LInks of Interest

MARKETS: Science fiction romance markets--small press and epublishers.

http://www.thegalaxyexpress.net/2009/09/where-to-submit-science-fiction-romance_17.html

CRAFT: Fictional versus real settings.

http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/fictional-vs-real-settings

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: The new publishing paradigms. Agent Lucienne Diver talks about the changes in publishing and what it means for writers.

http://varkat.livejournal.com/117113.html

CRAFT: Does male viewpoint work in women’s fiction?

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009/09/male-protagonists.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Earn out. What it is and what it means for your career.

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2009/09/earn-out.html

MARKET NEWS: Steam and cyberpunk wanted.

http://www.thegalaxyexpress.net/2009/09/steampunk-cyberpunk-romances-call-for.html

CRAFT: The active main character versus the reactive main character.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/09/is-your-mc-proactive-or-reactive.html

CRAFT: First impressions, the first paragraphs of your story.

http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/first-impressions/


MARKETS: Primarily sf/fantasy/horror markets for short stories and novels.

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2009/09/sub-ops.html

MARKETS: An automatic book description generator. It creates good general ideas but not the final product for a query.

http://www.kathycarmichael.com/generator.html


PROMOTION: Online promotion. Social sites.

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2009/09/building-online-platform-to-promote.html


Yet more on social sites and the newer forms now appearing.

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2009/09/using-web-20-content-sites-to-expand.html

AGENTS: Questions to ask a reputable agent before signing up.

http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/09/next-set-of-questions-to-ask.html