Links of Interest

QUERIES: An agent's suggestion on what not to include.

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2010/07/query-donts.html

CHARACTERS: Why the hero shouldn't need a hero.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/dont-hold-out-for-hero.html

BUSINESS OF WRITING: Incorporating yourself as a business.

http://kriswrites.com/2010/07/15/freelancers-survival-guide-incorporation/

WORLDBUILDING: Stephen Hawkings says time travel IS possible.

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/stephen-hawking-time-travel-to-the-future-is-possible.html

CRAFT: When the plot goes astray.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/when-plots-go-astray.html

WORLDBUILDING: Creating your own alien/fantasy language.

http://io9.com/5582021/how-to-write-the-next-great-alien-language

WORLDBUILDING: More on creating your own language.

http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2010/07/creating-next-great-alien-language-why.html

WORLDBUILDING: For those who don't want to spend the rest of their life creating a language, I suggest my blog article on how to get around not having a language.

http://mbyerly.blogspot.com/2008/03/can-you-say-that-in-elf.html

PROMOTION: Building traffic on your blog.

http://www.blogussion.com/blogging-tips/reader-participation-blog

CRAFT: Switching between viewpoint characters to up the suspense.

http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/bait-switch-tactics/

CRAFT: Prologues.

http://letthewordsflow.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/prologue-woes/

CRITIQUE GROUPS: Rules for success.

http://sylviadickeysmithbooks.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/guidelines-for-a-writers-critique-group/

CHARACTERS: The price your main character must pay for success.

http://www.darcypattison.com/first-drafts/price-of-success/

PUBLISHER WARNING: RWA has banned Dorchester from RWA Nationals for nonpayment of advances and royalties.

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2010/07/public-knowledge-now.html

SETTING DESCRIPTIONS: They aren't just for the beginning of the novel.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/setting-up-and-winding-down.html

CHARACTERS: The moment of change in both the book and the query.

http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/the-charles-darwin-moment-vs-the-ta-da-moment/

BUSINESS OF WRITING: Getting the most out of a writers' conference.

http://www.genreality.net/working-a-writers-conference-part-ii-getting-the-most-out-of-your-money-and-time

CRAFT: The basics of story structure.

http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/the-basics/

CRAFT: The importance of self-editing.

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2010/07/importance-of-self-editing.html

CRAFT: The danger of the infodump.

http://storyflip.blogspot.com/2010/07/re-write-wednesday-to-dump-to-dump-to.html

RESOURCES/WORLDBUILDING: Links to astronomy resources.

http://www.mikebrotherton.com/?p=2322

STEAMPUNK RESOURCE: The history of the airship.

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/a-very-brief-history-of-airships/

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