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The State of My Blogs...Again

Heavy sigh... So I'm on my blog soapbox again...and I've had wine. Uh oh!

Drinking Rutherford Ranch's 2007 Sauvignon Blanc. It's ok for a white from California. Still haven't looked up the reason, but they've been producing some really bad whites for the last few years.

Back to blogging. Besides writing about NaNoWriMo over on The Courier novel's blog, I've been publishing more of the story for the past week or so, and I'm SOOOOO sick and tired of having the two blogs to maintain. Why did I separate them? Oh yeah, the whole marketing an unpublished novel thing. You can't see me, but I'm shaking my head.

Anyways, when I started publishing more parts for The Courier today, I had a realization. Okay, maybe I came out of denial. That damn blog and the whole Twitter novel thing has really consumed a lot of my time. Let me also remind you that at one time I also published it on three other writer's websites. Another heavy sigh...

I'm beginning to feel abused, and I'm the abuser. Oh my!

So I'm back here blogging. Only here going forward. That means the NaNoWriMo blogging is moving here. So in case you missed it.

I created a separate account by the name of TheCourierNovels today for use in NaNoWriMo. Add me as a buddy...

After coming up with a long list of titles that were really bad, I finally came up with Cause for Redemption today (yesterday) for book 3. With only a few weeks before NaNoWriMo starts I don't even want to think about changing it until after the contest is over, so I added it to my NaNo page today.

Quick update on outlining. It's coming along nicely. I've got the major plot line set and have filled in quite a bit of the detailed outline. Have created quite a few new characters too. Will I be ready to start writing on November 1st? Absolutely!

In closing, I apologize for all my flaky blogging. If you do read here, consider it just a writer evolving.

Domain Names Finally Moved to Blogger

I finally made the big move. This blog, The Courier, and Bloodleggers are now on their respective domans pointing to the Blogger blogs at:

And FYI, I'm not updating the Wordpress blogs anymore. Unfortunately I can't forward them here, but there are links to the Blogger blogs over there.

I'm Lovin' Tumblr

Just wanted to let everyone know that I've settled into tumblr at http://wjhoward.tumblr.com/.

Funny, but after I announced that I'd only be posting my writing status here in my blog, I found that Tumblr is the perfect replacement for the Writer Wednesday Blog Hop. So as I find interesting blog posts and articles, I'm posting a link over on my Tumblr page, which automagically posts on my Twitter and Facebook accounts as well.

If you have a Tumblr account, drop by and follow my page and I'll follow you back.

Writer Wednesday Blog Hop #24

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 Dance on Fire, Hitting 50 ...and more, James Garcia Jr., on his four month journey through publication.

All About Books

On Overbury Ink, Number 38, part 7 – by Ian Eliot LeWinter
On Farm Lane Books Blog, White is for Witching – Helen Oyeyemi
On Fantasy Literature's Fantasy Reviews, Who Fears Death: A book I will never forget
On Bookgasm, Strip AND Blood Guts & Whiskey
On Marissa Farrar's blog, The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan

All About Writing & Publishing

FAV! On Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors, Use All 5 Senses to Bring Your Setting to Life
FAV! On Copyblogger, Charles Bukowski and the Secret to Immortal Writing
On Vamplit's Library, Artwork A Personal Story of Jekyll and Hyde
On the Wicked Writer's blog, Internet Writers Resources – free for the taking!
On Rachelle Gardner's blog, How to Become a Better Writer
On a Newbie's Guide to Publishing, The Difference Between Sales and Fans
On Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency's blog, Has Your Ship Sailed?

Weekly Features

Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy
This week's Where Stories Are Made: Paul Magrs over at Book Chick City
On Book Lovers Inc., Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Blogging Events

July 16 - 18, Book Extravaganza
September 13 - 17, Book Blogger Appreciation Week

Join the Hop

Are you highlighting writers and books in your blog for Writer Wednesday? Then add your blog to my new blog hop link group. Powered by Linky Tools Click here to enter your link and view the entire list of entered links...

