Interesting blog posts about writing – w/e May 9th, 2014

May. 9th, 2014 at 11:03 AM

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

Surviving Nearly There (Robin LaFevers)
http://writerunboxed.com/2014/05/09/surviving-nearly-there/

Writing A Publishable Novel: What “Finally Getting It” Really Means (Larry Brooks)
http://storyfix.com/writing-publishable-novel-finally-getting-really-means

Every phase is great except this one (Jennifer R. Hubbard aka writerjenn)
http://writerjenn.livejournal.com/382600.html

3 Tips for a Happy Author-Publisher Relationship (Mary Keeley)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/3-tips-happy-author-publisher-relationship/

Screenwriting: Turn Turn Turn (Karina Wilson)
http://litreactor.com/columns/screenwriting-turn-turn-turn

Signposts (Jane Lebak)
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2014/05/signposts.html

The Editorial Process (Rachelle Gardner)
www.booksandsuch.com/blog/editorial-process/

Watch Your Tone (Morgan Mandel)
http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2014/05/watch-your-tone.html

When your favorite author disappoints you... (Mark Nelson)
http://heroinesoffantasy.blogspot.com/2014/05/when-your-favorite-author-disappoints.html

About ‘Marketing to Writers’ (Elizabeth Spann Craig)
http://elizabethspanncraig.com/2062/marketing-writers/

Plotting, Pacing, and Crossing Over (Anne Greenwood Brown)
http://writerunboxed.com/2014/05/04/plotting-pacing-and-crossing-over/

Do You Suffer From Fragile Writer Ego? (Judy Mollen Walters) Jon's Pick of the Week
http://writerunboxed.com/2014/05/03/do-you-suffer-from-fragile-writer-ego/

If you found these useful, you may also like my personal selection of the most interesting blog posts from 2013, 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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jongibbs

May. 10th, 2014 09:04 am (UTC)

Thanks, Jenn :)

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ladysaotome

May. 10th, 2014 04:07 am (UTC)

I enjoyed Mark Nelson's post. I've had incidents like that. Sometimes it's a one time fluke, sometimes I try and try until I give them up, which is always difficult. What's funny is I've noticed the more I love an author, the more a badly written book disappoints. I read one 18 months ago and I'm still recovering from the disappointment.

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jongibbs

May. 10th, 2014 09:07 am (UTC)

What's funny is I've noticed the more I love an author, the more a badly written book disappoints.

I suppose our expectation level is higher when we've read and enjoyed earlier works.

I suffered a similar disappointment with season 3 of Sherlock :(

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