Quirky Links is a collection of sometimes educational, sometimes just quirky links that are of interest to writers. Some posts have themes, some are just random collections of links we found interesting and think will interest other writers as well.
As always, my attention zigged and zagged everywhere this month. Here’s what made me pause to read… * Well, shoot. Just when I thought all that disaster nonsense was, well, nonsense, I find that the world might end in 25 years. I’d better write faster, I guess. * Do you feel obligated to finish a … [Read more…]
A new year, a new batch of links! So, this is so cool. You can graph the usage of words. I graphed slang terms to see if I was using them correctly in the right historical period. Here’s a nice summary about words that distance the reader from a story. I found this interesting because … [Read more…]
The How to Write Shop has only been up and running a few months, but in that time we believe we’ve had some excellent articles. Today, we want to highlight a few that have top scores from readers, aka most visited. Number Five comes from columnist and young adult author, Kristi Cook on writing young … [Read more…]
-January- War continues to wage between Author Solutions and many professional writers’ organizations. This battle started at the end of 2009 when Harlequin announced its new venture…eventually named Dellart. Fall out includes these organizations unrecognizing Harlequin as a qualifying market for membership. An agreement between Harlequin and most of these organizations eventually reached. Amazon and … [Read more…]
It feels like slim pickings this month, partly because of holidays and partly because my attention hasn’t been as focused this month since a death in my family. Nonetheless, here’s what I’ve found that caught my interest since last I posted: * Here’s an explanation of returns (and how they affect you, the author). * … [Read more…]