Interesting posts about writing – w/e June 17th 2011

Jun. 17th, 2011 at 11:06 AM

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

Getting Past the Plateau (Jim C. Hines aka jimhines)

Using Utopia in your Fiction (Gustavo Bondoni aka bondo_ba)

Don’t Rush to Judgement (Kim Pearson)

Kindle Starter kit: A Mini-Handbook on Independent Publication (Nancy Fulda aka nancyfulda)

Are you ready for the call? (Carolyn Kaufman)

Book Marketing Methods That Don’t Work (Victoria Strauss)

Developing the Hook in a Query Letter (Chuck Sambuchino)

Why it’s Tough to Be Your Own Editor (Nancy Fulda aka nancyfulda)

The Beta & the Omega (Sarah LaPolla)

Promoting Your Book: The Dos and Don’ts of Being a Great Interviewee (Carolyn Kaufman)
by way of Cynthia Leitich Smith (aka cynleitichsmith)

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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bondo_ba

Jun. 17th, 2011 11:17 am (UTC)

This list has become one of my go to places when looking for interesting writing stuff. Honored to have made it this week - and thankful to you for putting the effort into compiling it!

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jongibbs

Jun. 17th, 2011 11:24 am (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words, Gustavo :)

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wendigomountain

Jun. 17th, 2011 11:25 am (UTC)

I'm with Gustavo on this all the way. Keep the links comin'!

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jongibbs

Jun. 17th, 2011 11:29 am (UTC)

Thank you. I will :)

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bogwitch64

Jun. 17th, 2011 02:28 pm (UTC)

Good advice from Victoria Strauss. I just wish there were some suggestions on what DOES work, too!

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jimhines

Jun. 17th, 2011 04:19 pm (UTC)

If any of us knew, we'd share 'em!

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bogwitch64

Jun. 17th, 2011 04:35 pm (UTC)

I'll keep hoping for that magic!

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jongibbs

Jun. 20th, 2011 06:16 am (UTC)

I suspect what works for one book, may not work so well for another, even when it's by the same author.

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jongibbs

Jun. 20th, 2011 06:18 am (UTC)

I'm a new reader of Carolyn's blog, but so far, I'm most impressed :)

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pgiunta

Jun. 19th, 2011 01:22 pm (UTC)

Excellent batch of articles, Jon, particularly from Victoria Strauss and Carolyn Kaufman's advice for interviewee's was excellent. I left a comment on her blog as well.

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