I think these recap posts get better stats than all my others! :)
I’m doing this a little early this week because I’m flying to the Malice Domestic conference today and won’t likely have time to compile these while I’m gone.
I’ll also probably not be good this weekend at answering comments on my blog and visiting others’ blogs. I’m looking forward to a return to normalcy next week!
2 years, 3 manuscripts, and 50 rejections--anatomy of an agent search: http://dld.bz/bExN
What should be do with our bookmarks? Some marketing ideas: http://dld.bz/bEUv
The dialect dilemma: http://dld.bz/bEm9
Dorian Gray's true picture of Oscar Wilde (Guardian): http://dld.bz/bEyb
On building a publishing house: http://dld.bz/bEm2
World building is not just a genre issue: http://dld.bz/bEkM
How NOT to make your characters real: http://dld.bz/bEka
Corporate English: http://dld.bz/b8ND
How to read a publishing contract (part 7): http://dld.bz/b8Np
Examples of why show is better than tell: http://dld.bz/b8MR
The life of a commercial fiction author: http://dld.bz/bBCT
Writing humor: http://dld.bz/bBCJ
Tips for hitting the NY Times Bestseller list (GalleyCat): http://dld.bz/bBC4
Do blurbs matter? http://dld.bz/b8MB
Tips on building suspense: http://dld.bz/bAMd
Harnessing Shadow: A Writer's Way to Overcome Shortcomings: http://dld.bz/b8Mn
Ingredients of a great crit partner: http://dld.bz/bAHr @RoniGriffin
Publishers should learn fearlessness: http://dld.bz/b8KX
Writing about a life or social issue? Do it justice: http://dld.bz/bAFn
Tips and links to help with plotting: http://dld.bz/bAK5
WordPress permalinks 101: http://dld.bz/b8KN
Style guideline--rules on writing numbers: http://dld.bz/bAEU
Nancy Drew turns 80 (GalleyCat): http://dld.bz/bAEJ
Author pitch tips: http://dld.bz/b8K9
The books powerful women love (Daily Beast): http://dld.bz/b8Ks
Carve out satisfaction instead of pursuing cut-throat success: http://dld.bz/b8Kh
Tips on pacing from the Pike's Peak writing conference: http://dld.bz/bAfw
He had blond hair and blue eyes you could lose yourself in for days… and other stereotypical crap: http://dld.bz/b8Kh
10 musts of personal branding: http://dld.bz/b8JX
The dark appeal of the short story (LA Times): http://dld.bz/b9uN
The dangers of onomatopoeia: http://dld.bz/b9u2
How writers can get more out of Twitter: http://dld.bz/b8JM
Running and Writing: Focus, Endurance and More-- http://dld.bz/b9kX
An agent says that writing is a lifestyle, not just an activity: http://dld.bz/b8JE
An agent on passing manuscripts to other agents in the agency: http://dld.bz/b8Hp
Disclaimers for book endings: http://dld.bz/b3YX
3 ways to find an agent via Twitter: http://dld.bz/b2Uk
Branding for multi-genre writing: http://dld.bz/b2TT
The components of a solid pitch for a memoir or how-to: http://dld.bz/b2TQ
To critique or not to critique: http://dld.bz/b2T4
After Loss, Turning To Poetry For Grief And Healing (NPR): http://dld.bz/b4cn
An agent on starting your career as a writer: http://dld.bz/b2Tz
10 steps to writing...or not writing. http://dld.bz/b5ky
How quitting can help you finish your writing: http://dld.bz/b4bB
Dialogue that matters: http://dld.bz/b2Tg
You don't need time to write--you need space: http://dld.bz/b4bv
How to support an author: http://dld.bz/b4bh
The great myth about publishing: http://dld.bz/b4aV
How to get your privacy back from Facebook: http://dld.bz/b2SX
Character is destiny: The Edward/Bella dilemma-- http://dld.bz/b2SS @msforster
A couple who started a publishing company in Nigeria--feeding the African imagination: http://dld.bz/b2Uy
10 ways to keep your prose strong and simple: http://dld.bz/b3F6
Do you have a security manuscript? http://dld.bz/b3Fr
The shrunken manuscript method of revision: http://dld.bz/byzJ
Some insights on querying: http://dld.bz/byRE
An agent on rejection: http://dld.bz/bywQ
What made Twain famous (Daily Beast) : http://dld.bz/b2SE
Thoughts and tips on plotting and outlining: http://dld.bz/byuW
An editor advises going to the heart of the revision instead of following advice to the letter: http://dld.bz/byuA
When business is personal--using Facebook's privacy settings: http://dld.bz/byRY
Auditioning characters: http://dld.bz/bwXe
Why start a website or blog if you have nothing to promote? (Writer's Digest) http://dld.bz/bwWN
How Amazon's Pricing Affects Author and Publisher Profits http://dld.bz/bwWG
How does theory of mind relate to creating believable characters? http://bit.ly/dhYeet @p2p_editor
