Monday, August 25, 2008

Industry News Links

Lots of useful articles and interviews have appeared online in the last week. Here are some of the best.

AGENTS:

An article on some agents' pet peeves in the opening pages of a novel.

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/Agents+Chapter+1+Pet+Peeves.aspx

Agent Laura Bradford is interviewed here on Wednesday, August 20th.

http://ninc.com/blog/index.php



A NEW CRITIQUE PARTNER MATCH SITE

Crit Partner Match, all genres

http://critpartnermatch.ning.com


PUBLISHING TERMS

The Bookends Agency blog defines publishing terms, Thursday, August 21st

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/


ON THE SILLY SIDE

The Bulwer-Lytton Winners of 2008

An international literary parody contest, the competition honors the memory of Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873). The entrants are challenged to submit bad opening sentences to imaginary novels.

See the winners here:
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/scott.rice/blfc2008.htm

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