Links of Interest to Writers

How about a little writing inspiration?

• Middle Grade Minded:  5 Things Every Middle Grade Book Needs by Stacey Trombley @Trombolii @MGMinded 

• Bridget Whelen:  10 Rules for Writing a Synopsis

• Publisher's Weekly:  How to Write YA by Seth Fishman @SethFishman @PublishersWkly

• All Write - Fiction Advice:  How To Avoid Author Intrusion by A. J. Humpage @AJHumpage  

• QueryTracker:  The Rites of Feedback by Stina Lindenblatt @StinaLL

• NEA Arts Magazine:  Plainspoken Inspiration - interview with Sherman Alexie @Sherman_Alexie

Links of Interest to Writers

Spend some time improving your writing craft!

• The Write Conversation:  Keep Writing -- Sometimes You Have to Go Through the Junk to Get to the Gems by Edie Melson

• Emu's Debuts:  Making Time by Megan Morrison

• Daily Writing Tips:  Showing Dialect in Dialogue by Maeve Maddox

• Writers Helping Writers:  Softening a Hard Character to Make Them Likable by Angela Ackerman

• Narrative Breakdown:  Middle Grade Fiction with Author Jill Santopolo

• Huff Post College:  Ink on Paper:  Some Notes on Note-taking by Wray Herbert

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

Take a moment to learn something new about writing.

• Angela Booth's Writing Blog:  Writing Tip:  Schedule Time To Think and Brainstorm

• Digital Book World:  Trident Media Group Chairman Robert Gottlieb on Re-Engineering The Rold of Literary Agents

• Copyblogger:  Here's How Elizabeth Gilbert (Bestselling Author of Eat, Pray, Love) Writes by Kelton Reid

• Fiction Notes:  Hope, Optimism, Despair:  Writer's Emotional Roller Coaster by Darcy Pattison

• Writer's Digest:  Try These 30-Minute Writing Prompts

• Publisher's Weekly:  Fabulous First Lines (2013) by Elizabeth Bluemle

Links of Interest to Writers

Learn something new about writing!

• Adventures in YA Publishing:  Inspired Openings:  Write to Discover by Todd Mitchell

• All Write - Fiction Advice:  How to Write Dramatic Dialogue

• Brain Pickings:  How Hans Christian Andersen Revolutionized Storytelling, Plus the Best Illustrations from 150 Years of His Beloved Fairy Tales

• Anne R. Allen's Blog:  Are Your Family & Friends Sabotaging Your Writing Dreams?

• Writer's Circle:  Tech Tools for Writers:  Storyometer by Stephanie Ostroff

• Author Magazine:  An Interview with Andre Dubus III

Links of Interest to Writers

Here's to good reading and writing!

• Daily Writing Tips:  How Many Words in Your Vocabulary? by Maeve Maddox

• Shallee McArthur:  The Power of the First Draft

• Mark & Angel Hack Life:  10 Harsh Realities that Help You Grow

• Publisher's Weekly:  Best Books of 2013

• NPR Books:  How Cynthia Rylant Discovered The Poetry of Storytelling

• A. Victoria Mixon, Editor:  3 Vital Steps to Creating Your Protagonist for NaNoWriMo

Links of Interest to Writers

Here are seven blog posts about writing I found informative.

• The Sharp Angle:  Defining the Potential for Conflict in Your Premise by Lydia Sharp 

• Publisher's Weekly:  A Conversation with Tomie dePaola

• Daily Writing Tips:  10 Pairs of Words and Their Useful Distinctions by Mark Nichol

• Gail Carson Levine:  Memorable MC (Main Character)

Here are some fun ways to keep track of your word counts:

• Sarah's Journal:  Stuff I've Learned:  Writing Log by Sarah Beth Durst

• Laini Taylor's Blog:  Word Count Calendar (of Cuteness)

• Justine Larbalestier:  Small Word Count Goals (& a way to use Scrivener to keep track)

Links of Interest to Writers

Here's a dose of intelligence!

• Writing Forward:  Writing Tips for Creating a Complex Villain by Melissa Donovan

• Writer's Digest/Brian Klems:  How to Build Subplots From Multiple Points of View 

• SpiritAuthors:  Going Public - What All Authors Fear When Getting Read to Publish by Lynn Searfinn

• Publishers Weekley:  New Trends in YA: The Agent's Perspective by Sue Corbett

• LA Times:  Lois Duncan on Reaching a New Generation of Teen Readers by Elisabeth Donnelly

• The Writer:  Character Profile (Interview Your Character) by Patrick Scalis

• Susan Kaye Quinn:  Create a Five-Year Plan

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?

Links of Interest to Writers

Information you may enjoy: 

• Author Magazine:  An Interview with Stella Cameron

• Marjorie Ingall:  Children's Book Footwear
• Marjorie Ingall: Children's Book Footwear, part 2

• The Write Practice:  There Are No Mistakes in the Writer's Studio

• Writer's Digest: 8 Things Stars Wars Can Teach Us About Writing by James Duncan

• Writer's Digest:  How to Write a Novel Readers Won't Put Down by James Scott Bell

• W.I.P:  How to Write an Original Story by Lynda R. Young

• A Story is a Promise:  Storytelling & the Superconscious Mind by Bill Johnson

• Write to Done:  The Secret to Creating Story Structure by K. M. Weiland

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Agent Submissions - The Process from the Query to "The Call"