Links of Interest

CREATING A NOVEL: How ordinary activities can give you extraordinary ideas.

http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/conjuring#more-4964

CRITIQUES: Letting your gut tell you when they are valid.

http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/gut-instinct-you-have-more-of-it-than-you-know/

WRITING OPENING SCENES WITH ACTION: How to

http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/03/11/TheBiggestBadAdviceAboutStoryOpenings.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: Picking the right details.

http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/03/12/NoDescriptionDumpsCraftingAStoryWithDetailsImmersion.aspx

THE VIEWPOINT CHARACTER IN YOUNG ADULT

http://www.genreality.net/the-apprentice-not-the-wizard

PROMOTION: Is a blog a platform or not?

http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/i-have-a-blog/

QUERIES: What to be specific about in a query or plot summmary.

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/03/secret-strength-of-killer-queries.html

THE BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: The steps through the publication process.

http://editorialass.blogspot.com/2010/03/whats-standard-submission-process-like.html

WORLDBUILDING: Building worlds in outer space. (Great links to articles)

http://www.mikebrotherton.com/?p=2071

TRAVELING TO OTHER PLANETS: Software that simulates 3-Dtraveling through real space to specific planets and stars.

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/ (Add ons)

REAL SPACE MAPS:

http://www.solstation.com/

CRAFT: When it is okay to tell rather than show.

http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/03/15/ShowingTellingInScenesDialogue.aspx

MEDICINE FOR WRITERS: How to have a doctor sound like one.

http://www.sfwa.org/2010/03/how-to-kill-your-imaginary-friends-how-to-talk-doctor-lesson-1/

WORLDBUILDING: Sometimes, science is magic, or magic is science.

http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2010/03/16/a-lee-martinez/abracadabra/

KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/03/knowing-our-genre-audience-and-market.html

PLOT CONFLICT: It's not just about the hero and the villain.

http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/03/17/ConflictRatchetItUpByMovingCloserToHome.aspx