Writer Wednesday Blog Hop #23

FYI... Bloodleggers begins today. In honor of our first release, we're holding a drawing to win a free eBook published by eBookUndead. Leave a comment and you're entered to win. Hope you'll drop by Blood Reads to read.

All About Writers

FAV! On A Newbie's Guide to Publishing, Konrath Kindle Stats
On Kiki Hamilton's blog, Inspiration, Advances and How to Write the Breakout Novel

All About Books

On the Overbury Ink, Steampunk Novel Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger
On Fantasy Literature, reviews of Killswitch: Even more exciting than the first two books!
Also on Fantasy Literature Thoughtful Thursday: Reading is not a spectator sport
By The Cajun Book Lady, Review: Firefly Island by Daniel Arenson
FAV! On Bitten by Books, 45 Plus FREE Books! FREE Friday! Woot!
Over at Something Wicked This Way comes, Marissa’s Top Ten Horror Novels AND Nicole's Top Ten Scariest Reads!

All About Writing & Publishing

On Pub Rants, One Possible Peril Of A Multi-book Deal AND Talk About the Money
In the Wicked Writer's blog, From One Medium to Another
On Fangtastic Books, The Popularity of Vampires with Tom Olbert and Unholy Alliance Giveaway
On Wordplay: Helping Writers become authors, Should Stories Be Soapboxes?
On Mysteries and Margtaritas, Mary's Rants - Take the whine out of writing
On Writers Gone Wild, Thoughts on Editing by SarannaDeWylde
Thank you Rachell Gardner for Short and Not-Always-Sweet Answers AND Really Not That Complicated
FAV! On Writing in the Crosshairs, How Can We Know talks about the buzz about agents charging for readings.

Weekly Features

Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing AND Why I Write Vague Rejection Letters
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy
This week's Where Stories are Made: AUTHOR over at Book Chick City
On Book Lovers Inc., Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Blogging Events

July 16 - 18, Book Extravaganza
September 13 - 17, Book Blogger Appreciation Week

Join the Hop

Writer Wednesday Blog Hop #22

Spotlight

Over on Fools & Sages, a personal friend of mine struggles with her love/hate addiction to the Twilight series in They Sparkle
I also chuckled when I read The Spork Theory on Jim C. Hines blog

All About Writers

On Blood Reads, Interview with C.J. Ellisson, Author of Vampire Vacation
On Lexington Vampire Examiner, Interview with Mike Duran, Christian vampire author part 1

All About Books

I'm seeing a lot of the same books over and over again, so I don't have much to add here this week. I also need to clean out my book review feed folder. Too much paranormal romance and I'm slowly giving up on this genre.

In Vamplit's Library, a review of Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite A Review

All About Writing & Publishing

On Working Stiffs, Let's Play -- The First Five Lines
On A Newbie's Guide to Publishing, The Time Is Now
FAV! On Wordplay, Why No Writer Knows What He’s Doing
Loved R.J.'s post, Crunch Time on our Bloodlegger's blog.

Weekly Features

Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy
This week's Where Stories are Made: Keri Arthur over at Book Chick City
On Book Lovers Inc., Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Join the Hop

Writer Wednesday Blog Hop #21

All About Writers

On Guide to Literary Agents, 7 Things I've Learned So Far, by Holly Schindler
We've been blogging about our characters on Bloodleggers. By co-writer R.J. Robyn, Searching for Billy Knox... and by me, two part interviews with Regina Todd
On Dark Faerie Tales, Author Interview & Giveaway: 13 to Life by Shannon Delany

All About Books

On Bitten By Books, How Honest Is Too Honest In A Review?
On Book Junkie, Bookswim Book Rentals

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

On Fangtastic Books, A Review of Dark Oracle by Alayna Williams
On Darkly Reading, Review of The Mage in Black by Jaye Wells
On Fantasy Literature's Fantasy Book Reviews, The Etched City: Dark and decadent
On Farm Lane Books Blog, Red April – Santiago Roncagliolo

All About Writing & Publishing

That Author Ecopy Comes With A Hefty Price Tag on Pub Rants

Weekly Features

Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing & The Rejection Letter of the Future Will Be Silence (And Why This is a Good Thing)
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy
This week's Where Stories are Made: Thomas Emson over at Book Chick City
On Book Lovers Inc., Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review
On Overbury Ink, Number 38 – Part 6, by Ian Eliot LeWinter
NEW On Dark Faerie Tales, Publishing News

Blogging Events

September 13 - 17, Book Blogger Appreciation Week

Join the Hop

Writer Wednesday Blog Hop #20

WHOO HOO!

