Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Links of Interest

CRAFT: How to show the reader a character's skills/powers/whatever without being boring.


http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-need-montage.html


PROMOTION: What to do with extra galleys (ARCs) before you are published.


http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2010/05/using-your-galleys.html


PROMOTION: The value of having short stories in anthologies.


http://www.genreality.net/in-praise-of-short-stories


BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Cost comparisons between paper and ebooks.


http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/e-books-so-lets-talk-about-that-whole-its-free-notion/


ONLINE IDEA GENERATORS: A list of plot, worldbuilding, name, etc., generators to get the ideas flowing.


http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2010/05/gen-ten.html


TWITTER FOR WRITERS: For those who Twitter, here are some excellent resources for writers.


http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/05/twitter-for-writers.html


http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/05/twitterific_22.html


BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: That live appointment with an editor or agent at a convention. How to be "beautiful."


http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2010/05/date-with-editor-or-agent-10-steps-to.html


BUSINESS OF WRITING: Why you should keep copies of everything you write.


http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2010/05/22/be-a-hoarder/comment-page-1/#comment-7626


WORLDBUILDING: The world or the story? Which should come first?


http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2010/05/world-building-seeds-and-branches.html


CRAFT: Rearranging to make your book stronger.


http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2010/05/rearranging-things.html


CRAFT: The antagonist and the protagonist. A really nice piece on how each works with the other in a story.


http://www.genreality.net/protagonist-antagonist


PROMOTION: Using your email list for promotion.


http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/05/26/AuthorsBuildYourEmailListNOW.aspx



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