- The shimmery Julie Dao has a very timely and important warning about putting your work on your blog. This is something she and I spoke about before. Read her post, peeps. It's important to think about this stuff. It's why I no longer participate in blogfests or contests with my WIP.
- Agent Scott Eagan writes about how crafting a synopsis can help you see whether your novel has a point. I happen to agree.
- Elana Johnson answers some really good questions from authors in the midst of conferencing and querying.
- I missed this last week, so here it is. INTERN gives a very very good rundown of what it means to pose a question to keep your reader reading.
- The BookEnds agency intern (not INTERN) tells us why you WANT an intern reading your query and manuscript first. Great, great perspective.
- Rachelle Gardener is running a contest for a 25-word one sentence pitch. Ends Saturday 6/5.
- Agent Chip MacGregor talks about the hidden costs of social networking for authors. One of the most thought-provoking posts this week.
- Rachelle Gardener's guest blogger Susan DiMickele tells us what my life is like, rather minus the law firm part.
- The good Lt. shows us that an employment rejection letter is NOT SO DIFF from agent ones! Plus it's way funny.
- After Tawna Fenske's awesome puke in underwear admission, Linda Grimes taught us how to write dramatic tension in this account of her first potato-chip filled first kiss.
9 comments:
haha awesome lineup, love! NOW TO CLICKSY!
Thanks for the roundup. :) Although, i'm sad that you won't participate in blogfests. I think as long as you post small excerpts that don't give away your overall concept, you're fine. Only you can write the book you're going to write.
What I would warn against is those high-concept log lines people post on their sites. Those, I think, are more likely to inspire someone else to hijack the concept.
Tahereh - what a lovey
Roni, I'm so glad you did a post about this today (everyone, go see Roni's blog cause she wrote about this after reading it here! http://bit.ly/99xecH
I agree that you can only write the book you're going to write. But I urge caution.
Again, Sierra, you've vetted all the blogs I meant to read but didn't have time for and picked the gems. Thanks!
I read Roni's post. Just about to read Julie's. I do think there are a number of reasons not to post parts of your WIP.
In these days of high concept, your logline could be worth stealing--big time.
And for newbies starting out, no matter how much you crave being "in print", it's NOT SMART to immortalize amateurish scribblings in the permanent archives of cyberspace. Your older, more professional self will thank you.
You know, a lot of people dream of becoming a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle. I dream of writing a blog post good enough to warrant inclusion in the Sierra Roundup.
Anne -- it strangely comforts me that you have such things to be embarrassed about, because no one could ever fault you for rashness!
Trav - FTW! Thank you, that was super sweet (and clever!).
Thanks for the shout-out! I need to respond to the comments on that but people said pretty much what I believe - be careful, but even so, no one can write the story you want to write. However, they CAN steal your idea and that would suck just as much, I think!
Oooh - this is great! Here we go - no, I am NOT avoiding working on my WiP :D
Julie, agree!
WritingNut, thanks for commenting and following, I love you!
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