Google Reader Roundup

Special thanks to Tahereh and Mia for yesterday's par-tay, complete with cupcakes and sparkles. They did a special rain-comment-dance for me. Feathers flew and small animals ran for cover. It was magnificent.

• Children's book author Anna Staniszewski has a list of 6 reasons why she stops reading a book.

• Canadian paper The Tyee has this article on the 10 harmful novels to read for aspiring writers. I happen to think five out of the ten listed are harmful for anyone to read, not just aspiring writers. Bluuch.

• Anne Allen thoughtfully wonders whether you should give an agent an exclusive read. (And congrats to Anne for making Writer Digest's Best Tweets week last week!! This one is certainly worthy of it, too.)

• Rachelle Gardener discusses what if your agent doesn't like your next book? A very good question.

• Editorrent talks about what makes a plot over the top. In my opinion, the first comment on the post answers it the best.

• The Guardian's book blog has a great discussion of some great teen fictionn.

• Word Love by Randy Susan Meyers has a post on what to do before your debut (Hint: it's not twiddling your thumbs).

• This HuffPo article by Jason Pinter (I like to say HuffPo) asks if ebooks will ruin talented authors.
  

• Missed this last week, so here it is in case you did too: INTERN talks about the malarkey-style assumption that men don't read with a very pointed point.

• Meghan Ward has a great interview with author KristenTracy,who has zero online presence! Find out what she has to say about that.

• Kristen L-M knows how to make us laugh with a hilar post on finding a quiet place to write.

• Tahereh makes us pee ourselves with laughter (well I did) with Bella's Honeymoon deleted scene from Twilight.

• Remember how I blogged about writer business cards this week? Yes, well Pauline Campos at Aspiring Mama had some really beautiful writer business cards done...check out her super cool design.