I’ve decided to keep a log of the best links I find and post or retweet on Twitter and I will post them here periodically. Here is the first batch of twenty:
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Literary Agents and Publishing
Questions to Agents (and replies) – Jennifer Laughran (Literaticat) Open Thread
The self publishing Hoo-Ha – Chuck Wendig
On deciding to self publish – Robert Chazz Chute
The speech that all writers need to hear (on rejection, success and living your life) – Jane Smith
How much editing does a contracted book need? – Jody Hedlund
Are e-books killing the literary novel? – bnet
Bloomsbury Restructure along global lines – Publishers Weekly Feb 8th
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Craft/Writing
The four most common mistakes fiction editors see – KM Weiland
What point of view do you use? – Patty Jansen
The lies writers believe in (are there really any rules for writers?) – The Literary Lab
Anxiety and The Modern Writer – Amber Sparks
Maximising Pay-Off with a Character Fix – Novel Resolution by Lydia Sharp
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Writing Competitions
Why writers should enter competitions – Jody Hedlund
Putting rejections into context – Nik Perring
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Things to Read – Short stories, new short fiction
Sparks – featuring flash by Jon Pinnock, Vanessa Gebbie and More
Horizon Review – Edited by Jane Holland
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Literature
Is there a Literary Glass Ceiling for Women Writers?
Mariella Frostrup talks to Sebastien Faulks on Heroes/Heroines and the great british novel – BBC Radio 4
The dangers of a single story – a TED talk from Chimamanda Adichie
Thanks for the mention, Claire – glad you thought my little post was useful!
Nik
Pleasure, Nik – It’s always good to have the wider perspective!
ooo these are such good links – sorry, meant to comment earlier. I’ve been happily skewing your stats, coming back and then visiting another gem.
And kind of you to link to Sparks – nutty place that it is.. good old flash fiction. vx
Great links, Claire. Thanks 🙂
Thanks for the kind nod and bump of love, Claire…I didn’t mean that to sound dirty… Ahem.
Thanks for the mention of Sparks – fab place 🙂 Lots of other good links there too – esp that TED talk. Have you read That Thing Around Your Neck? Some great stories in there.
Ooh I have been having loads of fun today with this. Best page ever!