20 Blog Hops

All About Writers

On Biting Edge, Start Saving Your Pennies... mentions that James Bond's car from Goldfinger is for sale and expected to sell for over $5 million. There's also some news on a future Bond book, as well as a link to a website with pictures of some really COOL bookshelves of the non human kind.
Here's an review of Jaws, by Peter Benchley. It's always fun to run across modern day reviews of older books.
On Fangtastic Books, Welcome Guest Author Yolanda Sfetsos

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:

On Bitten by Books, Ouroboros by Michael Kelly and Carol Weekes
On Book Lovers, Inc., Review: Shades of Gray by Caitlin Kittredge & Jackie Kessler
On Book Whisperer, Review: Blood Song by Cat Adams & Review: Blood Song by Cat Adams
On The Cajun Book Lady, Review: The Second Coming by David H Burton

All About Writing & Publishing

On 1st Turning Point, Pointless Networking ain't so pointless when you make those accidental connections
On the Wicked Writer's blog, Long live the book… A view on the publishing industry
On Jim C. Hines blog, Reading Reviews
On The Journey is Everything, The Five Stages Of Author Booksignings

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.
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
This week's Where Stories Are Made: Jaime Rush over at Book Chick City
On Book Lovers Inc., Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Join the Hop

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

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #18

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.

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #17

Every week I weed through over 100 blogs, looking for writing advice, publishing news and 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 Demon Vampire Horror Masters of Horror Anthology Author Interviews!

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:

On the Cajun Book Lady, Review: Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon
NEW BLOG, Paper Cut Reviews has a post on 13 to Life by Shannon Delany in Kiss and Tell Meme. Shannon won the Textnovel contest in 2008.
On Fantasy Literature, Ghosts & Echoes: This is what urban fantasy can be & Sisters Red: Hits all my favorite notes

All About Writing & Publishing

On Pub Rants, Age is Just a Number and How Enhanced Ebooks Will Cause Havoc
In Nathan Bransford's blog, The One Sentence, One Paragraph, and Two Paragraph Pitch
On Rachelle Gardner's blog, The Value of the Verbal Pitch
On Copyblogger, 10 New Ideas for Getting Inspired to Write.
On Writers Inspired, Mini Check-up: Where are you on your goals for 2010? I'll be writing about this one on Monday in the Weekly Whine.

Fiction in a Blog

Over at Overbury Ink, Number 38, part 4 by Ian Eliot LeWinter

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.
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
This week's Where Stories are Made: Linda Wisdom over at Book Chick City

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #16

All About Writers

On Book Junkie, 10 Things I Wish I Knew About Being an Author I Didn't Know Before

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:

I might start these books by reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel.
Over at Fantasy Literature Morpheus Road, The Light: Winning voice makes up for some plot issues
On JoJos Book Corner a review of Beautiful Creatures.
On Fiction Vixen, a review of Stormwalker by Allyson James
On The Book Whisperer, Review: Branded by Keary Taylor
On Book Lovers Inc, Review: The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay
On Book Chick City, Book Review: A Licence To Steal by Samantha Graves

All About Writing & Publishing

Why You Shouldn’t Write for Other Writers over at Copyblogger
It Is What It Is Ism is an interesting post over at Editorial Ass on hanging in there and editing until your novel is just right.
Let it Sit over at WOW! Women on Writing Blog about being more objective while editing work that has sat for awhile.
On Rants & Ramblings, The Benefit of Hindsight Witemeyer
On Magical Words, Revisions — Dialogue and Fake It Til You Make It
On Book Lovers Inc, a question of ethics in Bookish Rants or Raves: Reader / Author Relationships - The
How to Craft a Great Voice on Nathan Bransford's blog.

