Get that arc right http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/07...-the-narrative-arc/ and your plot will just go KABOOM!http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2009/01/30...or-a-dynamite-plot/

The most heartwarming self-promotion story out there
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/autho...ion_106827.asp#more

A great query letter
http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2009...ren-macinerney.html

RANDOM FACT: I had to go through approximately 350 posts/articles to`create this week's update, which consisted of 8 posts.

Edited by author 02-07-2009 03:24 AM
Are you ready for the revolution
http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...c&articleId=9127538

Ignore ebooks at your own peril

Edited by author 02-07-2009 06:27 AM
Writing Tips from Mr.Patterson
http://www.borders.com.au/chain-thriller/v...writing-tips-01.asp
NEVER SIT DOWN TO A BLANK PAGE
SIT DOWN TO AN OUTLINE

BONUS: Writing Tips and Original Outlines for MAXIMUM RIDE
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:GNftG...au&client=firefox-a

AND YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK WITH HIM (No Kidding)
http://www.borders.com.au/chain-thriller/home.asp

Kindle2, you are my valentine, I love you, but not as much as my Iphone
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDA...1&pf_rd_i=133141011

*The midlist crisis: an inspirational tale
http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrob.../Content?oid=567017
(Please note: She did not go the self publishing route, she has a publicist etc.)

Hours of fun picking the brains of successful authors
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/interview/...thor/richard-watson

WARNING: HIGHLY ADDICTIVE

Edited by author 02-20-2009 08:27 PM
And you thought working in isolation was great. Find writing buddies, they will come in handy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/1...ts-avoiding-cliches
Book advertising - latest examples of ingenuity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/16/advertising-industry
List of freelance publicists you might want to hire
http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/li...ce-book-publicists/

Edited by author 02-21-2009 06:44 PM
If only we were as brave as this kid - poet takes on Taliban.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/1...eref=rss_topstories
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/...stories#cnnSTCVideo
Writer's rooms - the series
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/writersrooms

Inside publishing: How book covers are produced
http://bookroast.blogspot.com/2009/02/cover-me.html

How successful writers keep up their confidence
http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2009/02/08...p-their-confidence/

Meet the editors
http://www.pw.org/content/agents_and_edito..._four_young_editors

READ THIS BIT CAREFULLY
I never wanted to know who the author was. I didn't want to look at their pictures. I just wanted to exist in the worlds that they had created. That was it. When I got into the industry, I quickly learned that that was not acceptable. The first thing I get asked at our editorial meeting is, "Where have they published?" You want to know that somebody has been publishing their short stories, even if a total of a hundred people have read them. It's always the first question.

The God of all literary agents talks
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066583.html

and we MUST listen and learn

Why it's pointless telling anyone that writing isn't worth it

In the first post of a new blog series, the novelist explains why no amount of bad food and discomfort will put people off an author's life

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/...ennedy-writing-life

Via BIBLIOBIBULI (http://thebookaholic.blogspot.com/) the best book blog ever!!!

I believe that – if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression – that you should take on this work like a holy calling. I became a writer the way other people become monks or nuns. I made a vow to writing, very young. I became Bride-of-Writing. I was writing’s most devotional handmaiden. I built my entire life around writing. I didn’t know how else to do this.
http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/writing.htm

MORE from the amazing Elizabeth Gilbert here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA