Links of Interest

CHARACTER ARCS: How to use them.

http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2010/09/character-arcs-how-characters-change.html

CHARACTERS: A character's reactions must make sense.

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2010/09/for-every-action-there-is-equal-and.html

FREE CONTEST for agent critique. Write an alien vampire bunny story.

http://greyhausagency.com/Alien-Vampire-Bunny-Contest.html

STEAMPUNK RESOURCE: Check out the whole site. Here is a blog link to a steampunk character type, the suffragette.

http://freetheprincess.blogspot.com/2010/09/steampunk-character-type-suffragette.html

ONLINE SAFETY FOR WRITERS:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/10/online-safety-and-presence.html

ALIENS/WORLDBUILDING: Two scientists discuss what a real alien would look like.

http://sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com/2010/10/neil-degrasse-tyson-and-richard-dawkins.html

PROLOGUES: The Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Prologues.

http://ht.ly/2Km0p

STAYING SAFE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WRITERS

http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/5-ways-to-stay-safe-on-social-media/

BODY LANGUAGE:

http://clarissadraper.blogspot.com/2010/09/writers-guide-to-reading-people-expert.html

PROMOTION: Cheap marketing ideas for ebooks.

http://www.thewmfreelanceconnection.com/2010/09/3-more-free-and-cheap-marketing-ideas.html

CRAFT: Getting the writing right is more than just practicing skills and writing. A very interesting article on how to get to a publishable level in craft.

http://www.sfwa.org/2010/10/guest-blog-post-how-deliberate-practice-can-make-you-an-excellent-writer/

BUSINESS OF WRITING: Jim Hines analyzes his royalties. Very definitely worth a look.

http://jimhines.livejournal.com/531881.html

HOW TO MAKE YOUR CAREER LAST:

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-it-for-long-haul.html

CRAFT: If you have a goal, you need a motivation.

http://www.genreality.net/know-your-why-intent

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Marilynn's Workshop Schedule and Information LInks

http://marilynnbyerly.com/workshopschedule.html

"The Big Question: How to Create a Powerful Novel from a Few Ideas and One Big Question" November 8-13, 2010. writersonline.com.

Have you ever read a story then felt dissatisfied by it as you put it down? All the story elements--plot, characters, romance, and suspense--were there, but something was missing. That something is often called depth or resonance, and it's that element that turns an ordinary story into one you couldn't put down.

How do you write a story like that? It starts with the creation of the story. I’ll show you how to take a simple plot idea, premise, or character and turn it into a novel with resonance.

"Deconstructing Jim Butcher's STORM FRONT" November 8-13, 2010. Savvyauthors.com

Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" series is one of the best-written and most successful urban fantasy series today. I will analyze STORM FRONT, the first novel, as an urban fantasy, as a genre-blending mix of fantasy and detective noir, and as a great model for worldbuilding for a series. I will also show how the hero, Harry Dresden, is a perfect mixture of other worldly powers and human strengths and weaknesses. Paranormal romance authors will also find this analysis of interest.