Links of Interest

WHAT SOME SF/FANTASY MIDLIST AUTHORS ACTUALLY EARNS WHEN PUBLISHED BY A NY-STYLE PUBLISHER:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/the-financial-reality-of-a-genre-novelist_b64568

PUBLISHING CONTRACTS, ADVANCES:

http://chiseledinrock.blogspot.com/2013/01/advancing-through-publishing-contract.html

ADDING TENSION DURING REWRITES:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/02/three-ways-to-add-tension-during.html

HOW YOU SELL SF/FANTASY SHORT STORIES:

http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/02/playing-the-short-game-how-to-sell-your-short-fiction-part-5/

PICKING THE RIGHT EDITOR TO HIRE AND WORK WITH:

http://kriswrites.com/2013/01/30/the-business-rusch-hiring-editors/

STUDYING OTHER AUTHORS TO IMPROVE YOUR OWN WRITING:

http://howtoplanwriteanddevelopabook.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-studying-other-authors-helps-you.html

WHAT SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2013/02/04/self-published-authors-share-5-things-part-4/

FIVE THINGS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR WRITING NOW:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/02/five-edits-to-strengthen-your-writing.html

SCRIPTWRITING ADVICE:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/scriptwriting-advice-for-executive-director-of-the-nickelodeon-writing-program_b64886

INSPIRATION FROM A HUGE IDEA TO A FEW SMALL ONES, HOW THE LIADEN UNIVERSE AUTHORS USED THIS CONCEPT TO WRITE A BOOK:

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/02/05/the-big-idea-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller/

FILM EDITING IDEAS FOR NOVEL REWRITES:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2013/02/06/novelists-need-to-be-film-editors-too

SHOW, DON’T TELL, IN QUERY LETTERS:

http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2013/02/show-dont-tell-in-those-queries.html

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR FAMILY DOESN’T SUPPORT YOUR WRITING DREAMS:

http://jodyhedlund.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-to-do-when-our-families-dont.html