters—and 3 Reasons Not to - Don't forget to give your "perfect" heroine a little drop of evil.
YA Highway: Embracing Your Dark Side - A perfect example of how too much editing can kill your prose. Love this.
Supernatural Underground: Editing: How much is too much in the pursuit of perfection? - @HeatherMcCorkle gives you the most important writing tip ever.
Author Heather McCorkle: Tuesday Writing Tip~Most Important Tip - Kat Zhang on why she tried ALL the writing advice she could find.
The Katacomb: Writing Advice - Don’t substitute craft for the life of your story—let craft bring your story to life. Beautiful.
Don't Lose the Fire and Passion of Fiction for the Technique | The Editor's Blog
- If you love kittens, this is the perfect motivation tool for you!
Use Free ‘Written? Kitten!’ Tool: NaNoWriMo Tip # 19 - GalleyCat - Haven't we already established that lending is GOOD for business?
Penguin Restores E-Book Access Amidst Amazon Negotiations - "Choices. For the first time, we authors have them." Barry Eisler's insights on the digital age of publishing.
Writer Unboxed » The Critical Aspects of Digital Publishing
- A beautiful tribute to Anne McCaffrey from @wordforteens
WORD for Teens: Why I'll Be Reading A Dragon Book Tonight: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey - Concerns about security prompt Penguin to halt eBook library lending.
Penguin Stops eBook Library Lending - GalleyCat
- Emma Dryden on how the digital marketplace is changing the business of books.
Traveling Through the Digital Landscape (Part 1) - Putting “my brand” at the center of your writing career sucks all the air from your creative process.
Platform and Social Media Must Not Be Your Center | Jane Friedman - The real value of tweeting: Excellent Twitter tips
The Kill Zone: SHARING GOOD NEWS: A Twit speaks on Tweets - 6 tips on building your blog followers
Author, Jody Hedlund: How to Build a Blog Following From the Ground Up - Excellent online marketing tips for authors
Ian Irvine: Marketing for Authors Part Two - How to keep your book sales up long after the release date.
Author, Jody Hedlund: How To Prolong Your Book’s Exposure - What do you think of Penguin's new self-pub services?
The JVNLA Authors Daily - "Choices. For the first time, we authors have them." Barry Eisler's insights on the digital age of publishing.
Writer Unboxed » The Critical Aspects of Digital Publishing - A self-pubbed author on why everyone should try to be traditionally pubbed first.
I self-published – should you too?
- 10 trends you must follow to succeed as a writer.
Authors Are The Gatekeepers now but must do 10 things to succeed
- Cynthia Leitich Smith at Cynsations does a Cynsational author, craft, and book news review.
- Elizabeth Craig posts a comprehensive weekly list of all her helpful Twitter posts.
- Stina Lindenblatt does a fabulous Cool Links Friday post every week.
- YA Highway's Friday Road Trip hits the high points of the publishing industry, writing craft, submissions process, and other fun stuff.
Happy reading and joyous writing,
Clara and Martina
Woah....I was wondering where was this. Just four seconds ago I was going to e-mail you about if this was still going to be posted, or if you were taking a break for Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeletePerfect timing, I must say.
Also: Would it be rude if I ask you to include my own round-up on the list? I just started to do them, and hopefully I'll continue weekly: http://youngaspiringwriter.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekly-roundup-112511.html
Awesome links as uusal. thanks so much for sharing all the good ones.
ReplyDeleteAwesome links! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving :)
ReplyDeleteScrolling through these this afternoon--and once again finding some neat links, thanks to you. Appreciate it :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great wonderful news! I don't get it anywhere else. :)
ReplyDeleteThese links are soo cool! Definitely so talented writers out there!
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone! Hope the links are helpful. Clara did a great job this week gathering everything.
ReplyDeleteMartina
Thanks for all your thanks, everyone! We love sharing all the great posts we find with you.
ReplyDeleteC0, thanks for asking us to include your round-up on our list. We add to our list when we find one that consistently rounds up posts that we haven't linked to already. We'll be happy to monitor your round-up, and hopefully in a few months we can add yours to our list. Thanks!
~Clara
As always, you amaze me on the number of great links you find. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies!