Links of Interest

TWEET WRITING SKILLS:

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2010/08/tight-writing-for-good-tweets.html

PROMOTION: Using book trailers to their best advantage.

http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/08/10/5WaysToUseBookTrailersToDriveSales.aspx

CHARACTERIZATION: The danger of making a nice character appear unlikable at the beginning.

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2010/08/you-never-get-second-chance-to-make.html

CRAFT: Trying not to repeat yourself in your books.

http://writerunboxed.com/2010/08/12/copy-cat

QUERIES: How individual should they be?

http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2010/08/individualizing-query.html

CONFLICT: What it is and how to create it.

http://www.genreality.net/conflict

REFERENCE RESOURCES: Reference books an author should have.

http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2010/08/reference-book-essentials.html

CHARACTERS: Writing a male character.

http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/2010/08/13/on-writing-convincing-male-characters/

WARNING: Bowker Manuscript Submission services isn't exactly what it seems.

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2010/08/bowker-manuscript-submissions.html

EXCELLENT NEW ONLINE THESAURUS: Shows by context as well as by definition:

http://www.wordnik.com/thesaurus

CHARACTERS: How a murderer acts after the murder.

http://margotkinberg.blogspot.com/2010/08/soany-regrets.html

QUERIES: Some really useful tips. I even learned something.

http://fictiongroupie.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-from-queryfest.html

BALLISTICS FOR WRITERS:

http://clarissadraper.blogspot.com/2010/08/mystery-writers-guide-to-forensic_10.html

BULLET INJURIES: Info on what a person can do with a bullet in them besides die.

http://writersforensicsblog.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/bang-you’re-dead-or-not/

PITCHING YOUR BOOK:

http://edittorrent.blogspot.com/2010/08/pitching-beyond-plot_09.html

PLOTS: Series of blogs on plotting. Includes the basic Georges Polti 36 dramatic plots.

http://msforster.blogspot.com/2010/07/devious-plots-part-1-if-stephen-king.html

HOW TO START YOUR MYSTERY NOVEL:

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/How+To+Start+Your+Mystery+Novel.aspx

CRAFT: Writing a dynamic scene.

http://www.genreality.net/what-is-dynamic

MARKET WARNING: For Macmillian authors. The publisher is sending letters to many of their authors trying to force them into signing away ebook rights. They are also trying to circle around authors' agents by sending these directly to the authors. MORAL OF THE STORY: Don't sign or agree to anything without the okay of your agent.

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2010/08/publishers-behaving-badly-again.html

CRAFT: Improving narrative drive.

http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/08/17/4WaysToImproveNarrativeDriveInYourStory.aspx

CRAFT: A gimic or gimics will not carry a story.

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2010/08/gimics-dont-make-good-story.html

FORENSICS: DNA Analysis.

http://writersforensicsblog.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/microfluidics-and-rapid-dna-analysis/

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