Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e January 18, 2013

Jan. 18th, 2013 at 11:32 AM

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

Resolutions and Writing (Beth Cato aka celestialgldfsh)

Top 10 Things One Writer Learned About Social Media Marketing (Colby Marshall)

Advice for Aspiring Writers - By Age (Jakob Drud aka jakobdrud)

Why You Should Critique Other People's Queries (Sarah Pinneo)

Plot “Twists” That Turn the Stomach (Steven John)

What Is Cross-Genre? (Marian Allen)

What Writers Can Learn from Downton Abbey (Nathan Bransford)

Writing Your Tragedy (Jane Lebak)

Who Will Read Your Stuff? (Kim Pearson)

The New World of Publishing: Counting Numbers (Dean Wesley Smith)

If you found these useful, you may also like my personal selection of the most interesting blog posts from 2012, and last week’s list.

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.

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celestialgldfsh

Jan. 18th, 2013 04:32 pm (UTC)

Thanks for the link, Jon!

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jongibbs

Jan. 18th, 2013 06:27 pm (UTC)

My pleasure, Beth :)

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jongibbs

Jan. 19th, 2013 02:04 pm (UTC)

I hope it was an old one.

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year_anda_day

Jan. 18th, 2013 10:35 pm (UTC)

Not a writing related post, but I wanted to comment that I am shaving my head for children's cancer charity- so soon my head will look like yours :)

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jongibbs

Jan. 19th, 2013 02:05 pm (UTC)

Good for you, Laura. Put me down for a $10 pledge. Let me know where to send the check.

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year_anda_day

Jan. 19th, 2013 03:54 pm (UTC)

Thank you so much Jon! You can find my participant page and donation info here:

http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/lauracushing

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ladysaotome

Jan. 18th, 2013 11:02 pm (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree with "It was all a dream" being one of the worst plot twists ever. I have never gotten over a particular book I read that did that to me - mainly since the book was so fantastic until it did that.

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jongibbs

Jan. 19th, 2013 02:06 pm (UTC)

I remember the fuss they made back in the 80s, when they used that trick on Dallas :)

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