Written on the internet

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

  • Here are 13 tips for actually getting some writing done from author Gretchen Rubin.
  • Margaret Atwood has 15 tips for packing for your multi-city book tour (two of our favorites: You are a potential traveling plagueship, and Do not set fire to your clothes)…
  • … and also 10 tips for editing your fiction manuscript (see #8, Point of View, for a concise and elegant roundup of how to manifest character on the page, and please assume she is joking when she talks about characters looking in the mirror…).
  • All writers should be aware of the move in the publishing industry right now to “window” ebook editions
  • …and also consider what happens if we start thinking of ebooks first?
  • Any fiction writer can benefit from this great series of posts from Kidlit.com on revising your novel.
  • Finally, don’t miss Becky Levine’s pep talk on why it’s okay if your NaNoWriMo draft is really bad not quite there yet. And don’t forget the Sterling Editing NaNoWriMo Revision Special — sign up before Dec 31 and let us help you launch into 2010 with a great revision plan.

If you have a link of interest to writers that you’d like to see in a roundup, please email us or leave a comment.

Have a great weekend. Write something wonderful!

Posted by: Kelley

2 Comments »

  • Becky Levine said:

    Thanks for the link, Kelley!

  • Kelley (author) said:

    Our pleasure! Thought your post was great, and we can personally attest to the reward-power of chocolate!

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