Looking for a holiday gift for a writer friend? The Writer’s Guide to Psychology: How to Write Accurately About Psychological Disorders, Clinical Treatment and Human Behavior by Carolyn Kaufman is available just in time for the holidays. You can read about it here.
Amazon announced their fourth annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. You can find out more about it here.
Great Murderati post by Tess Gerritson on Things I’ve Been Wrong About.
An explanation by J.E. Taylor on stimulus and response, and how to use it in writing.
Twitter 101 by J. Steven York on how to use Twitter gives great advice, even for people like me, who’ve been on Twitter for a while.
If you knew which parts of your books people read, would it change what you write? Check this post out and decide for yourself.
Wise advice by agent Weronika Janczuk on what to include in your requested submission.
In an interview with Rachelle Gardner, former agent Nathan Bransford talks about why he quit and his opinion of the publishing industry.
“…many young editors are not being empowered to take on the books they want to take on. It’s mind-numbing how many times I’ve seen an editor get extremely excited about a book, only to get struck down when they try to get clearance to make an offer. And all the while, they’re under tremendous pressure to make a splash and build their career, but how can they if they aren’t allowed to take on the books they’re most excited about?”
Are you thinking of submitting directly to editors with your women’s fiction book? Try Kensington Books. From Cindi Myers Spotlight on Kensington:
Kensington Trade has grown and publishes women’s fiction, which Audrey defined as a novel that focuses on a woman and her life and her journey. There may be romance in the book, but the focus of the book is not the romance. Kensington Trade also publishes historical fiction which features real historical personalities with fictional characters.
If you’re thinking of going into business writing, this post will give you an idea of what you should be making for a range of jobs, from advertising to press kits to resume writing.
Alexandra Nicolajsen, Digital Content/Marketing Manager at Kensington Publishing Corp., says book piracy is not as bad as it might seem:
“…with the help of Attributor, an outside company that protects against unauthorized use of content, a significant dent has been made in the number of links leading to pirated content from our authors. Attributor continuously monitors the Web for copies of Kensington’s content and removes those that violate our anti-piracy policy.”
New agent Victoria Marini of Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents, Inc., is looking for women’s fiction, among other genres. From her bio:
“She has begun to build her own client list which includes commercial fiction, narrative non- fiction, and memoir. She is very interested in acquiring literary fiction, YA, and pop-culture and is looking for debut writers.”
Agent Katie Grimm at Don Congdon Assoc. is interested in representing up-market women’s fiction.
Writer Kevin Lehane has written the Definitive List of Clichéd Dialogue that might give you a few laughs.
I’ll close this with this very interesting post from J.A. Konrath on the quickly changing publishing industry.
Thanks as always, Edie! These are GREAT links!!