For Writers, By Writers

One of the best things I've discovered about the online writing community so far is the willingness of other writers to offer insight and tips about the craft. Maybe it's out of the goodness of our hearts... Maybe it's because we want to build brands for ourselves/make ourselves more marketable... Maybe it's for something else entirely. But whatever the purpose of the posts, they often contain very valuable information about the industry.

I have an Internet favorites folder titled "writing". This folder houses several subfolders: "agents to query", "writing tips", "inspiration", "editing info", etc. Whenever I come across a website, or blog post, that's really helpful, I save it to one of my writing folders.

Today, I wanted to point out some of my favorite writing blog posts from the past few weeks. Enjoy!!

• A guest post (by THE INTERN) on Rhiannon's blog outlining a manuscript's journey through a publishing house
• Shannon's lesson about scene lengths
• For those of you who write YA, Georgia McBride's got a special scheduled #YALitChat coming up! January 27th, at 3pm, International Marketing of US YA Books
• Anne Riley's guest post on the Guide to Literary Agents Editor's Blog, about how she found her agent
• Simon's Short Fiction Guide for Recalcitrant Novelists
• Carol's notes on dialogue
• Iapetus999's list of the top writer's blogs of 2009. (Okay, I'm kind of tooting my own horn here because he listed ME! But there are some other really great blogs listed - you should definitely check them out!)
• Also, Iapetus999's most recent post about story structure (the entire series is worth a read)
• Though I missed it (SO BUMMED), Shannon Delaney hosted a twitter chat on December 10th with other authors debuting in 2010. Hopefully they'll have more - so keep an eye out on her blog!
• June Hur's post on Let the Words Flow re: making a book trailer (in 10 easy steps)
• For those of you new to twitter, check out inkygirl's Writer's Guide To Twitter (okay so this one's more than a few weeks old, but it's a FANTASTIC resource!)
• Roni's post about structuring the middle of your story
• Kathryn Craft's post on The Blood-Red Pencil about dialogue interruptions
• Wendy's secret to publication
• Courtney's post about the way she plots her novels

There are lots of fabulous posts out there--this list is just a fraction of what I've bookmarked. I promise to continue sharing what I find helpful!

Oh, and PS. I'm awfully close to 100 followers. When I reach that magic number, I just may have a super awesome contest... Just sayin'

♥ me