Links of Interest

MARKET NEWS:  Amazon has started a romance line which will be available in Kindle format, paperback, and audio books.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?ID=1559716&p=irol-newsArticle&c=176060&highlight=

BELIEVABLE DIALOGUE:

http://behlerblog.com/2011/05/05/mmmm-yes-good-dialog-must-you-have/

EVEN SCARIER NEWS ON HOW WRITERS ARE BEING SCREWED BY AGENTS AS WELL AS PUBLISHERS:

http://kriswrites.com/2011/05/04/the-business-rusch-advocates-addendums-and-sneaks-oh-my/

KNOWING YOUR BOOK RIGHTS, WORLD AND OTHERWISE:

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-spring-agents-fancy-turns-to.html

BEWARE THE PAY TO PLAY ANTHOLOGY:

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2011/05/pay-to-play-anthologies.html

HOOKING THE READER IN BOTH THE BRAIN AND THE HEART:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2009/11/what-i-learned-at-world-fantasy-week_04.html

DNA FORENSICS:  New technologies make it almost as fast as shown on CSI TV shows.

http://writersforensicsblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/new-rapid-dna-technology/

FINDING THE PERFECT CRIT GROUP:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2009/09/youve-got-to-have-friends.html

DOING PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES RIGHT:

http://sarafurlongburr.blogspot.com/2011/05/prologues-and-epilogues-and-opinions-oh.html

DEEP POV:

http://terryodell.blogspot.com/2011/05/deep-point-of-view.html

DECIDING ON YOUR GENRE BEFORE YOU WRITE THE BOOK:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2011/05/decide-on-your-genre-before-you-write.html

MAGICAL WORLDBUILDING: (Note: The title has absolutely nothing to do with the contents.)

http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/05/09/writing-nowadays-superhero-creep-a-continuing-excerpt-part-3/

GETTING THE SMALL DETAILS RIGHT:

http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2011/05/does-your-story-maintain-consistency-in.html

SHOWING VERSUS TELLING:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2009/03/its-showtime.html

USING PROFANITY:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2011/05/writing-profanity.html

SPEAKING OF ONLINE STORAGE SECURITY OR THE LACK THEREOF:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/228018/dropbox_drops_the_ball_on_data_security.html

THE ANTAGONIST:  An interesting way to look at him/her.

http://www.genreality.net/the-antagonist

WORLDBUILDING A FANTASY USING A REAL PLACE AS  YOUR STARTING POINT:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2011/05/building-world-from-ground-upby-janice.html

CHARACTER BEFORE ACTION:  I think you can do both at the same time, but here’s an interesting view using JURASSIC PARK as an example.

http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-you-should-spend-more-time-on.html