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.
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
This week's Where Stories Are Made: Kristine Kathryn Rusch over at Book Chick City

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #15

All About Writers

Over at the Overbury Ink, an Interview with writer Nikki Curtis of IMP Girl Graphic Novel
Guess I didn't get enough of it in last weeks subject on the Wicked Writer's blog. Author Perspective: Dealing With Rejection over on the Neverending Shelf

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:

Over at All Things Urban Fantasy, 5 bats! Early Review: Hunted By The Others by Jess Haines they also posted Hot off the Press: May Urban Fantasy Releases
Locke & Key, Volume 2: Head Games over at Bookgasm got me to put the first in the series in my queue
Over on the Neverending Shelf, Book Review: The Clone Codes

All About Writing & Publishing

Some interesting facts from an agent on releasing your book to the public unpublished or published an Pub Rants in An ISBN That Could Hurt
Natan Bansford posted a great review of iPad!!
17 Easy Steps to Brilliant Blog Posts on Copyblogger.
Over at A Brain Scientist's Take on Writing, Loading the First Impression for Quick Characterization (The Hunger Games
On Pub Rants Starting A Novel In The Wrong Place
What About Market Research and Guest Blogger: Christa Allan "Keep Your Hand Moving" on Literary Agent Rachelle Gardner's blog
On Wordplay, When Your Story Doesn’t Turn Out Like You Planned

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.
Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
This week's Where Stories Are Made: Suzanne McLeod over at Book Chick City

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #13

All About Writers & Books

It's National Library Week and The Neverending Shelf posted Libraries: Your Home Away from Home and The State of Americas Libraries, both great reads. We reposted the later on the Wicked Writer's blog.
On Fantasy Author Jim C. Hines blog this week I happened across a creative idea for those who need help reviewing books in Mad Lib Reviewing I'm still chuckling. FAV!
Just wanted to quickly mention that I love Paul D. Brazill's blog.
Author Interview ~ Nicole Hadaway at Listen to the Voices
Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:
- Over at Fiction Fixon, Review: Frost Moon by Anthony Francis and Review: Silver Kiss by Naomi Clark
- Over at Fantasy Literature, Waking the Moon: One of my Desert Island books, Under Heaven: Award-worthy, The Stones of Green Knowe: Very sad to see its end, and especially Primavera: A fascinating story
- Review: Hourglass by Claudia Gray at Book Lovers Inc.
- Ex-Heros at Bookgasm is not a favorable review, but I'm still tempted to read. And how could you not add a book like Body World when the review begins, "Imagine if David Lynch and David Cronenberg collaborated on a graphic novel."
Don't miss these weekly features:
- Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
- This week's Where Stories are Made: Marianne de Pierres over at Book Chick City

All About Writing & Publishing

Publishers + Ebooks = Epic Fail on a Newbie's Guide to Publishing really makes me want to self-publish FAV!
Nurmal Resources PUBLISH ME! Contest on the Writer's Beware blog
Daydream or Die on Wordplay
AutoCrit: A Helpful Tool for Editing Flash Fiction is about a fun tool you can try out on the Internet. I especially found the repeated word function helpful. Would love to know if anyone is paying to use this tool.
Choosing the Right Titles for Your Work (Or: Heh, You Said Titular)
James Moore on Deadlines over at Storytellers Unplugged

Other Blog Tours

Blogmania is Sweeping the Web over at Between the Pages is an opportunity to tour blogs and win prizes
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.

The Short of It

We wrote short stories at the Wicked Writer's blog last week. My post was Served Up Short with a Side of Gore.

