QUERIES: An agent's suggestion on what not to include.
http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2010/07/query-donts.html
CHARACTERS: Why the hero shouldn't need a hero.
http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/dont-hold-out-for-hero.html
BUSINESS OF WRITING: Incorporating yourself as a business.
http://kriswrites.com/2010/07/15/freelancers-survival-guide-incorporation/
WORLDBUILDING: Stephen Hawkings says time travel IS possible.
CRAFT: When the plot goes astray.
http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/when-plots-go-astray.html
WORLDBUILDING: Creating your own alien/fantasy language.
http://io9.com/5582021/how-to-write-the-next-great-alien-language
WORLDBUILDING: More on creating your own language.
http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/creating-next-great-alien-language-why.html
WORLDBUILDING: For those who don't want to spend the rest of their life creating a language, I suggest my blog article on how to get around not having a language.
http://mbyerly.blogspot.com/2008/03/can-you-say-that-in-elf.html
PROMOTION: Building traffic on your blog.
http://www.blogussion.com/blogging-tips/reader-participation-blog
CRAFT: Switching between viewpoint characters to up the suspense.
http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/bait-switch-tactics/
CRAFT: Prologues.
http://letthewordsflow.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/prologue-woes/
CRITIQUE GROUPS: Rules for success.
http://sylviadickeysmithbooks.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/guidelines-for-a-writers-critique-group/
CHARACTERS: The price your main character must pay for success.
http://www.darcypattison.com/first-drafts/price-of-success/
PUBLISHER WARNING: RWA has banned Dorchester from RWA Nationals for nonpayment of advances and royalties.
http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2010/07/public-knowledge-now.html
SETTING DESCRIPTIONS: They aren't just for the beginning of the novel.
http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/setting-up-and-winding-down.html
CHARACTERS: The moment of change in both the book and the query.
http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/the-charles-darwin-moment-vs-the-ta-da-moment/
BUSINESS OF WRITING: Getting the most out of a writers' conference.
CRAFT: The basics of story structure.
http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/the-basics/
CRAFT: The importance of self-editing.
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2010/07/importance-of-self-editing.html
CRAFT: The danger of the infodump.
http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/re-write-wednesday-to-dump-to-dump-to.html
RESOURCES/WORLDBUILDING: Links to astronomy resources.
http://www.mikebrotherton.com/?p=2322
STEAMPUNK RESOURCE: The history of the airship.
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/a-very-brief-history-of-airships/
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