Links of Interest to Writers

What are you going to write next?

• Creative Writing With The Crimson League:  First Person Narration:  Is It Like Dialogue? by Victoria Grefer

• Writers Helping Writers:  Good Heavens--Another Post About Opening Lines? by Becca Puglisi

• The Write Now! Coach:  Your Query Letter:  How to Write An Irresistible Offer by Rochelle Melander

• Writer's Digest - Chuck Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents Blog:  7 Tips for Pitching to an Agent or Editor at a Conference by Peggy Eddelman

• Publishers Weekly:  DiCamillo, Floca, Sedgwick Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz (Awards) by Diane Roback

Links of Interest to Writers

What are you waiting for? Start reading!

• The Cybils Finalists (Children's & Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards) 

• Goins, Writer:  500 Words a Day:  The Secret to Developing a Regular Writing Habit by Jeff Goins

• BookBaby:  How To Write Your Book's First Draft Like a Professional

• The Write Practice:  3 Dialogue Terms You Probably Didn't Know (But Should!) by Liz Bureman

• The Nitty Gritty of Children's Writing:  He Thought to Himself and Other Excesses by Susan Uhlig

• Write to Done:  How to Be a Writer:  Do You Use These 3 Vital Keys to Success? by Mary Jaksch

Links of Interest to Writers

Write, Write, Write (Here's some reading about writing & those who have written!)

• Kristie Holl's Writer's First Aid:  Toxic vs Supportive Writing Friends

• National Book Foundation:  2013 National Book Award Longlist for Young People's Literature
• Galley Cat:  Free Samples of the NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature

• Writer's Digest:  Tapping Your Inner Villain by Elizabeth Sims

• A Writer's Wings:  5 Ways to Find Time to Write by Cynthia D. Griffin

• Beyond the Margins:  The 6 Habits of Highly Tormented Writers by by Chris Abouzeid

• A. Victoria Mixon:  5 Things a Writer Always Overlooks

• Write it Sideways:  How to Create a Three-Phase Writing Ritual by Debra Eve

• Julie Musil:  Writing Lessons Learned from The Maze Runner

Links of Interest to Writers

Motivation needed? Here's some help:

• Daily Writing Tips:  10 Interviewing Tips and Techniques by Mark Nichol

• Fiction Notes:  Excitement:  Starting a New Novel (Writing Process) by Darcy Pattison

• From the Write Angle:  5 things I learned as a Debut Novelist by Mindy McGinnis

• Susan Uhlig:  The Hero's Journey for Magazine Writers - Guest Post by Jan Fields

• Huff Post - The Third Metric:  How to Ditch Digital Distractions (And Actually Focus)

• Writer Unboxed:  Going Deeper:  A Process Rather Than a Technique by Robin LaFevers

• Galley Cat:  2013 Hugo Award Winners - links to samples of the best science fiction of the year

• The New York Times:  Long Odds for Authors Newly Published by James B. Stewart

Links of Interest to Writers

Happy reading and even happier writing!

• Book Riot:  Margaret Atwood Reveals Her Genre Kryptonite:  Horror/Terror Tales

• Daily Science Fiction:  Three Weddings and an Objection by M. M. Domaille (Note:  If you haven't discovered http://dailysciencefiction.com yet, you need to check it out! Free daily short story for you to enjoy and rate.)

• Creative Flux:  Stories Within Stories by Trish Nicholson

• She Writes:  Surviving Feedback, One Step at a Time by Kamy Wicoff

• From the Write Angle:  Banning Books vs. Curating Them by R. C. Lewis

• Get Me Writing:  3 Sure-Fire Ways to Prepare Your Characters by Matt Roberts

• Jeff Goins Writer:  Life Feeds Your Words

• Writer's Digest:  Revision:  How to Edit and Polish Your Writing by Brian Klems

• Publisher's Weekly:  2013 Hugo Award Winners Announced

• BuzzFeed:  10 Fantasy Authors Who Fight the Patriarchy, Gender-Stereotypes, & Possibly Dragons by Sede Makonnen

• Nathan Bransford:  The Bullies of Goodreads 

• Art Works:  How Does George Lucas Define Failure?