Read the other blogger's opinions:

C. J. Ellison was out this week and Kerri Nelson was her guest blogger in Does Size Matter?
Greg Marshall Smith, The Short and Long of It (Sort of)
David Sartof, My First Time... (or the Virgin Short Story Writer)
Supriya Savkoor, Keeping 'em Short
Brande Waldron Book Review: Tales of the Red Moon Clan

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #12

Every week I weed through over 100 blogs, looking for writing advice and new books to add to my reading queue. 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 & Books

There were a couple of good opinion posts on owning the rights to multiple book formats. A Matter of Ethics on Nathan Bransford's blog and Questionable Ethics on Writer Beware Blog!, a new blog I added to my watch list this week
Paranormal Summer Fest is Coming at All Things Urban Fantasy
A few March wrap ups on book reviews: Books Read for March 2010 and Being Eaten By Books at Babbling About Books, and More, March Wrap-Up at Book Addict, Month in Review: March '10 at Book Chick City
5 Incredibly Strange Sherlock Holmes Books at Bookgasm
Interview with Shannon K. Butcher over at DemonLover's Book Reviews & More!
Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:
- Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder-Trailer & Website launch TODAY over at All Things Urban Fantasy. Bitten By Books also did a few reviews of this book along with a review of Sea Glass that was pretty favorable. Fantastic Book Reviews also gave it a 5 out of 5. This book is getting some smokin' reviews. Might have to go to the top of my queue.
- [ARC Review] - A Certain Wolfish Charm on Anna Vivian's blog
- Where Angels Fear to Tread by Thomas E. Sniegoski over at Bookgasm
- The Immortality Factor by Ben Bova over at Bookgasm
- Review: Embers by Laura Bickle on Dark Faerie Tales
- Review: Silver Kiss by Naomi Clark at Fiction Vixen
Don't miss these every week:
- Nicole Hadaway's movie & book reviews over at her All Things Smart & Scary. She did a guest post over at Fangtastic Books you should check out.
- Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
- This week's Where Stories are Made: Jaye Wells over at Book Chick City
- Overbury Ink with a focus on graphic novels and steam punk. This week check out Number 38 – by Ian Eliot LeWinter & #SteamTuesday – Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

All About Writing & Publishing

Click-clack-click-clack-click-ARRRGHHHHH . . . is a fun read on typewriters. I still love 'em event though I had to use some of the worst of the electric ones while in the Air Force. They were also one of my favorite toys as a child. Still have the old one my grandmother gave me.
WOW! All About Co-op on Nathan Bransford's blog about how books make it to the front of the bookstore was quite interesting.
Simple Tips for Increasing Your Blog Readership
Drop by and vote for the 2010 Spinetingler Award Nominees and Poll
10 Tricks For Getting Inspired to Write at Copyblogger
What Makes a Lead Title over at Editorial Ass
Things I Look for in a Novel & Epic Character Questionairre on Labotomy of a Writer
Some Thoughts on Book Promotion & Publishing

Other Blog Tours

Book Blogger Hop at Crazy for Books NEW
Follow Friday for blogs at Parajunkee's View
Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing is a blog tour of sorts.

Wicked Topics of Our Choice

We wrote on a topic of our choice this week over at the Wicked Writer's blog. My post was 10 Inspiring Places to Write.

Read the other writer's opinions:

C. J. Ellison, The Business of Selling Books
Greg Marshall Smith, Authors, Authors Everywhere; Even on a Film Shoot
David Sartof, Sring Time and Thoughts Turn to Plotting
Supriya Savkoor, Research as Muse
And our guest this week, Randall Stone, contributed The Four Marks of the Servant

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #11

Every week I weed through over 80 blogs, looking for new reading material and writing advice. 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 to my weekly tour, leave a comment on the most current tour or send me a link via Twitter @by_wjhoward.

All About Writers & Books

Hurry over to Bookgasm to enter to Win Bite Me by Christopher Moore before Friday
Author Interview & Contest with Diana Rowland at Amberkatze's Book Blog
Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my Goodreads to-read list:
- Book Review: I am Not a Serial Killer over at Book Chick City sounds fabulous
- Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski looked so good I had to get on the wait list now for it at the library
- 5 bat Review: Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater got me to put the first in the series in my reading queue
- Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey - Review
- Creatures of the Pool by Ramsey Campbell, one of my favorite horror authors
Don't miss these every week:
- Nicole Hadaway's movie & book reviews over at her All Things Smart & Scary.
- Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
- This week's Where Stories are Made: J F Lewis over at Book Chick City. Here are a few other articles and posts you'll enjoy on writers' spaces:

