Interesting posts about writing – w/e October 2 2009

Oct. 2nd, 2009 at 7:38 AM

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

Submitting to Editors Without an Agent (Nathan Bransford)

Writing Words of Wisdom – Procrastination damcphail

Thoughts on Writing #37: Hype seanan_mcguire

What do Literary Agents do? (Nathan Bransford)

Word Count for Novels and Children's Books: The Definitive Post (litagentguide)

Building an Online Platform to Promote Your Books (Elsa Neal)

Writer groups: my take karen_w_newton

Slush Stats jmeadows

One reality of self-publishing I hadn’t thought of aprilhenry

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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bogwitch64

Oct. 2nd, 2009 01:54 pm (UTC)

I don't know if it's because I'm focused on it or what, but I keep finding more evidence that word count is VITAL to gaining the attention of an agent and/or publisher. Blimey! With only about 100 pages left to revise and still at 137K (yes, I did check, so there) I'm not too confident about being able to slice another 12K from it. :( But I'll keep trying!

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jongibbs

Oct. 2nd, 2009 02:41 pm (UTC)

On the bright side, when you do manage it, you'll have crammed an awful lot of story into that lower wordcount :)

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bogwitch64

Oct. 2nd, 2009 02:45 pm (UTC)

:) Thank you, oh ray of sunshine!

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(Anonymous)

Oct. 2nd, 2009 01:56 pm (UTC)

Interesting posts about writing

Jon,

Thanks for these super links. Alot of good info here for new writers, like me.

Petenew

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jongibbs

Oct. 2nd, 2009 02:41 pm (UTC)

Re: Interesting posts about writing

You're welcome Pete, and thank you for stopping by :)

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maryjdal

Oct. 2nd, 2009 05:42 pm (UTC)

These are great - I especially liked Thoughts on Writing # 37 about Hype.

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jongibbs

Oct. 2nd, 2009 05:44 pm (UTC)

I'm glad you enjoyed the links.

That Seanan is one smart lady :)

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clarionj

Oct. 2nd, 2009 07:34 pm (UTC)

Thanks for the links as always. I'm interested in keeping up with how to promote books via online resources, so I particularly found that link useful. I'm not there yet, but I like to also pass the info on to friends who are. (Now I have to get organized and record these tips and links somewhere!)

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