Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Links of Interest

MARKET NEWS:  Amazon has started a romance line which will be available in Kindle format, paperback, and audio books.
BELIEVABLE DIALOGUE:
EVEN SCARIER NEWS ON HOW WRITERS ARE BEING SCREWED BY AGENTS AS WELL AS PUBLISHERS:
KNOWING YOUR BOOK RIGHTS, WORLD AND OTHERWISE:
BEWARE THE PAY TO PLAY ANTHOLOGY:
HOOKING THE READER IN BOTH THE BRAIN AND THE HEART:
DNA FORENSICS:  New technologies make it almost as fast as shown on CSI TV shows.
FINDING THE PERFECT CRIT GROUP:
DOING PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES RIGHT:


DEEP POV:
DECIDING ON YOUR GENRE BEFORE YOU WRITE THE BOOK:
MAGICAL WORLDBUILDING: (Note: The title has absolutely nothing to do with the contents.)
GETTING THE SMALL DETAILS RIGHT:
SHOWING VERSUS TELLING:
USING PROFANITY:
SPEAKING OF ONLINE STORAGE SECURITY OR THE LACK THEREOF:
THE ANTAGONIST:  An interesting way to look at him/her.
WORLDBUILDING A FANTASY USING A REAL PLACE AS  YOUR STARTING POINT:
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.