I believe someone has been influencing the time space continuum. Just before I left for vacation time slowed down to a crawl, while the vacation time zoomed by. Regardless of time problems, there have been a ton of fantastic writer blogs this week, so let's plunge right into the well.
Writers Speak Out
Holly Black answers questions about White Cat, Spiderwick, and The Modern Faerie Tales.
Donna Gamble talks about what it's like to work on book number two.
Georgia McBride has an interesting post on what YA writers really make. She has links to a ton of articles and posts on the subject.
I loved Aprilynne Pike's post on You Are Not Your Novel--and how you shouldn't apologize for not having written a bestseller or award winning novel.
New Releases
Suzanne Young's next novel So Many Boys comes out next week. The first review is in and it's positive.
Author Appearances
Carrie Ryan fans who live in the south will be happy to hear that she's going to be attending the Con-Carolinas this weekend.
For Fun
There's a fun post on The Pen and Ink blog titled Writing Seminars I'd Like to See.
I found WriterJenn's post on The Evolution of Ideas hilarious.
Laurie Halse Anderson posted a video made by University of Washington Librarians that's awesome. It's Lady Gaga in the Library. Now you've got to watch it. By the way, Holly Cupala posted it to her blog, too.
Writing Craft
Bish Denham has a series of posts on Writing Prompts.
The Wagging Tale blog has a fantastic post on how Imagery beats Description.
Claudia Harrington's blog has some motivational quotes from Sonya Sones and Laurie Halse Anderson.
The fabulous Teaching Authors blog has a post on Reading as a Writer.
I'm sure there are other great posts out there. Be sure to add any that you find in the comments area.
Have a wonderful weekend!
2 comments:
you just made me want to stop everything and read all those blogs (fortunately I'd seen some of those postings, but not nearly all).
Thanks for your diligence.
Thanks, Beth! :)
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