- 13 books to put on your YA reading list.
Fresh Baked Books - Week Six - Great book giveaway and a chance to congratulate Natalie Aguirre on a great year at Literary Rambles! Stop by.
BLOGVERSARY GIVEAWAY AND REFLECTIONS ON FIRST YEAR OF BLOGGING - Sneak peek at some great YA books coming out this week.
New Young Adult Book Releases: Feb. 7, 2012 - AWESOME first lines and why real teen readers love them.
Teen Spy First Line Picks - Enter by 2/22 to win ARTICLE 5 by Kristen Simmons, and check the First Page here.
First Page and Giveaway: ARTICLE 5 - Wow! Enter @MundieMoms' Kindle giveaway, pre-loaded with titles from @coliloquy!
Mundie Moms: Mundie Moms KINDLE GIVEAWAY! - Don't miss this giveaway of 12 YA books at @katiesbookblog!#writing
Katie's Book Blog: Box Of Books Giveaway! - Bucket listing this--visit all 20 of these gorgeous bookstores!
The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World
Craft
- We love SAVE THE CAT! Jami Gold shares how she uses the Beat Sheet for revisions.
How to Use the “Save the Cat” Beat Sheet for Revisions | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author - Conflicting revision advice: how do you know which advice to take?
Adventures in Agentland: Conflicting Advice and What to Do With It - Three problems with white wall syndrome and how to overcome them to so readers see your setting.
Most Common Mistakes Series: The Case of the Vanishing Setting - Sometimes is faster (and better) to start over than to revise your WIP.
Why Starting Over on a WIP Isn't Exactly a Bad Thing - Wake up your plot with a new direction or an unexpected take on the expected. Five tips on twists.
The Unexpected: 5 Tips on Plot Twists - Clear your own voice from your head and listen to what your characters might say.
Exercise Your Voice - Need a brush up on your action scene techniques? Check this out.
Writing Action Scenes - Agent @JillCorcoran makes a great point about keeping up with current teen trends. #yalitchat
HEY, YA WRITERS--CHECK IT OUT: HIGH SCHOOL LIP DUBS PROLIFERATE & GO VIRAL - Integrate your flashbacks so seamlessly your reader doesn’t feel the speed bump.
How I Learned to Love the Flashback | Fantasy Faction - Are there really 15 different types of story woven together in any successful novel?
So What’s Your Story(ies)? - Victoria Mixon on Shirley Jackson & why we still read her books 50 years later.
» 5 Things I Learned from Shirley Jackson | A. Victoria Mixon, Editor - Avoid Double Mumbo Jumbo: let one over-arching conflict take center stage.
christina lee: Mumbo Jumbo - The fragile newbie, the uber critic, & more: How to deal w/troublesome members of your #writing
The Bluestocking Blog: Writerly Types to Avoid - Make your writing stronger and cleaner by removing the distance between you and the reader
Kidlit.com · Eliminating the Frame - Once you get to know Scrivener, you won't be able to imagine writing without it.
Scrivener: 3 Reasons You Should Use It For Your Book - Scientists, geniuses, artists: Visionaries are the latest addition to the Character Thesaurus at The Bookshelf Muse.
The Bookshelf Muse: Character Thesaurus Entry: Visionary - Keep track of what your characters know & what they're wrong about.
The Other Side of the Story: What Do They Know? Keeping Track of Character Knowledge - Excellent post to help you break down your story.
Scene and Structure: Make Something Happen!
Inspiration and Smiles
- Do you use any of these excuses to get out of writing?
.W.I.P. It: Bust 4 Myths to Gain More Writing Time - @thecreativepenn guest blogs at @thebookshelfmuse with a brilliant examination of catacomb settings.
Setting Thesaurus Entry: Catacombs - Worried you're writing too slowly? Honor your purpose and enjoy the process.
Writing Fast Is Overrated. 5 Hidden Benefits of Writing Slowly - Every successful writers starts at the beginning and learns and perseveres from there.
From the Archives: Am I a Writer? - Rejection starts at the query stage for a reason--so you'll get used to it. Have something outside of #writing
YA Author Elana Johnson: Let's Talk About Rejection - "Fear is the dream killer."
Seth's Blog
Issues, News, Trends, and Congratulations
- Avoid the avoidance: dive into the world of e-books and social media.
5 Reasons to Embrace the Brave New World - What's going to happen to authors in the Amazon/B&N/BAM tussle?
Consequences of Amazon inheriting the Earth – how does this affect their authors? - Who's the loser in the Amazon + Houghton Mifflin Harcourt deal?
Consequences of Amazon inheriting the Earth – how does this affect their authors? - Wouldn't it be great to be able to search online for books by imprint?
The Key to Saving Publishing and New Writers – Branding the Publisher to the Consumer | AARdvark - Congrats to Sarah Fine on an awesome book deal!
The Strangest Situation: I HAVE NEWS
Social Media, Promotion, and Self-Publishing
- Writers, your Google+ profile matters more than you may think.
Why Your Google+ Profile Matters - GalleyCat - How to communicate your author photo needs and get the most from your studio shot.
Tips for Author Photos - Stalk, steal, and mutate. The NonMarketers Guide to Book Promotion.
The Beginning of Marketing for Authors Who Normally Hate Marketing - Get your author photo working for you.
Is Your Author Photo Sending the Right Message? - Get out from under your pretty words and expose your concept for criticism.
A New Approach to a Traditional Group–The Concept Critique - Extra ways to enhance the reading experience for your reader.
Expanding the World of Your Novel - What really happens to book sales after an Amazon free giveaway promotion?
The Question of Free | Sourcebooks.com - Brilliant tips for building your author platform.
The Bookshelf Muse: Creating An Author Platform That Sticks
To Market
- Casey McCormick offers great links & insight into agent Kat Salazar of Larsen-Pomada.
Literary Rambles: Agent Spotlight: Kat Salazar - Use rejection as an improvement and learning opportunity.
How I Deal With Rejection ~ A Few of My Personal Pearls of Wisdom - Three steps to nailing your novel's title befor you query.
Query Workshop: Comparative Titles - Three steps to a better query letter.
Query Tips Part Deux - Get your Adult literary, Women's, MG & YA mss ready! New secret agent judged contest starts 2/13.
February Secret Agent Early Info - NaNo participant? Great pitch and feedback ops. #writing
February is Pitchapalooza! - Comparing two queries: what works & what doesn't.
Writing a powerful query letter: learning by example what (not) to do - Time to Write - Chip MacGregor answers questions about agenting, querying, and responding.
Chip MacGregor .com: Ask the Agent
Other Weekly Round-Ups:
- Cynthia Leitich Smith at Cynsationsdoes 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.
Did we miss a great post? Have a link you want to add? Please do! Clara and I are trying our best, but there are just too few hours in the day to let us catch all the great stuff out there. If we missed a great post, we apologize and invite you to leave a comment with the information.
Happy reading and joyous writing, everyone!
Clara and Martina
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Great tips as always. Thanks so much for including a shout out about my blogversary giveaway.
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