All About Writing & Publishing

How I Became a Better Writer Thanks to Distracted, Hungover College Kids at Copyblogger, "But after years spent writing in professional newsrooms, I was surprised to discover how teaching college students actually helped make me a better student of the craft of writing."
Interesting posts from a few agents out there: On Confidence, or, WWDTD, title, title, title
Query Letter Subject Lines: Act Now!! Get It While It Lasts! is hilarious in that anyone would actually do it
Am I Good Enough to Epublish?
Novel Survey Results, Part III
Best and Worst of Writing over at Labotomy of a Writer

Other Blog Tours

Follow Friday for blogs at Parajunkee's View
Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing is a blog tour of sorts.

The Headaches Caused by Those Darn Serial Novels

This week's posts over at the Wicked Writer's blog were about the challenges we're facing with our serialized novels. My post was Write Faster.

Read the other writer's opinions:

C. J. Ellison, Death and Sex
Greg Marshall Smith, Greg Smith, Morals & The One-Eyed Man
Supriya Savkoor, Getting It Right
And our guest this week Kiki Hamilton contributed How Do You Tackle Showing Vs. Telling In Your Writing?

Writer Wednesday Blog Tour #10

Every week I weed through over 80 blogs, looking for new reading material and writing advice. 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 to my weekly tour, leave a comment on the most current tour or send me a link via Twitter @by_wjhoward.

All About Writers & Books

Love a Book? Tell the Author! is a quick reminder that authors need a little love
Interview With Authors Barb Galler-Smith and Josh Langston I'd love to write a book with someone!
Interview and giveaway with author Adrian Phoenix over at Paranormal Haven
Book reviews that caught my eye this week, and the books that got added to my GoodReads to-read list:
- Peter & Max: A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham on Dirty Sexy Books
- The Cajun Book Lady's review of Eight Pints of Trouble by George Earl Parker
- Viscious Circle by Linda Robertson on on Dirty Sexy Books is a debut novel with a critical review on it breaking writing rules. For some reason I want to read it as sort of a lesson with my own writing.
- Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes edited by J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec on Bitten by Books
- When I see certain book covers everywhere, I end up putting the book in my queue. Great lesson in marketing my own book. So this week, I've seen Mind Games everywhere, including on a new blog I'm watching, Anna's Book Blog
- Bitten by Books did a few reviews of Marilyn Meredith's books that caught that intrigued me. I added Calling the Dead to my queue.
- Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
Don't miss these every week:
- Nicole Hadaway's movie & book reviews over at her All Things Smart & Scary.
- Win on Wednesday on All Things Urban Fantasy.
- This week's Where Stories are Made: Linnea Sinclair over at Book Chick City

All About Writing & Publishing

I couldn't agree more with author Jim C. Hines in his post Strong Women Characters.
A Face by Any Other Name by Deborah LeBlanc provides an interesting way to create characters
Novel Survey Results, Part II breaks the myths about the overnight success and you have to know somebody
How to Format a Query Letter says it all
Bestsellers Can Help You over at The Journey is Everything
Why We Write p5 – The Origin of His Species – by Ian LeWinter
A Six-Pack To Success on Literary Agent Wylie-Merrick's blog goes into "six major hurdles that must be jumped before reaching the home stretch" of publishing.

Other Blog Tours

Follow Friday for blogs at Parajunkee's View
Literary Agent, Nathan Bransford's This Week in Publishing is a blog tour of sorts.

Wicked Book Reviews

This week's posts over at the Wicked Writer's blog were book reviews of recent reads. My post, Hmmm... What to Review? ended up discussing Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert and Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry.

Read the other writer's opinions:

C. J. Ellison, Book Reviews: C.J.’s choice is Urban Fantasy
Greg Marshall Smith, Greg’s review: Composition in Black & White
Supriya Savkoor, A View from Norway
And our guest this week:Harley D. Palmer & The Art of Reviewing

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