Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #18

Every week I weed through over 100 blogs, looking for writing advice and new and interesting books to read. Considering how time consuming this is, I share the posts I find the most interesting here every week. If you’d like me to add your blog to my feeder or a link from my weekly tour, leave a comment on the most current tour or send me a link via Twitter @by_wjhoward.

All About Writers

• On Fantastic Book Review I really enjoyed the questions asked in, Sensational 7 Q & A with Jennifer Murgia!
• On Enchanted by Books, Guest Author Michelle Rowen & Giveaway!
• On Paul D. Brazill's blog, Guest Blogger: Author & ex -cop Johnny Russell.

Books I Want to Read

Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:

• In Damian Kane's blog, Book review: A Stir of Echoes, by Richard Matheson
• On Fantasy Literature, Wolfsangel: Fine heroic fantasy
• On Bookgasm, Neverland
• On The Neverending Shelf, Book Review: The Line
• On Taliesin Meets the Vampires, Dance on Fire – review
• On Writers Gone Wild, How To Spot A Bastard By His Star Sign

All About Writing & Publishing

• eBook Royalty: Another Way To Protect on Pub Rants
• On Rachell Gardner's blog, What if My Agent Doesn't Like My Next Book?
• There are some interesting comments over on the Wicked Writer's Blog this week on muses
• On Criminal Minds, Taking a Whiz on Book Marketing . . .
• On Jim C. Hines blog, Saying No to a Publisher
• On WOW, Women on Writing, Metaphors Are Fun, Creative and Therapeutic
• On Vamplit, Loving the Undead
• On A Newbie's Guide to Publishing, DRM Free
• On Haunted Dreams, Dark Destinies, Why I Write About Angels and Demons

Weekly Features

• Book Blogger Hop at Crazy for Books
• Follow Friday for blogs at Parajunkee's View
• Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing is a blog tour of sorts, and my favorites in his blog this week are Every Writer Gets Rejected and How to Write a One Sentence Pitch
• Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
• This week's Where Stories Are Made: MD Lachlan over at Book Chick City

Are you highlighting writers and books in your blog for Writer Wednesday? Then add your blog to my new blog hop link group.

Writing for a Memorable Performance

This week's posts over at the Wicked Writer's blog were all about writing dialog. My post was about writing for a memorable performance.

Read the other writer's opinions:

• C. J. Ellison, When Life is Like Seinfeld
• Greg Marshall Smith, did he just say “intercourse”?
• Supriya Savkoor, "This Story Needs Some dialogue," She Gasped
• Steve Liskow, Make 'em Talk the Talk

Enjoy Speculative Fiction?

Here's a website you'll enjoy if you are a fan of Speculative fiction. I've read a few interesting stories on this site.
http://www.specusphere.com

"Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of fiction genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in various important ways. In these contexts, it generally includes science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, alternate history, and magic realism." More on Wikipedia...