Links of Interest

QUERIES: How to query nonfiction.

http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/12/querying-non-fiction.html

MARKETS: Editors are eagerly looking for next big debut author in mainstream/literary fiction.

http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2009/12/17/publishers-desperately-seeking-insanely-great-debut-novelists/

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: This year in publishing recapped.

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/12/this-year-in-publishing.html

CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, Part three.

http://kriswrites.com/2009/12/17/freelancers-survival-guide-negotiation-part-three/

EDITING: Yet more suggestions to clean up your manuscript. This time, removing extra spaces.

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2009/12/self-editing-one-step-at-time-one-final.html

WRITING EXERCISES: Authors list their most effective writing exercises.

http://odysseyworkshop.livejournal.com/25389.html

PROMOTION: Are booksignings worth it?

http://jimhines.livejournal.com/482243.html

PROMOTION: Can you have an online platform AND keep your life private?

http://booklifenow.com/2009/12/choosing-your-platforms-and-protecting-your-private-booklife/

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: What happens after you sell your book to a major publisher.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2009/12/march-toward-publication-or-what.html

PROMOTION: What you need to do to get yourself in the reading public eye.

http://blog.markcnewton.com/2009/12/21/thoughts-on-2009/


BOOKS ON WRITING: Suggestions of writing books on everything from craft to marketing.

http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2009/12/guest-post-books-on-writing.html


AGENTS: Agent Chip MacGregor is taking questions for the next week. So go read the answers and ask one yourself. His blog entries have no special URL so you'll have to scroll down. Questions start on his December 22nd blog.

http://www.chipmacgregor.com/

CRAFT and CHARACTERS: An interesting site that includes plot and character generators as well as tons of info on character psychology.

http://www.archetypewriting.com/index.html


CRAFT: A writing challenge generator.

http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=writechallenge

PROMOTION: Your book is out, now what?

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2009/12/your-book-just-came-out-now-what.html

CRAFT: Balancing worldbuilding, pace, and action.

http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2009/12/22/uncategorized/how-do-you-balance-world-building-with-the-action-and-pace-of-a-thriller/

CRAFT: How long should that short story be?

http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/2009/12/how-long-to-write-that-short-story.html