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

• Calling all LGBTQ writers of YA fiction: an agent is looking for you!
• Agent Jennifer Laughran explains why it’s not always a great idea to make your own deals.
• Agent Jean V. Naggar urges you to revise, revise, revise.
• Agent Roseanne Wells wants you to think before you throw in a dragon.
• Writer Rachel Aaron offers three hooks to help you muscle up those flabby scenes…
• … and writer Janice Hardy digs into the Seven Deadly Sins of first chapters.
• And finally, how cool is this? An infographic that shows you how a book is made.

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Enjoy your weekend. Writing something wonderful!

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Posted by: Kelley