- Promotion ideas [Janet Reid, Literary Agent]
- 6 Ways to Tame Writers' Public Speaking Fears--by Deborah Sharp [Mystery Writing is Murder]
- A Resurgence of Dark (Teens Aren't Stupid) [WORD for Teens] Great post!
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALLI! [ROOTS IN MYTH] CALLI by @JessLeeAnderson.
- Book Birthdays! [A Blog about Nothing]
- Exclusive Q&A with Goliath author Scott Westerfeld [Novel Novice]
- Authors - National Book Festival (Library of Congress) [www.loc.gov] 9/24 - 9/25 2011 on the Washington Mall. #books
- Forced Smiles For Reading [Let The Words Flow]
- Should authors really be on Goodreads?* [Steph Bowe's Hey! Teenager of the Year] Important read.
- First Page and Giveaway: WITCHLANDERS [First Page Panda] Amazing first page. Win Wintchlanders from @FirstPagePanda
- Win A Crit From Us! [Sisters in Scribe] Hurry, bidding closes on Saturday and proceeds benefit the American Red Cross!
- It's the YA SCRAMBLE! Huge Giveaway! [ROOTS IN MYTH]
- Next contest! [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] Make a photo poem of your book spines. Enter by 9/18.
- Interview: Sharon Gosling (& Giveaway) [WORD for Teens] Enter by 9/20. #giveaways
- THE FAERIE RING by Kiki Hamilton Review & Giveaway [ROOTS IN MYTH]
- P.J. HOOVER INTERVIEW AND BOOK GIVEAWAY [Literary Rambles] Lovely interview and a chance to win SOLSTICE!
- Goliath: Win the Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld [Novel Novice]
- September Giveaway! [Class of 2K11] Win Alissa Grosso's POPULAR or BAD TASTE IN BOYS by Carrie Harris.
- September Secret Agent Early Info [Miss Snark's First Victim] Contest opens 9/19 for Fiction, including YA & MG!
- Lisa McMann: The Unwanteds & Dead To You ARC Giveaway [Novel Novice] Enter by 9/16.
- YA Book & Critique Giveaway [Artzicarol Ramblings] Congrats, @artzicarol! And great giveaway. Enter by 9/14.
- Universal Story -- Test Your Story [Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers]
- 9 Essentials For Writing Your Climactic Scene [www.publetariat.com]
- Weather Thesaurus Entry: Rainbow [The Bookshelf Muse]
- Talking about Talking--Thoughts on Dialogue [YA Muses]
- Pseudo Dialogue Tags [YA Muses]
- 7 Ways to Develop Dazzling Dialog [Author, Jody Hedlund]
- Voice Is Not Everything (but it is vitally important) [The Sharp Angle]
- Writer's Wednesday: Openers [Oasis for YA]
- Misconceptions About Outlining [Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors] Great points!
- Voice Begins with Word Choices [Fiction Notes]
- Survey of Fantasy Subgenres [Fantasy Faction] Nice post.
- Tip Tuesday #105 [Literary Rambles] Ommwriter software for the writer who is easily distracted.
- If You Can't Describe Your Story, There Probably Isn't A Story [Babbles from Scott Eagan]
- Guest Author Claudia Gray: I Said, He Said: First Vs. Third Person [The Other Side of the Story]
- No-no's in Character Actions [Coming Down the Mountain: A Writer's Blog] Really? Because sometimes, a character just does have to smile.
- 14 Do's and Don'ts for Introducing Your Protagonist [Anne R. Allen's Blog]
- Frustration: Your Novel's Best Friend [The Bookshelf Muse] Love this post!
- Backstory: Where and How Much? [Paranormal Point of View]
- What She Said -- My Monologue on Dialogue [YA Muses]
- Voice Matters: Does Yours Fit Your Genre? by Ashley March [* Roni Loren - Fiction Groupie *]
- Contrast to Compare [Writer Unboxed] Build character traits that bring out the best and worst at inconvenient times.
- Bloom's Taxonomy and New Authors [Babbles from Scott Eagan] Where are you on the learning scale?
- A Writer’s Main Objective [Kidlit.com] Make the reader feel.
- Dated Writing? [The Literary Lab] Keeping a story timeless.
- Curiosity Killed the Cat but Captured the Reader [Harry Potter for Writers] Great post.
- Why Your Hero Absolutely Must Pet a Dog [Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors] Make your anti-hero sympathetic.
- My Love (Hate) Affair with Storyboards [How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book] Excellent.
- Why I Pushed My Heroine off a Cliff . . . Almost [Writer Unboxed] Are you too soft on your heroine?
- Head-Hopping Gives Readers Whiplash [The Editor's Blog]
- Five W’s of Writing [GENREALITY] Back to basics, and a great reminder.
- How to Find Clichés in Your Writing [Beyond The Margins] Love this tip about honesty in our writing.
