Here’s my selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing from the last week:
Planning vs Pantsing babarnett
Using music lyrics in your book? Be prepared to pay aprilhenry
Book Trailers That Answer The Buy Questions (Lisa Gottfried)
Marvelous Marketeer: Molly O’Neill – courtesy of wordsrmylife
Writing Popular jimhines
Thoughts on Writing #35: Gimme a Break seanan_mcguire
Ray Bradbury on Writing Persistently a_r_williams
Getting Published burger_eater
Craft: Workshop disease, or the ‘no style’ style shalanna
free guide: “How to Write a Great Query Letter” by Noah Lukeman avocadovpx
Free to enter Flash Fiction Contest $100 prize draw courtesy of clarionj
[The guidelines don’t mention what rights the magazine wants, so you may want to clarify with them first.]
[Call for submissions to] The Mammoth Book of Best new Horror: Volume twenty-one courtesy of aalford
Call for Submissions to Best Horror of the Year Volume Two ellen_datlow
courtesy of aalford
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.