Thanks so much to everyone who entered my Celebration Giveaway. I got lots of great suggestions for funny books, and now my reading list is downright ludicrous. Okay, on to the winners. According to random.org, they are:
Medeia Sharif
and
Rebecca T.
Congrats to both of you! I’ll be emailing you shortly with further instructions.
In other exciting news, my
A while back, someone (maybe Andrea?) suggested that every Friday post have a picture of our black lab, Emma. If I wasn’t always misplacing my camera, that might work. Instead, I think I’ll have to settle for including a puppy pic or two in my link round-up posts. Sound good? Then here we go.
Here’s Emma
Thanks to everyone who commented on Wednesday’s post. It was great to hear your advice and encouragement, and to know that I’m not all alone in the muck! A couple of you said a change of scenery might help me get unstuck. Well what do you know? The husband and I are actually heading to
I was planning on doing a world-building post today, but I don’t quite have all my thoughts in order yet, so it will have to wait until Friday. In the meantime, here are some writing links you might find useful.
-Gail Carson Levine looks at writing un-sappy romance
-Janice Hardy examines describing emotion in first person
-The folks
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have heard me mention that my husband and I are looking to adopt a dog. Yes, it will be fun to have a furry friend to play catch with, but I’m also looking forward to having a writing mascot/muse. Several of my friends have told me how
Remember those rabbit battle cries last week? Well, they seem to be helping. I’ve been making some progress with my revision, cutting and rearranging and adding. And as a reward, I’ve been allowing myself some time with the new draft (since shiny, new things are always more fun). I’m still struggling with the outline, but
I’m buried in grading final papers right now, so this is going to be a quick post. I did have a few things I wanted to share with you all.
1. I’m going to NESCBWI this weekend! I was on the waiting list, but I got an email yesterday telling me that I’m in. If you’re
Thank you to everyone who entered my 100 Followers Contest! I got lots of fantastic book recommendations and even made some new internet friends. Yay! But enough sentimentality – let’s get to the winners!
Okay, according to my trusty random number generator, the winners are:
Aik
and
Angelique
Congratulations! I’ll be sending emails to both of you with further instructions.
Thank you to everyone who’s entered my 100 Followers Contest so far. I’ve gotten tons of great book suggestions (as if my reading list needs to be any longer). But the internet has been hopping with more than book giveaways this week. Here are a few helpful writing links I came across recently.
“How to Grab
First off, agent Mary Kole just started an interesting series on her blog where she’s critiquing submission excerpts line-by-line. It’s a great glimpse into how agents evaluate manuscripts.
Now, I think I’ve mentioned before how lonely writing can be. Luckily, I have a writing date scheduled with my friend Alisa Libby today. Then we’re going to
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Finally reading ASH by Malinda Lo - good stuff so far! http://bit.ly/c8YuoN #
