Here are my top 20 finds of the last month:
Literary Agents and Publishing
Are you on submission? Then exercise discretion on your blog – Literaticat
The 99 cent Kindle novel Perceived value and consumer choices by Nathan Bransford
Bloomsbury predict 2011 e-book sales will be ‘off the scale’ – London Book Fair article
The agency model for selling ebooks – unfair and illegal? Guardian article
A breakdown of marketing activities for a debut self-pub book launch by Joanna Penn
Self-publishing is hard work – Interview with Derek Haines
An interview with literary scout Louise Allen-Jones by Gemma Noon
The publishing pie – Margaret Atwood talk, and here being interviewed afterwards – The author as a dead moose
How to write a query letter by Bubble Cow
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Craft/Writing
Checklist of 17 questions for your novel by Emma Darwin
The Training-Wheels Novel (some novels are just a warm up) by Nichole Bernier
You totally want to be a writer – Somewhat profane pep talk by Chuck Wendig
100 things about writing a novel – by Alexander Chee
We cannot create a fiction from a fiction – emotional structure in writing by Peter Dunne
Seven questions you should ask a writer by Richard Dansky
Inspiration vs. Determination by K.M. Weiland
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Writing Competitions
How to win a short story competition – Sarah Dobbs and Sarah Hilary
The BBC National Short Story Award
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Cool Stuff
How ink is made by Peter Welfare
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Literature
National Book Critics award – Female author wins, Male loser gets the publicity. – MOBYLIVES article
Nice list, Claire, thanks! That Egan/Franzen story makes me want to punch somebody.
Or at least drop some TISWAS goo on their heads.
Great list Claire, thanks for including me! and very weird seeing Jimmy Saville – it’s been a long time 🙂
Thanks for the link round-up, Claire! There’s enough here to keep me going for the morning. 🙂
Claire, thanks for linking to my essay. Great blog, too.
Great list, Claire – special thanks for Alexander Chee’s, which is wonderful – and many thanks for the link to my own.
Thanks for the link!