Interesting posts about writing – w/e December 04 2009 - An Englishman in New Jersey

Interesting posts about writing – w/e December 04 2009

Dec. 4th, 2009 at 8:34 AM

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

I’m not the only one…

lisa_schroeder

Should You Query During the Holiday? (Writer Unboxed)

Writer’s Block

arhyalon

[Flash Me Magazine is running their next flash fiction bootcamp soon]

jdawson

[Rejection] Get Used to it

writertracy

When People Hate You – And they will (Jon’s fave this week)

peadarog

Writerly thinks: The Sacred Lie

lonfiction

It isn’t good, just because it’s bad

seanan_mcguire

Do You Use Goals?

jl_johnson

Curing the Invisible Writer

rippatton

third-person people
marycatelli

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

Dec. 4th, 2009 02:23 pm (UTC)

You know one of the reasons I love Fridays? Because I get to save all these links for lunchtime reading! Thanks!

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 03:15 pm (UTC)

Well, thank you :)

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meredith_wood

Dec. 4th, 2009 02:30 pm (UTC)

These are some great posts! Thanks for linking us in on them. :-)

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 03:16 pm (UTC)

My pleasure :)

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asakiyume

Dec. 4th, 2009 02:51 pm (UTC)

Nice set of links. I particularly liked the one on curing the invisible writer, just because I liked the image of someone invisible becoming more visible. It's funny how we can remain hidden in plain sight. I kind of like that idea--just the idea of it; I know it's not good from a publicity point of view!

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 03:17 pm (UTC)

That Ripley Patton is one smart cookie :)

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rippatton

Dec. 5th, 2009 08:28 am (UTC)

Aw gee whiz! Thanks.

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peadarog

Dec. 4th, 2009 04:54 pm (UTC)

I liked the one about lies. An interesting way to look at characters...

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 05:20 pm (UTC)

It is isn't it? There are some smart writers on that World Wide Web thingy :)

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peadarog

Dec. 4th, 2009 05:21 pm (UTC)

Truly all knowledge is here...

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bogwitch64

Dec. 4th, 2009 05:22 pm (UTC)

I liked that one too. I never realized that all my characters (the ones I can think of) have at least one lie they tell themselves, and that this lie is inherent to their character. Very cool.

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 05:21 pm (UTC)

Uh-oh, I sense a disturbance in the Force :)

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bogwitch64

Dec. 4th, 2009 05:21 pm (UTC)

As always, pleasant lunchtime reading. Thanks again!

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 05:28 pm (UTC)

My pleasure. By the way, I'm still not getting most comments forwarded :(

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bogwitch64

Dec. 4th, 2009 05:31 pm (UTC)

That's pretty crazy. Have you contacted LJ at all?

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 06:08 pm (UTC)

Yeah, they say it's my service provider, Optonline. I can't get through to speak to anyone there, and the hi-tech 'chat with a tech support online' gizmo won't load properly, so I'm stuck for now.

It's frustrating because, while I can check my messages to see who's commented on my journal, I've no way of telling if I've missed someone's reply to a comment I left on his/her blog, which seems to happen about 50% of the time :(

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kmarkhoover

Dec. 4th, 2009 09:03 pm (UTC)

"why people hate you" was a good link, I thought

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jongibbs

Dec. 4th, 2009 11:44 pm (UTC)

Me too :)

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tracy_d74

Dec. 5th, 2009 02:28 am (UTC)

As all ways you done good kid! Great links. I was drawn to the rejection and people will hate you post first. Not sure what that is about. . . I recovered and visited the lying and visibility posts. All very good.

I hope this constant finding good links and receiving praise does not give you a big ego . . . :)

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jongibbs

Dec. 5th, 2009 07:33 pm (UTC)

Lol, finding good posts is a darn sight easier than writing them :)

As for the ego thing, rest assured, I'm still the most modest man the world has ever known ;)

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tracy_d74

Dec. 5th, 2009 07:44 pm (UTC)

I figured you were humble, given all the self-deprecating remarks. But the statement, 'most modest man the world has ever known, ' gives me pause. Hmmmm? ;-)

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jongibbs

Dec. 5th, 2009 07:31 pm (UTC)

It was a goodie :)

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rippatton

Dec. 5th, 2009 08:26 am (UTC)

I can't believe I made your list, Jon. It was one of my secret goals. Yip!

Ripley

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