Happy summer! It's finally starting to heat up in southern cal, and I'm LOVING it. I'm also excited because in July I'll be starting my first residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts!
As usual, there were plenty of awesome posts this week so let's plunge right in.
Inspiration
I enjoyed WriterJenn's post on Novel Milestones.
This post isn't writing related necessarily, but it's by a kidslit writer so I'm including it! Jay Asher talks about being grateful for what you have.
Technically, this series of posts is from a week ago, but they are too good not to mention. Beth Revis discusses her transition from college to teacher to author (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, & Part 5).
Interviews
Shari Maurer, author of Change of Heart, is interviewed on Janet Fox's blog Through the Wardrobe. Fox also interviewed JT Dutton, author of Stranded.
Kirsten Miller, author of Eternal One, is interviewed over at Market My Words.
Barry Lyga, author of Archvillain (as well as Fan Boy and Goth Girl, one of my favorite YA novels), is interviewed over at Literary Asylum.
For Fun
Suzanne Young occasionally posts excerpts from unfinished manuscripts. The latest in her Novel Graveyard is a lot of fun.
Megan Frances shared how she reconnected to a childhood favorite book: The Golden Phoenix.
Conferences
Julie Musil had a post on a free Writer's Conference called WriteOnCon. Registration begins July 1st!
Writing Craft
The Bookshelf Muse thinks outside of Character Sheets and gives some great tips on Characterization.
There's a panel of writers over at Kirby's Lane that discuss the benefits of Critique Groups.
Bish Denham has an interesting writing prompt on Dreams.
Sara Wilson Etienne talks about how she uses music to Hear Her Story.
Points to Ponder
Uma Krishnaswami has a post discussing outsider narratives. It's an interesting issue.
I loved Carrie Ryan's post on the difficulty of sharing too much or too little on your blog.
That's it for this week. Have a wonderful weekend!
6 comments:
I hope you'll be able to keep up the awesome round up's when you start school! I'm extremely excited for you. I can't wait to hear about all the adventures in writing.
Thanks, Matt. I'm going to see how it goes. I won't be doing the roundup in July. I hope to return to it in August, though. We'll see! I'll definitely be blogging about my VCFA experiences.
Congratulations on the residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Very exciting! Can't wait to read your updates.
Thanks, Suzanne! :)
Beverly, thanks for the mention!
Hey Beverley, I have something for you on my blog!
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