Interesting posts about writing – w/e August 13 2010
Write Around the World, the online journal at FindAWritingGroup.com
Here’s my selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing from the last week:
Writers, Authority, and the Kieth Hernandez Rule (Nathan Bransford)
Five Simple Things Agents Can Do To Make Writers' Lives Easier (and Three
Things Writers Should Do Regardless) (Nancy Parish)
Moonrat’s Rundown of Publishing Options (Editorial Ass)
by way of April Henry
The Fine Art of Ego Management (Ann Aguirre)
Signing Hell (Cyn Balog)
Be a Sadist (John T. Glover)
Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Maladies? (Nathan Bransford)[Jon’s pick of the week]
Blurb Nation (Peadar Ó Guilín)
Writing Real People (Nephele Tempest)
Indiana Attorney General Investigates New Century Publishing (Victoria Strauss) [Whichever publishing road you choose to take, it’s worth remembering there are plenty of scam artists out there]
The Death of Print/Publishing, Part MCCLWTFXVIII (Jim C. Hines)
Advice for Writers from Writers (Shon Bacon)
Act First, Explain Later (Jodie Renner)
How to Start Your Mystery Novel (Chuck Sambuchino)
Podcasting and the Writer (Norman W. Wilson)
If you have a particular favorite among these, please let the author know.
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I really like Nancy Parish's article about the five things agents can do to make things easier for writers. Her fourth point, about being specific about what they want to publish, is what I feel is most important. I don't want to submit to an agent on a subject that they have no interest in.