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Interesting Posts about writing - w/e June 5

Jun. 5th, 2009 at 7:23 AM

Here's my selection of interesting posts about writing from the last week.

A Trunked Story (ilona_andrews)

http://ilona-andrews.livejournal.com/313956.html

MG vs YA: What exactly is the Difference? (edithspage)

http://edithspage.livejournal.com/45742.html

Try Quitting (Dan Case)

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/06/guest-blogger-dan-case.html

Leveraging Book Review Blogs and Interviews for Promotion (charlesatan)

http://charlesatan.livejournal.com/567513.html

What are the Best Writer’s Conferences in the Country? (guidetoliteraryagents.com)

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/What+Are+The+BEST+Writers+Conferences+In+The+Country.aspx

Blogging Dos & Don’ts – Advice for Writers (varkat)

http://varkat.livejournal.com/95521.html

How the web is changing Certain Social Exchanges (Ellen-datlow)

http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/192138

Ideas are like Christmas trees (mikandra)

http://mikandra.livejournal.com/255987.html

The Future of Publishing (karen_w_newton)

http://karen-w-newton.livejournal.com/133219.html

How to use the short form to improve the longer fiction (a_r_williams)

http://a-r-williams.livejournal.com/37752.html

Why some chapters don’t work (saetter)

http://saetter.livejournal.com/26974.html

Sometimes the old ways are the best ways (seanan_mcguire)

http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/115176.html

Eight questions for writers (Chick Lit Gurrl)

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2009/05/eight-questions-for-writers.html

Not for the post itself, but for the book trailer, by far and away the best one I’ve seen to date.

http://community.livejournal.com/lobo_luna/193217.html

If you have a particular favorite among these, or you have a link to a great post that isn't here, please let me know.

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Jun. 5th, 2009 12:07 pm (UTC)

Thanks again. You save me a lot of time. ;-)

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Jun. 5th, 2009 01:45 pm (UTC)

My pleasure :)

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Jun. 5th, 2009 01:46 pm (UTC)

Thanks. You can't tell, but I'm blushing :)

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eclectic_writer

Jun. 5th, 2009 01:42 pm (UTC)

Wow, I really needed some of these links today! (busy angsting about my plot and how utterly lame it is without an overarching plot arc) Thanks for the consolidation of awesomeness :)

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Jun. 5th, 2009 01:46 pm (UTC)

I'm glad they're of help, I only wish I was smart enough to write them myself :)

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Jun. 5th, 2009 02:06 pm (UTC)

Thanks for all the links. Just flipping through a few of them is a good way to start the day, before writing.

I clicked on the link about why some chapters don't work particularly because I've been feeling that way about some of my novel chapters. It seemed that no matter how I revised, I had this nagging feeling something wasn't working. When that feeling doesn't go away, no matter how much you try to spice things up or direct tension, I think it could be time to start writing the chapter from scratch and seeing then what changes. Some of the old might filter back in, but it's sometimes liberating to just start fresh.

I haven't done it yet, nope. Keep clinging to that revised and revised and revised scene. But this post made me think it's time to try again.

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Jun. 5th, 2009 02:58 pm (UTC)

I wish you luck :)

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kmarkhoover

Jun. 6th, 2009 02:28 am (UTC)

I always find several of these links helpful and informative. Thanks for posting them!

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Jun. 6th, 2009 03:01 pm (UTC)

Thanks :)

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eneit

Jun. 6th, 2009 10:46 am (UTC)

my two favourite blog posts this week were http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/1/10-Things-Authors-Should-Never-Blog-About (because we all need reminding not to blog about that chronic flatulence problem *g*) and http://www.jenniferfallon.com.au/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/2/International-Geek-Holidays (I wish I'd known about the 4th of May about 6 weeks ago *g*)

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Jun. 6th, 2009 03:01 pm (UTC)

I like the 10 things authors should never blog about. If I'd seen that, it would have made my list for sure :)

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