There are so many generous writers, authors, agents, and editors out there in the blogosphere willing to share their experiences and expertise, it can be hard to keep up with all the information. Check below for our recommendations of great posts put up or brought to our attention this week. We hope you’ll find them as helpful as we did. And be sure to return every Friday for the current installment.
Inspiration:
A Tale of Two Writing Groups
A Writer’s 10 Welcome Signs
Ex-Pec-Ta-Hmmm
22 Websites Every Writer Must Use
James Killick On Getting Into Your Writing Headspace
You’re tougher than you think
Craft of Writing:
Nathan Bransford on Voice
C. Patrick Shulze on Bringing Your Writing to Life
How Many Subplots is Too Many
Weaving Background (Bubble Cow Tweeted this)
A Misunderstanding Is Not A Conflict
Examining the Strange: The Basics of Writing Fantasy
Plotting for Kids: The Story Spine
YA Highway: What To Do With All That Advice
6 Reasons I Stop Reading and How to Avoid Them
Editing Your Novel:
C. Patrick Shulze, Tips to Edit Your Novel
5 Tips for Revising with Editors
How to Know What Critiques to Accept
Setting Ground Rules for Critiques
Congratulations to Our Friends:
JayceeKaycee Advances in the Angels and Demons Portal Contest!
Lisa Gail Green at Paranormal Point of View for Correctly Identifying a Monster 😀
To Market:
A Talk With Three Literary Agents « Ingrid’s Notes
Research Publishers & Agents Before Querying
Book Contract Essentials
Subtexts, “Hoops” & Industry Standards
Chasing Trends and Why You Should Just Write the Book You Want to Write
Debunking the Can’t Get Published Unless You’re Published Perception
Elizabeth Craig on Synopses
April Notes on the Slushpile from Elana Roth
Query Fail: Debunking Query Myths
Pitching:
Rachel Gardner’s Secrets of a Great Pitch
Chris Richman Picks Winning Pitches
Elana Johnson on Building Your Pitch
25 Words or Less–Chris Richman on the Elevator Pitch
The One Sentence, One Paragraph, and Two Paragraph Pitch
Twitter & Blogging:
Nicole Humphries’ Favorite Hashtags for Writers
Nicole Humphries’ Favorite Tweets for Writers May 2 – May 9
What You Can Learn from Agents Who Blog (Great links!)
Alice Pope’s Wednesday Tweet Roundup
Contests & Critique Opportunities:
Dear Lucky Agent Fantasy & Sci Fi Contest
Nathan Bransford’s 1st Page Critiques on Mondays
Contest that Imploded Your Brains
Just for Smiles:
What’s Your Real Genre (A Quiz for the Unsure)
What If Everyone Had Always Been on Twitter at the Same Time?
21 Things Your Characters Should Never Say
Bella Swan You Are Grounded
You’re Welcome
Children’s Books You Will Never See (Note–Not for the faint-hearted!)
And don’t forget to check Nathan Bransford’s blog later this morning for his weekly recap of publishing news and information.
Happy reading and joyous writing,
Martina & Marissa







