Links of Interest

WHAT IS A HERO?  LITERARY THEORY WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS IN THREE PARTS: (Part 3 not up yet.)

http://elflands2ndcousin.com/2011/09/13/a-theory-of-the-hero-agency-voice-and-sincerity-part-1-of-3/

http://elflands2ndcousin.com/2011/09/17/a-theory-of-the-hero-story-archetypes-for-heroic-characters-part-2-of-3/

PLAYING TO WIN, NOT JUST SURVIVE, IN PUBLISHING:  A MUST READ.

http://kriswrites.com/2011/09/14/the-business-rusch-playing-to-win/

MAKING THE RED HERRINGS WORK RATHER THAN HINDER THE PLOT:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2011/09/twisting-in-wind-plotting-red-herrings.html

THE IMPORTANCE OF WORD CHOICE:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2011/09/importance-of-word-choice.html

HOW TO PROOF READ:

http://writerunboxed.com/2011/09/17/proof-positive/

DOES THE BUSINESS OF WRITING EVER GO AWAY?

http://vickihinzeonwriting.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/its-never-just-about-the-writing/

STEPHEN KING QUOTES ON WRITING:

http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/actors-directors/5-stephen-king-quotes-every-writer-should-heed/

MARKETS:  Short story, novel, and other markets.

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2011/09/sub-ops-ten.html

REVISION FROM EDITOR AND AGENT FEEDBACK:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2009/10/re-write-wednesday-taking-control.html

PUBLICITY AFTER YOUR BOOK LAUNCHES:

http://writerunboxed.com/2011/09/20/publicity-beyond-your-book-launch/

PUBSLUSH: CROWD SOURCING FOR INCOME.   GOOD OR BAD?

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2011/09/pubslush-press.html

CHARACTER PROFILING:

http://www.genreality.net/profiling-for-writers

AVOIDING AWKWARDNESS WHILE AVOIDING OVERUSED WORDS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2011/09/get-out-of-my-way-awkward-things-we-do.html

SPEAKING OF INTERLOCKING QUESTIONS:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2011/09/delaying-answers-to-our-storys.html

CHARACTER MOTIVATION:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-do-your-characters-do-what-they-do.html

THE TWENTY-FIVE VIRTUES OF THE WRITER: (BAD LANGUAGE ALERT)

http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/09/20/25-virtues-writers-should-possess/