World building in urban fantasy: http://dld.bz/bvGn
The No. 1 grammar trap and how to avoid falling in: http://dld.bz/bvJs
Telltale signs of a bookaholic: http://dld.bz/buSf
Michael Ignatieff and the imperfect world of book blurbs (Globe and Mail) http://dld.bz/buRE
How writing a novel is similar to taking care of a newborn: http://dld.bz/buRc
Great series on plotting: http://dld.bz/buPR
Memoirs Require More Than Just Facts (Huff Post): http://dld.bz/buPK
An editor on coincidences in our book (avoiding them): http://dld.bz/buPB
Book bloggers behaving badly--the unforgivable book blogging sin: http://dld.bz/bwWq
Free software apps for writers: http://dld.bz/bvGt
Do readers want to learn trivia or useful info in novels? Should novelists consider including such info? http://dld.bz/bwrh
Do unpublished books need trailers? http://dld.bz/buPm
The Holy Grail of focus for writers: http://dld.bz/buPg
Setting up the tension in your book: http://dld.bz/bvFK
A guide to creative visualization: http://dld.bz/buNQ
Establishing mood: http://dld.bz/bvth @MermaidHel
Garden therapy for writers: http://dld.bz/buNz
What an agent does: http://dld.bz/buMG
Does your agent have to love your book? http://dld.bz/buSm
Why Digitization and E-books are Good for Literacy : http://dld.bz/buMB
Understanding screenwriting (with examples from film): http://dld.bz/buQD
Writer's Envy--what to do when you're feeling green about a friend's success: http://dld.bz/buM9
Writing the cozy mystery--keeping it delightful: http://dld.bz/bsXe
Top Ten Things Authors Should NEVER Do To Promote Their Book: http://dld.bz/bta6
An agent says to be (slightly) afraid of posting your work online: http://dld.bz/bsYx
How to write powerful paragraphs: http://dld.bz/bsXh
The Procrastinator’s Guide to Writing That Thing You Need to Write-- http://dld.bz/bsXc
How to write about life, the universe and everything (What's your book *about*?) http://bit.ly/byIRSS
Write a how-to book--cookie cutter writing: http://dld.bz/brpC
Blockbuster movies and bestsellers--what do they have in common? http://dld.bz/brpp
Mystery writers--a guide to crime scene investigations: http://dld.bz/bq2T via @micheleemrath
The ethicist's blessing of e-piracy revisited...with the same result: http://dld.bz/bq2h
Back up your data: http://dld.bz/bqzj
If we make life simple, can we write more? 95 posts on simple living: http://dld.bz/bq22
The difference between a 'bad' book and one someone just didn't like: http://dld.bz/bqyB
How to find online writing markets and write for the web: http://dld.bz/bqy3
Putting emotion into your characters: http://dld.bz/bqyx
10 ways to write skinny sentences: http://dld.bz/bq3g @KMWeiland
A quick guide to ISBNs for the self-published: http://dld.bz/brqe
Why translators deserve some credit: http://dld.bz/bqxZ
Parents must let kids choose what they read (Guardian): http://dld.bz/bqxB
The truth about some crime fiction myths: http://dld.bz/bqF2
What are your rules for reading? (Chicago Tribune): http://dld.bz/bqwF
Suspension of disbelief--getting readers to believe the magic in your fantasy or SF: http://dld.bz/bq9B
The Roots of Steampunk--. http://bit.ly/bmlwDX
Death to prologues? http://dld.bz/bqw8
A writer's life--permission to take a break: http://dld.bz/bk5j
Working at home isn't home anymore: http://dld.bz/bk4X
Why men don't read--how publishing is alienating half the population (Huff Post) : http://dld.bz/bk5q
101 uses for a failed author: http://dld.bz/bk4E
YA novelists send tweets back to their high school selves (Publishers Weekly): http://dld.bz/bk4C
When poets became monsters (Telegraph) : http://dld.bz/bk4e
How not to hook an agent: http://bit.ly/daxjxo
7 paranoid provocations on Ebooks: http://oreil.ly/duI11Z
Revisions--Cutting Words: http://bit.ly/aO6nHs
A historian confesses to writing the Amazon poison pen reviews (Guardian) : http://bit.ly/9YVqMX
Trying to figure out how to write the 'first act' of your novel? This analysis of "The Matrix" might help: http://bit.ly/cRzJO0
To blog or not to blog? http://bit.ly/9S1Bfc
How to find an agent (when you're self-published): http://bit.ly/d0ufcO
Plot points for mystery writers: http://bit.ly/91b7SK
The 4 paragraph approach to writing cover letters: http://bit.ly/bhZYGI
Necessary arts that writers must master: http://bit.ly/bbZVZA
Stop lying about the way your characters lie (tips on lying) : http://bit.ly/9IecSt
Negotiating with the idea fairy: http://bit.ly/cqeB7n
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