Monday, November 28, 2011

Blog Roundup: November 21 - 27, 2011

Chuck Wendig posted about the 25 reasons readers will quit reading your story. I think the entry about errors in particular is quite important to self-published writers.

Greta van der Rol talked about her current work-in-progress and the specific research that goes into it.

Avery Olive wrote about the right time/wrong time to query an agent (answer: there is no right time or wrong time).

Erica Lucke Dean hosted a guest post from R. W. Greene all about getting into character.

Rik Davnall wrote about changing plans, a post I think is an excellent read even if you're not a fan because it shows that a self-published author needs to be flexible. I'm pretty sure a traditionally-published author needs to be flexible, too, but in this case, it's specifically relevant to the self-pubbers.

With November close to ending, Keystrokes and Word Counts is wrapping up their ABC123(4)s of NaNo.

Only True Magic posted the final article in her Self-Publishing Tips and Tricks series.

Paperback Writer's post on ten online writing tools was pretty cool.

There's a post at Seeking the Write Life about the dangers of blogging. I think regular readers probably allow for some mistakes; after all, I know I certainly do. But that shouldn't stop us from being careful.

Ciara Ballintyne attended a speculative fiction festival and recapped the publishers' advice offered there.

Stella Deleuze offered two stellar posts this weekend: this second part on the possessive apostrophe, and this post on reviewers. I completely agree with her. I've left negative reviews. It's not about the author and I've been writing long enough to believe that any author at the point where she's sharing her work had better have the thick skin required to gracefully accept negative reviews (at least in public--everyone has the right to cry to their parents/friends in private). When I review, I review for the benefit of other readers, not for the benefit of the author.

I didn't catch this post last time. Teen Shiver posted about reasons to write a short story.

The post at The Sharp Angle about co-writing is good food for thought.

Trac Changes has a series of posts on the lifecycle of a book. Here is the first post. It's quite educational.

Written Words hosted a guest post from R. S. Guthrie on the best and worst of being an author.

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