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Cruisin' the Blog & Members' News

Sandie Hudson wrote 3 hours ago: Welcome to this week’s ‘Cruisin’ the Blog’ and Member’s News. Can you believe that November is almos … more →

Tags: Cruisin' the Blogs, Events, Members' News, Anita Mack, Anna Campbell, anne whitfield, Annie West, bonnie trenga, CC Coburn

Publishers and Profit -- The Value of Transparency

Andrew Kent wrote 3 days ago: Cover of Twilight Fall: A Novel of the Darkyn Recently, there’s been a good discussion about p … more →

Tags: Mental Health, rich and famous, thinking out loud, Author, Bestseller, book, Publishing

Ignorance was good while it lasted and other things I'm thankful for.8 comments

Tricia wrote 5 days ago: This time last year, I was an internet virgin. I knew it was out there; it offered nothing for me. M … more →

Tags: Community Writing, Creative Writing, Humor, writer, writing, Community Writing sites, Setting Goals

Fiction vs. Memoir4 comments

Christi Craig wrote 1 week ago: On Salon.com, Laura Miller wrote “A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autob … more →

Tags: Fiction, Life, writing, Alice Sebold, ben yagoda, Book Awards, Laura Miller, memoir, Novel

Lit Agent Synchronicity - Comparing Your Novel

nelsonleith wrote 2 weeks ago: Today, both Nathan Bransford and Ask Daphne address the perennial query letter dilemma: to invoke th … more →

Tags: Blogroll, ask daphne, Bestsellers, Publishing, Query Letter, writing

Query Letter Purgatory1 comment

Gwen Hernandez wrote 3 weeks ago: Have I mentioned how much writers hate crafting query letters? Yes? Oh, fine. Well, maybe it’s … more →

Tags: Writing Life, Query Letters, queries, agents, Kristin Nelson, Janet Reid, query shark

Sunrise, sunset

debutnovelist wrote 4 weeks ago: Had a sobering thought yesterday when I heard mail delivery (i.e. by the postman) being described as … more →

Tags: E-Books, First Person, WIP

The Dreaded Outline & Birthday Cash

richinman wrote 4 weeks ago: After my fiction writer’s club meeting on Wednesday and a poignant post from Nathan Bransford … more →

Tags: Life in general, writing, outlines, Birthday, Grandma, 2.0, literary styles, publish

Technology Ending Physical Product...Ramble3 comments

grrlgenius22 wrote 1 month ago: nook Last week Barnes & Nobles released it’s electronic book reader, nook. Cries went up from wr … more →

Tags: Social Media, technology, E-Books, Publishing, Travis Barker, Kanye West, Books, Stephen King, NOOK

Bummer8 comments

Carolyn Yalin wrote 1 month ago: Last week, I (along with 2400+ other people) entered Nathan Bransford’s The 3rd Sort-of-Annual … more →

Tags: Agent Talk, Contests, first paragraph, rejection letters

Pick A Genre, Any Genre...

bigwords88 wrote 1 month ago: NaNo is approaching fast, and I still haven’t even decided which genre I’ll be using for … more →

Tags: Over the line, Comics, writing, zombies, Absolute Write, SF, western, Horror, Fantasy

Paragraphical Insanity3 comments

owlandsparrow wrote 1 month ago: In case you haven’t heard, Nathan Bransford, literary-agent-slash-blogger-extraordinaire, is h … more →

Tags: The Writing Process, Agent, Coincidence?, confidence, contest, Editing, Novels, Opinions, Paragraph

lunch hour links for writers -- 10/14/094 comments

Teresa wrote 1 month ago: Events have slowed and the needle has moved out of my red zone, so things are back to normal here at … more →

Tags: Lunch Hour Links, Novel-Writing, Linda Rohrbough, Critiques, kelly bryson, <punctuation>, lunch hour links for writers, The Rose and Thorn, peter cooper

Nathan Bransford’s 3rd Sort of Annual Stupendously Ultimate First Paragraph Challenge6 comments

Teresa wrote 1 month ago: Well if you haven’t heard about it by now, you’re probably dead or under a rock, but just in case: L … more →

Tags: Contests, paragraph contest, literary agents contests

Fun writing contest

pubbloghub wrote 1 month ago: Fun contest once again at Nathan Bransford’s blog. Pit your first paragraph against others and … more →

Tags: news around the blogosphere, Info for Writers, contest

One Illustration Reverie; Two Real Deals1 comment

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 month ago: What does this short animated clip have to do with John Singer Sargent or children’s book illu … more →

Tags: News, Pictures worth a thousand words, Special Treats, Andrea Cascardi, Austin SCBWI, caldecott honor, Cheryl Klein, Children's Book Illustrations, Chris Barton

Getting Your Work Read & Represented--Part I: You Are Not a Pioneer; Deal with It2 comments

Ricki Schultz wrote 2 months ago: Guess what. You aren't any of these people. Over the weekend, I read two blog posts that fired u … more →

Tags: The Recovering English Teacher, Writing, Writing Tips, writing, getting your manuscript read, literary agents, Chuck Sambuchino

73_TxtFile: Technicalities

kidbrother wrote 2 months ago: _Sundays are TxtFile days, when we give you your weekly dose of Literary Love. _To start, we decided … more →

Tags: TxtFile, writing, Publishing, Literature

The 25 Best Writing Blogs of 2009

fleance7 wrote 2 months ago: Based on votes tallied by Editor Unleashed.  Some excellent choices here, including two of my favori … more →

Tags: blogs, Books, Publishing, writing, Bransford, Editor Unleashed, literary agent, Publishing and Printing, Rachelle Gardner


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