Here’s my selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing from the last week:
Expanded Alert at Writer Beware: American Book Publishing/Alexis Press/All Classic Books/Atlantic National Books (Victoria Strauss)
accrispin.blogspot.com/2013/08/expanded-a
Creating Characters That Live Outside the Story (Andrea Mack)
http://migwriters.blogspot.com/2013/08/creating-characters-that-live-outside.html
How to feel miserable as an artist (Keri Smith)
http://www.kerismith.com/blog/how-to-feel-miserable-as-an-artist/
by way of Clint Harris (aka
Truths About Being a Hybrid Writer (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2013/08/truths-about-being-hybrid-writer.html
You Just Got Rejected? Mazal Tov! (and the thrilling sequel: Watch Out for that Rewrite!) (Sarah Crysi Akhtar)
www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/y
How (Not) to Talk to a Writer #6 (J. Kathleen Cheney aka
http://j-cheney.livejournal.com/583916.html
The Importance of Knowing Our Audience and Genre (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-importance-of-knowing-our-audience.html
Writing Is Magic (Kristan Hoffman)
http://writerunboxed.com/2013/08/04/writing-is-magic/
Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing: #1 (Dean Wesley Smith)
http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=9718
5 Reasons to Turn to Traditional Publishers Rather than Self-Publishing (Meg Waite Clayton)
http://writerunboxed.com/2013/08/03/5-reasons-to-turn-to-traditional-publishers-rather-than-self-publishing/
Office politics (Jennifer R. Hubbard aka
http://writerjenn.livejournal.com/352120.html
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.