- The Pubbed Writer’s 7 Deadly Sins [Writer Unboxed] Take care of the most important thing you control: your ability and desire to write.
- Book Marketing Q&A With Joanna Penn [The Creative Penn] Great answers to FAQs on book marketing from an expert.
- Twitter Tuesday - Myra McEntire [Mundie Moms] Five brilliant reasons to RUN and DIVE into @MyraMcEntire's HOURGLASS.
- Story Is All That Matters [The Sharp Angle] Read it before you recommend it.
- Have You Posted Your Work Online? [Jami Gold, Paranormal Author] Congrats to @JamiGold for winning the Mega Awesome First Page Contest! WOOT!
- Three YEARS! [christina lee] Congrats for the three-year blogiversary, Christina. Plus a great contest!
- Natalie C Parker - This is the post [nataliesee.livejournal.com] Congrats,
Natalie for nabbing a fabulous agent.
- Interview & Giveaway: Ordinary Beauty by Laura Wiess [Confessions of a Bookaholic] Enter by 7/5 to win ORDINARY BEAUTY. Plus a great interview.
- FORGIVEN and FAITHFUL by Janet Fox Giveaway! [ROOTS IN MYTH] Enter by 6/24 to win FORGIVEN and FAITHFUL.
- Character Quiz: Does Your Character Have Trust Issues? [The Character Therapist] Trust me: take this cool quiz from @jeanniecampbell to see if your characters have trust issues.
- That Pesky Exclamation Point!!! [Rachelle Gardner] Something in this sentence makes us look like amateurs!!! What is it?!?!
- WRITER WEDNESDAY: The Last Line of The First Chapters [Oasis for YA] Rarely considered but important: the last line of the 1st chapter.
- The Conflict of Choice [The Sharp Angle] The harder the choice, the more people involved, the greater the conflict in your novel.
- Writing and it's progression [Unedited] Beyond getting words on the page, plot is about making the words and actions matter.
- Three ways readers will judge your work [James Killick's Blog] Believable? Coherent? Conventional? What will readerssay about your ms?
- To delve or not to delve that is the question [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] Great dialogue isn't about what a character could say; it's what a character WOULD say.
- Scenes are about change [edittorrent] BRILLIANT! Using body tags to demonstrate character change within a scene.
- Tips for Writing a Sequel [Mystery Writing is Murder] Graceful backstory in a sequel, reintroducing recurring characters, and more from @ElizabethCraig.
- Elana Johnson: Creating a Dystopian Setting [The Bookshelf Muse] Three things critical to a solid dystopian world.
- Forty Questions for a Stronger Manuscript [Adventures in Children's Publishing] How do you make your ms more saleable before you even write it?
- Must writers be natural storytellers? [Julie Musil] The best resources for writers? @JulieMusil's got them linked right here.
- 7 Things I've Learned So Far, by Suzanne Hayes [Guide to Literary Agents] Take the advice on the basics, and six other important tips on getting published.
- What Went Wrong with the Star Wars Prequels? [Kristen Lamb's Blog] Six things you can learn from mistakes in the Star Wars Prequels.
- WIP Warning Signs [Anna Staniszewski] Writer's block? Could be a you've taken a wrong turn in your WIP. Don't ignore it.
- How to Characterize Wrong, in 3 Easy Steps [A. Victoria Mixon, Editor] Give your protag big, opposing needs. Make her choose.
- 9 Things I Learned from Other Writers [Guide to Literary Agents] Nine brilliant thoughts on writing. Tape them up somewhere.
- The Emotional Structure of Tangled: Part One [Seeing Creative] Great emotional and beat breakdown of the movie Tangled. Learn from it.
- Writing in 140: What Makes Your Story So Special? [The Blood-Red Pencil] What seven things do you need to sell your story?
- Strengths and Your Protagonist [QueryTracker.net] A character's strength can bring them down as much as their weaknesses.
- Forest and Trees--Balancing the Long View and Short View as a Book Writer [How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book] So wrapped up in details you don't see the big picture (or vice versa)? Try a storyboard.
