Links of Interest

EDITOR INTERVIEW: Megan Records of Kensington.

http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/meet-editor-megan-records

QUERY LETTERS: Agent Janet Reid blogs about the effective query letter.

http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/10/notes-from-effective-query-class-at.html

CRAFT: Story structure.

http://www.genreality.net/story-structure-and-nanowrimo

CRAFT: Back story. What it is and how to avoid putting too much of it in.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/10/all-about-backstory.html

RESEARCH: Paranormal Investigations.

http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=2726

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: The Top Five Secrets to Getting a Book Deal

http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2009/10/29/ask-the-editor-the-top-5-secrets-to-getting-a-book-deal/

STRESS: Learning to deal with the stress of being a writer.

http://www.genreality.net/destressing

EBOOK READERS: An overview of all the ebook reader hardware now available.

http://dealnews.com/features/e-Book-Readers-Cheat-Sheet-Amazon-Kindles-Barnes-Noble-Nook-jet-Book-more/321945.html

COPYRIGHT: Free download of Cornell University’s “Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums”

http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14142

CRAFT: The difference between foreshadowing and telegraphing future plot points.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/11/foreshadowing-vs-telegraphing.html

QUERIY LETTERS: Agent Jessica Faust discusses query lengths.

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/11/query-length.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Mistakes a new author should avoid.
http://apparentlyaprilynne.blogspot.com/2009/10/firsts.html

AGENTS: How to turn off an agent.
http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-avoid-getting-agent.html

CRAFT: Exposition.
http://jpsorrow.livejournal.com/238997.html