Links of Interest

MARKET NEWS, FEMINIST SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY:

http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2012/06/12/open-call-for-submissions-feminist-speculative-fiction-anthology/

LITERARY ESTATES, THINGS TO THINK ABOUT FOR YOURS:

http://www.sfwa.org/2012/06/guest-post-writers-and-their-literary-estates-story-reprints/

RESEARCH AND GRAPHIC SOURCE, PUBLIC DOMAIN MATERIAL INCLUDING MAGAZINES:

http://publicdomainreview.org/

MARKET NEWS LINKS, MAINLY ROMANCE:

http://cindimyersmarketnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/avon-impulse-calls-for-submission-and-more/

USING SETTING AS CHARACTER,  AN INTERESTING IDEA I’VE NOT SEEN BEFORE:

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2012/06/using-setting-as-a-character-a-tip-for-novelists/

CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST PUBLISHAMERICA:

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2012/06/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against.html

FIXING EPISODIC CHAPTERS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2012/06/on-tonights-episode-fixing-episodic.html

MARKET NEWS, WHAT EDITORS ARE LOOKING FOR IN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION:

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2012/06/got-epic-fantasy.html

HOOKING YOUR READER IN THE FIRST CHAPTER, HOW SOME GREAT AUTHORS HAVE DONE IT:

http://www.lbgale.com/2012/06/16/first-chapters-and-hooking-your-reader

SURVIVING THE ROLLERCOASTER THAT IS A PUBLISHING CAREER:

http://www.rachellegardner.com/2012/06/staying-steady-on-the-publishing-rollercoaster/

GETTING THE HISTORY RIGHT, WHAT WRITERS OWE THEIR READERS:

http://aidanmoher.com/blog/2012/06/articles/what-do-authors-of-historical-fiction-owe-to-history-by-d-b-jackson/

CULTURE IN WORLDBUILDING:

http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2012/06/guest-post-bryan-thomas-schmidt-on.html

SURPRISE AND PLAUSIBILITY:

http://elflands2ndcousin.com/2012/06/19/surprise-plausibility-and-its-relationship-to-tension-and-plot-twists/