- Dictate Your Story – An Unconventional Method of Completing A First Draft [Let The Words Flow] Speaking your manuscript instead of typing it. Tried dictation?
- Contest Monday with a 5K Critique [Sisters in Scribe] After signing with her agent, Natalie Parker offers 5k crits to all.
- 10 Tips for Critiquing Other People’s Writing [Daily Writing Tips] Critiquing someone's ms? Here's how to make it a positive & productive experience for both of you.
- Beta Readers–A Writer’s Secret Weapon [Write Anything] Beta reading from both sides of the manuscript. Ten things to keep in mind.
- When it's ok to quit [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] The true measure of whether you want to keep writing is whether you feel joy.
- Defining Success In Writing [YA Highway] Climbing the ladder? What are you most proud of in your writing right now?
- THE 5 SIGNS THAT SAY YOU MUST BE QUERYING [Grab a Pen] Got the querying crazies? It's all part of the process. Never give up.
- On Darkness in YA Literature [Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent] Darkness in YA from an agents side of the desk.
- 7 Solutions for Repetitive Sentence Structure [Daily Writing Tips] Fix repetition within your sentences as well as within your paragraphs.
- 5 Cases of Mistaken Meaning Cured by a Comma [Daily Writing Tips] What does your sentence really say without the extra comma?
- Beginning Workshop #1 [Kidlit.com] Great line-by-line analysis of an opening page by agent Mary Kole.
- Simple Edit [edittorrent] "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe." Do you know how to make this sentence stronger?
- Blogging Solution For Those Who Hate To Blog [* Roni Loren - Fiction Groupie *] Not the blogging kind? Try Tumbler and just click your favorite stuff while surfing.
- 5 Excellent Tips for Platform Building [There Are No Rules] Pick one thing and try it for a while--and other great social media tips.
- First Impressions and the Social Media [Babbles from Scott Eagan] While building your online platform, consider the impression you are leaving.
- How to Blog: Seventeen Tips from Elizabeth S. Craig [Anne R. Allen's Blog] Want a blog but don't know where to start? 17 tips for new bloggers
- Twitter Tuesday #21–The Power of Names [Kristen Lamb's Blog] Two great tips about making friends, on Twitter and in life.
- Agent Spotlight: Mandy Hubbard [Literary Rambles] Agent Mandy Hubbard seeks MG/YA with heavy focus on romance, humor, or issues.
- When you have been rejected... [Coffey. Tea. And Literary.] Rejection sucks. The do's and don'ts for when it happens to you.
- Developing the Hook in a Query Letter [Guide to Literary Agents] A tagline can sell your query as well as your book.
- If you have an agent, then why are you querying? [Behler Blog] Is it ever okay to query an editor once you have an agent?
- Email Etiquette [BookEnds, LLC — A Literary Agency] Seven email tips to keep in mind when sending or replying to an agent.
- How Do You Know When You're Done? [YA Muses] Six signs your ms is ready to query.
- 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.
Happy reading and joyous writing,
Martina, Marissa and Clara
Great links as always. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAs always, you ladies are Linkage Rock Stars!!
ReplyDeleteAngela @ The Bookshelf Muse
Ditto what Angela said. Thanks so much for the links and for the mention. You two are AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Angela--and thx for including me!
ReplyDeleteAwesome - thanks for the links!
ReplyDeleteHaha, LOVE Natalie Parker's stages of critiquing: a peach, an apple, or a coconut. Woo! Congrats to Natalie for getting an agent!!!
ReplyDeleteSo many great links here! I recently started a weekly roundup on my blog (The Light and Round Project on Wednesdays) featuring books for teens that are not too heavy or dark. This project was started in response to the complaints about how dark YA has become, to showcase how much variety is actually out there. The first roundup was posted here: http://writerjenn.blogspot.com/2011/06/light-and-round-project_15.html
ReplyDeleteA little late (okay, a LOT late), but thank you so much for the congrats and the mention!
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