Interesting posts about writing – w/e December 3rd 2010 - An Englishman in New Jersey

Interesting posts about writing – w/e December 3rd 2010

Dec. 3rd, 2010 at 11:36 AM

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

Democratization or Disinformation (Victoria Strauss)

Survivor…Publishing Style (Lucienne Diver aka varkat )

Great Openings (Ann Lethbridge)

You do wear a hardhat when you write, right? (Jakob Drud aka jakobdrud )

Writers Don’t Learn Writing by Writing (Carol J. Garvin)

Four Ways to Deal with Fictional Parents (Anna Staniszewski aka annastan )

So You Want to Write a Novel David Kazzie [Jon’s Pick of the week]
by way of Lucienne Diver (aka

varkat )

The Character Dilemma (Sherwood Smith aka sartorias )

For the Unpublished (Norm Cowie)

How to Survive a First Draft (Delia Sherman)

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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lyonesse

Dec. 3rd, 2010 05:08 pm (UTC)

i really liked 'for the unpublished' -- comment left :)

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jongibbs

Dec. 3rd, 2010 06:07 pm (UTC)

Me too :)

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asakiyume

Dec. 3rd, 2010 05:16 pm (UTC)

I'd read and enjoyed Sherwood's post already, but one that was new to me, that I enjoyed, was the one on writers and depression (the hard hat one)--thanks for the link.

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jongibbs

Dec. 3rd, 2010 06:11 pm (UTC)

My pleasure, Francesca :)

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(Anonymous)

Dec. 3rd, 2010 07:08 pm (UTC)

Thanks

I've been lurking on this page every Friday for months now. Just wanted to say thanks so much for collecting these gems. I, for one, truly appreciate the effort.
beverlymm

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jongibbs

Dec. 3rd, 2010 07:27 pm (UTC)

Re: Thanks

My pleasure, Beverly. I'm glad you find them useful :)

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bogwitch64

Dec. 3rd, 2010 08:03 pm (UTC)

Thanks, Jon!

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jongibbs

Dec. 3rd, 2010 08:09 pm (UTC)

You're welcome, Terri :)

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2010 12:12 pm (UTC)

Do you think so? I'd say the internet itself has given people a way to offer up their eyeballs for grabbing :)

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2010 03:40 pm (UTC)

Putting a book in a nice package--whether printed and bound or ebook--is the (relatively) easy part. Selling it is still very hard.

Amen to that. Still, in many ways, we've become our own gatekeepers, or at least signpost-wavers, since we now can (should we so choose) get involved in the marketing side of things, be that online or in person.

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roninangel

Dec. 4th, 2010 11:16 pm (UTC)

that vid is hilarious - i love it - i usually end up reading almost all of the links on these lists you give (though usually not in order, i'm nuts like that)- i'm still trying to catch up on the whirlwind that was my week - but so far, my fave is the vid link - next up are "For the Unpublished" and "How to Survive a First Draft" - and then i'll pick up the hardhat one and the rest =)

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2010 11:53 pm (UTC)

I love the experienced friend's lines in the video - especially the one about having a gun in her car :)

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(Anonymous)

Dec. 5th, 2010 02:35 pm (UTC)

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Thanks for the link to the Ann Lethbridge post Jon! I'm honored to have my blog linked here. Your links are always useful and informative. I look forward to them every week.

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