Happy Sunday, everyone! I usually like to open these posts up with a fun little story but...I have no story, because I did nothing today. Just sat around, cleaned the house, went for Thai food with the hubs, then came home and watch a movie. That's it. Now he's sleeping and I'm catching up on blogging, reading, and revising. Ah, Sunday. A day invented for someone as lazy as me. Love.
Here are some links from people who are definitely not lazy, and are, in fact, totally brilliant:
Ever wonder what to do when you get conflicting advice during a critique? Mary Lindsey has some words of wisdom over on Query Tracker's blog.
There's a great post over on YA Highway on the difference between revisions and rewrites, and why it's important to put time between your drafts.
Shannon Messenger gives some awesome tips on how to find a character's voice (and she uses them, so you know they're fab!)
Wondering how to increase traffic to your blog or get more Twitter followers? Here's a post analyzing what time of day blog readers and Twitter users most frequently use and read content.
Kiersten White explains why all authors - even unpublished, unagented ones - should be nice to everyone, in real life and online. Author gossip can be a serious issue, folks (though we should do our best to fight it).
OMG YOU GOT THE CALL!!!! Now what? Literary agent Jennifer Laughran breaks down all the possible scenarios.
Could you possible be telling when you think you're showing? This post from Sisters in Scribe will help you identify if you have any emotional tagging in your novel.
Janice Hardy discusses story and plot, and asks some big questions which will walk you through the process of ensuring that your scenes serve the greater story.
Have a great week, everyone!
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SUPER links. Great roundup, my dear. Took lots more than laziness to post this, you know. I'd say you're good. You can go to bed with a clear conscience ;)
ReplyDeleteKiersten's post was fantastic. Always good advice. Just be nice and don't gossip. Gossip can be vicious and destructive in the best of times.
I am ALL OVER Janice Hardy's blog. All the time. I feel like I need to just sit down and read the whole thing one day. She always has some epic and intriguing craft advice that I find myself putting to good use--like, immediately.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the links, found some cool new blogs to follow! :D
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