Interesting posts about writing – w/e September 24 2010

Sep. 24th, 2010 at 7:22 AM

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

How Sh*t Got Vulgar (Sherry Wachter)

Are you doing enough to promote your book? (Joleen James)

Writer’s Voice: Who are you? (Maria Lamba)

What ‘Platform’ Means for Writers (Nathan Bransford)

A Few Cautionary Words About Royalty Free Media (Kim McDougall)

Quickly or slowly, we’ll get there (Jennifer R. Hubbard aka writerjenn)

Resubmitting a Revision (Mary Kole)

The Separation Between the Writer and the Writer’s Characters (Gauis Coffey)

Ten commandments for the Happy Writer (Nathan Bransford)

The Line is Blurry (Brian Kell aka brian_ohio)

Sensory Lead Ins (James Van Pelt aka jimvanpelt)

10 Steps to a Better Story (L. J. Sellers)

When Persistence Becomes a Vice (Victoria Strauss)

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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karen_w_newton

Sep. 24th, 2010 08:19 am (UTC)

The Victoria Strauss one makes some excellent points!

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asakiyume

Sep. 24th, 2010 10:03 am (UTC)

Yes, I liked that one a lot too!

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jongibbs

Sep. 24th, 2010 12:44 pm (UTC)

Her blog is consistently interesting, I think :)

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jongibbs

Sep. 24th, 2010 08:21 pm (UTC)

My pleasure, Jenn :)

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bogwitch64

Sep. 24th, 2010 05:58 pm (UTC)

A premptive, "THANKS!" I've not read through them yet, due to holiday getting-readiness, but I will tomorrow! XX

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jongibbs

Sep. 24th, 2010 08:23 pm (UTC)

They'll still be here :)

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jennygordon

Sep. 25th, 2010 06:57 am (UTC)

There's some good and timely advice for me in a number those posts, so thanks for sharing, Jon.

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jongibbs

Sep. 25th, 2010 08:05 am (UTC)

You're welcome, Jenny :)

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tracy_d74

Sep. 27th, 2010 03:20 pm (UTC)

I forgot to tell you thanks for wrangling a great list. You've had James Van Pelt before, he is always great at showing what needs to happen during editing and writing.

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