Interesting posts about writing – w/e April 22nd 2011 - An Englishman in New Jersey

Interesting posts about writing – w/e April 22nd 2011

Apr. 22nd, 2011 at 11:04 AM

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

Electronic Publishing and The Emperor’s New Clothes (Nancy Fulda aka nancyfulda)

Culprits that Block Writers from Reaching a Pro Level (Ray Rhamey) [Jon’s Pick of the Week]

Library Lending for Kindles, coming soon (Ed Greaves aka temporus)

Long Stories (Patty Jansen)

Social Sites and Marketing (Dani Greer)

Things I Like About Being Traditionally Published (Lisa Schroeder aka lisa_schroeder)

What is North? (Terri-Lynne DeFino aka bogwitch64)

How to Get an Agent (Not!) (Rachelle Gardner)

How to Get the Most Out of a Writing Group (Corinne Demas)

Kindles and Nooks, oh my! (Pam Crooks)
by way of Donna Brennan

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.

If you found these useful, you may also like my personal selection of the most interesting blog posts from 2010 and last week’s list.

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bogwitch64

Apr. 22nd, 2011 05:40 pm (UTC)

Hey! Thanks, Jon!

Now off to read those that are NOT mine. :)

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jongibbs

Apr. 22nd, 2011 05:51 pm (UTC)

My pleasure, Terri :)

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jongibbs

Apr. 23rd, 2011 10:53 am (UTC)

I'm glad you found them useful, Jenn :)

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pgiunta

Apr. 23rd, 2011 01:16 pm (UTC)

I agree with your favorite choice, Jon. On the whiteboard in our home office, I have nearly that same list of 10 "culprits" and I tend to check each draft against the list to ensure that I'm doing my job.

Also liked Pam Crooks' eBook article. Although my novel has been on Kindle since day one, my publisher started expanding the distribution to the Nook and other devices via Smashwords earlier this week. I just had a new Smashwords profile created the other day (I'm so excited!).

Rachelle's list of things NOT to include in an agent query was entertaining. It's hard to believe such common sense rules are broken so often...which begs the question, How Common is Common Sense? :-)

Thanks, Jon! And thanks again for participating as an interviewee on my blog this week.

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jongibbs

Apr. 23rd, 2011 10:03 pm (UTC)

That list on the whiteboard sounds like a good idea, Phil :)

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clarionj

Apr. 25th, 2011 08:59 pm (UTC)

I'm finally getting to these and found Ray Rhamey's list very helpful; something to keep on the writing desk.

My goal is to read these all BEFORE next Friday. :)

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jongibbs

Apr. 26th, 2011 08:06 pm (UTC)

Lol, best of luck :)

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(Anonymous)

Apr. 27th, 2011 04:57 pm (UTC)

Love your Friday pics

Jon - I love your Friday pics and am a faithful follower. It's a grand and glorious thing you are doing for us writers. One suggestions, is it possible for you to have the links open in another window. That way, I don't have to keep going back with the chance that I slip up and lose your selections. Thanks and thanks again.

Beverly Maisey

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jongibbs

Apr. 27th, 2011 05:12 pm (UTC)

Re: Love your Friday pics

Hi Beverly, I don't think there's an 'open in new window' option for links here on LJ, which is a shame.

That said, if you right click on a link, a menu opens which includes an 'open in new tab' option.

Hope that helps :)

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