I enjoy reading blog posts about writing, writers, and the publishing industry as a whole . Many are full of insightful ideas/comments. I picked some out from among the hundreds I read during the last week. The links below are to ones I found particularly interesting, or made me lol, out loud.
Death to All Line-Editing: Maggie's Epic Critiquing/ Editing Post (m_stiefvater)
http://m-stiefvater.livejournal.com/108509.html
The Future of Kindle (arcaedia)
http://arcaedia.livejournal.com/200640.html
The Question at Hand: YA vs MG (eclectic_writer)
http://eclectic-writer.livejournal.com/149322.html
Writers Should not Blog About Writing (the_flea_king)
http://the-flea-king.livejournal.com/593707.html
Publisher Reaches out to Authors (april_henry)
http://aprilhenry.livejournal.com/535948.html
George R.R.Martin is not your bitch, but I might be.(seanan_mcguire)
http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/112079.html
Entitlement Issues - aka George R. R. Martin is not Your Bitch (Neil Gaiman)
This was posted on May 12th, but I only read it this week.
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.html
Letting go [of manuscripts that won’t sell] (genreality)
http://www.genreality.net/letting-go
Looking for Clues (Nalo Hopkinson) - referred by coyotegoth
http://nalohopkinson.com/2009/18/05/looking_for_clues.html
5 Rejection Horror Stories (the_flea_king)
http://the-flea-king.livejournal.com/592390.html
On Gender, Confusion of (ilona_andrews)
http://ilona-andrews.livejournal.com/302851.html
How to Write a Great First Draft (by L. J. Sellers)
http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-write-great-first-draft.html
What’s the Perfect Blurb? (peadarog)
http://peadarog.livejournal.com/53850.html
Friday Five – The ‘Signs’ edition (brian_ohio)
http://brian-ohio.livejournal.com/167473.html
Lean and Mean Writing (by L. J. Sellers)
http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2009/05/lean-and-mean-writing.html
You Can’t Catch a Fish Without a Hook (a_r_williams)
http://a-r-williams.livejournal.com/33856.html
I hope you find some of these interesting and/or useful. If you do, please let me know. I plan to produce a similar list on a weekly basis.