Links of Interest

CHARACTERS: Why the characters make a book a keeper.

http://www.genreality.net/keep-it-or-kick-to-the-curb

WRITING: Finding the hints in your writing of coming events in a novel.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/04/let-past-haunt-you.html

PROMOTION: Setting up a writer's blog.

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/04/setting-up-blog-and-thanks.html

PROMOTION: How an author turned her books into bestsellers on the Kindle.

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/authors/kindle_bestselling_author_karen_mcquestion_on_her_movie_deal_159438.asp#more

CRAFT: Creating tension with description.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/04/setting-up-tension.html

BUSINESS OF WRITING: Planning ahead so you'll get your writing done tomorrow.

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/04/planning-tomorrows-writing.html

THE IDEA FAIRY: Where good ideas come from and how you can get more.

http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2010/04/23/where-ideas-come-from-negotiating-with-the-idea-fairy/

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: How self-publishing a book can hurt you if it was given an ISBN.

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2010/04/isbn-that-hurts.html

BUSINESS OF WRITING: Examples of how to create goals for your writing and your career.

http://www.genreality.net/goal-examples-and-aligning-the-hierarchy-of-goals

LIFE OF A WRITER: It's not just a hobby or avocation, it's a lifestyle.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-lifestyle.html

LIFE OF A WRITER: The need to be a public you and the private you online and why you should.

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2010/04/internet-and-your-career.html