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
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