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- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- The new BookStats report says ebook sales doubled in 2012…
- The recent Smashwords study analyzes success factors in ebook sales…
- Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch talks about changes in print distribution that can level the field for self-published authors (h/t to Jill Shultz for the link).
- 10 questions to ask yourself before you quit your day job to write.
- Do our characters need to be likable? What do you think, as readers and writers?
- And we leave you laughing with these winners from agent Rachelle Gardner’s joke contest.
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- At Amazing‘s blog, Chris Gerwel explores negotiating the unreal in magic realism and fantasy.
- Great interview with author Melina Marchetta on writing heroines (hat tip to Gwenda Bond).
- Grammar rules worth following (and breaking sometimes too).
- Author Roz Harris guides you through Self-Publishing 101…
- … and publishing expert Jane Friedman provides an extensive list of ebook publishing resources.
- We leave you with this from Creative Something: the easiest way to get unstuck.
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch on the power of habits.
- Advice on dealing with rejection.
- Go do something already!
- Author Suzannah Windsor Freeman advises novelists about short fiction.
- And we leave you with a fascinating talk from Mandy Brown on the purpose and nature of editing. Highly recommended to anyone who intends to work with an editor. Thanks to Martin McClellan for the link.
/li>Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- Cliches are the death of good fiction: don’t use these.
- Writer Jennifer Szalai looks at the impact of Oprah’s Book Club on readers, books, and the business.
- Agent Rachelle Gardner on the 3 things you need for a successful book.
- Media expert Dan Blank on the value of blogging.
- GalleyCat has a terrific roundup of nonfiction query letters that worked! (Hat tip to Alexis Grant.)
- And we leave you with this from Creative Something:
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
