Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful.

• Editorial Ass on what to expect from your agent and your editor.
• Author John Scalzi advises you not to pay to self-publish. Be sure to read the comments for useful suggestions and perspectives…
• … as well as this post and conversation at Follow The Reader about self-publishing and subsidy publishing. Aspiring writers in particular should be aware of the passionate differences in perspective on this subject, and that you’ll find writers, writers’ associations and publishing professionals at all points of the opinion spectrum.
• Agent Nathan Bransford puts on his Author Hat and talks about responding to critique.
• Read classic and modern books in installments by email for free from DailyLit. Currently 900 titles available!
• Need to get your creative juices flowing? Find great short exercises at Prompted To Write
• Still coming down off NaNoWriMo? Are you compelled to write 10,000 words a day that you just have to share with the world? Noveller is for you! And don’t miss the Facebook page! (Humor alert, just in case you haven’t had your caffeine quotient today…)

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Have a great weekend. Write something wonderful!

Posted by: Kelley