Writing:
- Yesterday @JanetNorCal sent out this plea, can anyone help her? I thought someone tweeted a link to the fine line between contemps and historicals — but I can’t find it now. Did I imagine it?
- Are you also researching how to write an awesome query? Lydia Sharp posted 3 Things You Can Leave Out of Your Query, and 3 Things You Should Include
- Writing in Deep POV? Read tons of posts on it that cover the same points? Here’s some new ones to take you a little deeper: A checklist for deep POV (in 1st or 3rd person!)
- Liana Brooks posted about How To Use Twitter
- Editor A. Victoria Mixon guest posts on Jami Gold’s blog, Story Climax: The Whole Point — Guest: Victoria Mixon – great way to look at your story in a macro way; it helped me hone my hook for my query letter.
- Kristen Lamb continues her series on structure with Structure Part 7–Genre Matters, in which she cautions you to avoid the equivalent of writing tuna ice cream
- Agent Rachelle Gardner posts What NOT to Blog About, or tweet about! Do you blog about your rejections?
- Sharla Rae blogs about Why Some Blogs Make Me Cranky with some good advice for bloggers. (I hope mine doesn’t make her cranky)
- Romance writers, some inspiration: Greatest Marriage Proposal Ever, creative and funny
Books:
- Have you ever tried to remember the title of a book you read a long time ago? Check out this forum that helps you find it!
In Geekdom:
- A great article on The Rise of Geek Girls
- From tumblr, a steampunk Mister Potato Head!
- And I’ll leave you with this:
Great links! thanks. And hang in there regarding the query letter. It’s my nemesis, but it is SOOOOOO cool when it finally works.
Thanks Lisa! Will keep working on it 🙂
Thanks for the link, Angela! And OMG, love the two pictures – mashups of Star Wars and Scottish and of Firefly and D&D. Awesome!
Good luck on your query. I still haven’t gotten mine right–It’s my nemesis. 🙁
Aren’t they a riot?
On your query, what stage are you in?
Is “bang head against keyboard” a stage? 🙂
I’ve queried on and off for over a year and a half. My actual manuscript has done well in contests, so I know it’s “close,” but I get nothing off my querying. Kind of a clue my query sucks, eh? 🙂
In other words, if you want to beta-read/exchange queries with me to get feedback, let me know. 😉
I would love to! I’ll send you my latest to your email addy and then you can respond with yours…
Thanks for the link to Writers in the storm –
AND now that I’ve visited, I’m going to spend an hour on these links instead of my WIP – I just know it…
Thank you for your link to Pop Culture Monster, Angela! 🙂
Great mashup!