Links of Interest

CRAFT: What makes a character so unlikeable that it ruins the book.

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/05/someone-for-reader-to-care-about.html

BUSINESS OF WRITING: Bookkeeping basics for writers.

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2010/05/bookkeeping-for-writers.html

PLOT: Starting from an idea. (A bit different from the method I teach in "The Big Question."

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-have-idea-now-what.html

PACE: Using pace in a novel.

http://helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com/2010/05/pace-its-not-race.html

MARKETS: Mainly short stories in the sf/fantasy market.

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2010/05/sub-ops-ten_31.html

CRAFT: Figuring out why your character does something. Plot goals.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/05/oh-woe-is-me.html

CHARACTERS: Active versus reactive characters.

http://odysseyworkshop.livejournal.com/34171.html

QUERIES AND PARTIALS: How an agency reads them.

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-intern-reads-your-proposal.html

QUERIES: How to write the one sentence summary of your book.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2010/06/one-sentence-summary.html

CRAFT: Yet more ways to show time passage and events learned or done. The equivalent of a movie time montage.

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/06/when-you-wish-books-had-montages.html

SCHEDULE NOTE:

I am hosting the family for a week so I'll be offline with no posts next week. To keep yourself amused play in the archives or check out the articles on my website marilynnbyerly.com .