- TO PLOT OR NOT TO PLOT: Part 2 – Taking a Closer Look at Story [Ingrid's Notes]
- TO PLOT OR NOT TO PLOT: Part 1 – Terminology and the Difference between Narrative and Story [Ingrid's Notes]
- 5 Writing Secrets From William Shakespeare – The Bard [Quips and Tips for Successful Writers]
- Deadly Sin of Writing #7–Treating the Reader Like a Moron [Kristen Lamb's Blog]
- How To Get The Most Out Of A Critique, Part One [Writer Musings]
- My Honest Thoughts On How To Get Published - A Simple Post and a Celebration for My Novel, Monarch [The Literary Lab]
- Where Do You Get Your Ideas? [Jami Gold, Paranormal Author]
- burning man: still amazing [Kirsten Hubbard: YA Author + Travel Writer] Incredible -- and the pics are beautiful. In a word, it's Living.
- How Do You Stretch Yourself? [Jami Gold, Paranormal Author]
- Tuesday Ten: Skills Every Writer Needs [Cheryl's Musings]
- JoNoWriMo+1.5 Starts THIS Wednesday! [Jo Knowles] Want a warm up to NaNoWriMo?
- Literary vs. Genre Fiction [The Katacomb]
- READY TO BE PUBLISHED? [Help! I Need a Publisher!]
- Best Advice I Ever Got: Luke Reynolds [Anna Staniszewski] Love this!
- Guest Post: Every Writer Has a Bit of Harry Inside ‘Em [Harry Potter for Writers] Lovely post!
- The 3-Step 3-Minute Writer's Workout Warm-Up(™): Easy, Fast, and Super Wordtastic! [YA Highway]
- McGraw-Hill to Split into Two Companies [GalleyCat]
- 20 Companies Use Computer-Generated Stories to Save Money on Writers [GalleyCat] So writers are obsolete?
- 15 Reasons for Writers to Love Libraries [Mystery Writing is Murder]
- Should Agents Respond to All Queries? [Nathan Bransford, Author]
- Thoughts On: Articles about YA Books (Or lack thereof) [WORD for Teens]
- Your Public Persona - Proudly Wearing the Author Badge [The Sharp Angle] Present yourself professionally--everywhere.
- What Will Amazon’s ‘Netflix for Books’ Do to Libraries? [PWxyz] What do you think?
- Here’s the thing about fiction… [Behler Blog] Learn to navigate this bumpy road.
- 9 Forms of the Past Tense [Daily Writing Tips]
- Wrong Word Usage - Part 4 [*Lynnette Labelle* @Chatterbox Chitchat]
- Word Origin Influences Your Writing Voice [Daily Writing Tips]
- Evocative Writing: An Ah-ha Moment [Katie Ganshert] Great technique for when a line doesn't work.
- What’s Hiding in Your Archives? [Confident Writing] Does your blog need a face lift?
- 10 Marketing Strategies for New Writers [Author Marketing Experts, Inc. » BLOG]
- Getting Yourself Out There in 30 Minutes or Less [YA Author Elana Johnson] Quick social networking
- How Writers & Readers Can Use ifttt [GalleyCat]
- 5 Points to Ponder on Pottermore for Writers [Harry Potter for Writers] Lessons writers can use to engage their readers.
- Hurricane Irene Relief Auction [The Katacomb] Critiques and goodies for a great cause. Bid quickly!
- The times they are a'changin', yes indeed [Janet Reid, Literary Agent] Put an intro on your site if you post pages.
- Not Right For Us At This Time [The Blood-Red Pencil] And what that might mean for your manuscript.
- Looking Around While Still Represented [Kidlit.com]
- Facebook Marketing App For Writers & Publishers [GalleyCat] Can't wait to give it a try!
- An Actual No Means No--For Us Anyway [Pub Rants] This is why Kristin Nelson is fabulous. And yes, I wish she was on Twitter.
- CLOSED TO QUERIES + UPDATED: THE HOWs AND WHYs OF GETTING PUBLISHED [Jill Corcoran Books]
- When An Agent Offers to Rep You [Rachelle Gardner]
- Why Direct Publishing Will Prevail [edittorrent]
- 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
Wow! I'm always amazed at your output!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this. You always keep me up to date. Like I didn't know about the agent response/no response controversy. And thanks to linking to my interview of P.J. Hoover and giveaway of Solstice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the spotlight on Oasis for YA! Amazing list of links, as always. Have a wonderful weekend, ladies. :)
ReplyDeleteI've missed so many great posts this week. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to my post this week :) And yay for all the reading material! <3
ReplyDeleteGreat round-up as usual. Thanks for including my 14 tips for introducing the protagonist.
ReplyDeleteThanks, ladies, for the linkies! Have a wonderful weekend, and enjoy the sun while we have it!
ReplyDeleteHoly Bananagrams! Great links this week. So tell me, do you guys get tired of being so awesome? :)
ReplyDeleteAs always, thank you for including The Bookshelf Muse. Have a good weekend and don't do anything I wouldn't do!
Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse
Thank you so much for the link love! You provide a great service by gathering these each week. Major kudos! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, you guys are just so awesome! Thanks for spotlighting the Sisters in Scribe crit auction!
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