What do I have for you this week.
Looking over the links I have gathered for
you, today’s blog is turning into the craft of writing post...with the bulk of
this weeks links across the publishing blogsphere spotlighting craft issues.
It could be that writers are gearing up for
NaNoWriMo...yes I know we are in September but you can’t prepare too early....
First tho some interesting articles that caught
my eye.
Kristine Rusch writes about the scammers who are targeting authors...unfortunately some of them are reputable publishing
houses. This is one of those writer-you-must-know-what-your-rights-are posts,
especially when publishing houses try to change contracts after they are
signed...and it is not an isolated incident.
The advent of Kindle Serials has got
everyone talking. Back in the old days writers like Dickens published their
work as a serial changing parts of the story to fit audience reaction. Check out Jane Friedman and Porter Anderson’s round up of the opinions now that
Amazon are giving this model a spin...
Rachelle talks about learning to pitch your potential to agents and editors.
Jami Gold touches on a few head scratchers for authors...print vs ebook, long tail vs out of print, actual bookstores vs backlist. How does this impact the
author now?
K M Weiland has a thoughtful post on the excuses writers have for not writing and how to combat them....
Indelible Writers have a great post on marketing books...know your hook, line and sinker.
Joel Friedlander has a post on gatekeepers...There
aren’t any now and also a great post on the hub and outpost method of Social Media marketing.
Now on with the great caft list...something
for everyone here.
13 ways to put urgency in your writing from Rachelle Gardner
Are you preaching in your PB and how to tell from Mary Kole
The seductive but deadly sin that wants to kill your story from Larry Brooks
How to get your readers to love your villians- from Writers in the Storm
When your characters cry –from
Superheronation
Archetypes - Neville Longbottom, the perfect foil from Harry Potter for Writers
Revising to raise the stakes in your story from Aimee Salter based on Janice Hardy’s advice.
If you can’t afford an editor...advice from
Nicola Morgan
A must bookmark now post on scene structure from Randy Ingermanson...(The snowflake guy) Truly if you only have time
to check one of the craft links today check this one...
Every now and then I put a link to Chuck
Wendig...he has a striking way of getting his point across...Here is a link to Chuck’s personal rules of writing now...(warning its Chuck! You will laugh and
you will wince!)
‘Write as much as you can, as fast as you
can. Finish your shit. Hit your deadlines. Try very hard not to suck.’ –Chuck
Wendig
2 comments:
Just found your site today. My wife has a children's book she wants to do in collaboration with our oldest son. Will read through some of your archives and get her to read some of your writing tips.
Hi Robert,
I wish your wife the best of luck....writing a Picture Book is not easy! Any PB writer will tell you that!
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