Interesting blog posts about writing - w/e August 13 2010

Aug. 13th, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Here’s my selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing from the last week:

Writers, Authority, and the Kieth Hernandez Rule (Nathan Bransford)

Five Simple Things Agents Can Do To Make Writers' Lives Easier (and Three Things Writers Should Do Regardless) (Nancy Parish)

Moonrat’s Rundown of Publishing Options (Editorial Ass)
by way of April Henry (aka

aprilhenry)

The Fine Art of Ego Management (Ann Aguirre)

Signing Hell (Cyn Balog aka cyn2write)

Be a Sadist (John T. Glover aka jtglover)

Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies? (Nathan Bransford)[Jon’s pick of the week]

Blurb Nation (Peadar Ó Guilín aka peadarog)

Writing Real People (Nephele Tempest aka nephele)

Indiana Attorney General Investigates New Century Publishing (Victoria Strauss) [Whichever publishing road you choose to take, it’s worth remembering there are plenty of scam artists out there]

The Death of Print/Publishing, Part MCCLWTFXVIII (Jim C. Hines aka jimhines)

Advice for Writers from Writers (Shon Bacon)

Act First, Explain Later (Jodie Renner)

How to Start Your Mystery Novel (Chuck Sambuchino)

Podcasting and the Writer (Norman W. Wilson)

If you have a particular favorite among these, please let the author know (and me too, if you have time). Also, if you've a link to a great post that isn't here, feel free to share.

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peadarog

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:29 pm (UTC)

As always...

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jongibbs

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:37 pm (UTC)

Ditto :)

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jongibbs

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:39 pm (UTC)

Aside from those good folks at The Blood Red Pencil, I think Nathan Bransford's one of the most consistently ingteresting writing blogs around. No wonder he gets a million visitors a year.

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bogwitch64

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:43 pm (UTC)

Ooo! A whole bunch I've not already read this week. Huzzah! Thanks, Jon.

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jongibbs

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:57 pm (UTC)

Sorry they're a bit late. Senior Management's been off work with a bad back for a couple of days. For some reason, she seems to think that means I have to run around after her :)

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bogwitch64

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:59 pm (UTC)

You're a good Junior Management person. (I'm reading the Editorial Ass post right this moment. Faboo.)

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asakiyume

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:44 pm (UTC)

That list of things agents and writers can do is very good. I'd definitely appreciate all the agent ones, and as a writer, I'd be happy to comply with the writer ones.

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jongibbs

Aug. 13th, 2010 05:58 pm (UTC)

Isn't it strange how much of that sort of advice seems so obvious, even though we (or at least I) didn't think of it at the time?

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asakiyume

Aug. 13th, 2010 06:00 pm (UTC)

Yes, for sure!

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msstacy13

Aug. 13th, 2010 06:57 pm (UTC)

I was just a few days ago telling someone to start
with the oatmeal boiling over, basically,
and explain about the water and the gas and the oats
after you have the reader going,
"Oh, my god, the oatmeal boiled over. In the first paragraph!"

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msstacy13

Aug. 13th, 2010 07:00 pm (UTC)

Oh, and I've already talked about Moby Dick.

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jongibbs

Aug. 13th, 2010 07:15 pm (UTC)

You have indeed :)

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cyn2write

Aug. 13th, 2010 08:01 pm (UTC)

There are a lot of good ones here I hadn't read yet. Thanks! and thanks for including my post among them!!

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jongibbs

Aug. 13th, 2010 09:12 pm (UTC)

My pleasure, Cyn :)

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ladysaotome

Aug. 13th, 2010 09:10 pm (UTC)

A lot of those were really interesting, funny &/or informative. My favorite is definitely Nathan Bransford's though. I about died reading his Yoda writing. :D

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jongibbs

Aug. 13th, 2010 09:12 pm (UTC)

It was a good one :)

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