Saturday, May 9, 2015

Best in Blogs - May 2-8 #amwriting #amreading

Some great posts - including contest opportunities! Feel free to comment on your favorites!

Kimberly P. Chase
Author and writer supporter!
"The Writer’s Voice” is a multi-blog, multi-agent contest hosted by Brenda Drake, Mónica Bustamante Wagner, Elizabeth Briggs, and Krista Van Dolzer. We’re basing it on NBC’s singing reality show The Voice, so the four of us will serve as coaches and select projects for our teams based on their queries and first pages.
I'm guest coaching on Brenda Drake's Team!
Here’s the timeline:"


Fiction University
Janice Hardy's quintessential writing blog
"I’ve been a fan of writer/director Joss Whedon ever sinceBuffy the Vampire Slayer (the TV series) debuted oh so long ago. He’s a skilled storyteller, and I always learn something every time I watch one of his movies. The Avengers: Age of Ultron was no exception." 

Project Mayhem
Middle grade writers - and this post, just well, because, of course!
"Happy May everyone! For those of you not in the know, May the 4th is Star Wars day. I have personally been on a Star Wars appreciation and rewatching kick lately, ever since this was released:"

Brenda Drake
Author and contest host brings you this very cute video
"A couple months ago, I put out a call to the online writing community for what they’d want to see covered in a writing vlog since my S.P.E.A.K videodrummed up such a fun conversation on Twitter. This tweet fromMyTwiceBakedPotato inspired me to tackle a hotly debated issue:
Adverbs."

Adventures in YA Publishing
Great blog and very funny post from the queen of query letter fixes
"You all are in for a real treat today! Not only do we have an incredibly original upcoming book to highlight -- 5 To 1, a half-verse dystopian set in futuristic India -- but I dare you to read this post by the author Holly Bodger without laughing like crazy. I sure did."

Janice Hardy's Fiction University
Another post because this is an awesome discussion on story structure that can help a panster as well
"Every novel has structure, whether you outline it or pants it, and stories have followed a basic structure since people started telling them. It’s familiar and comfortable for readers, and helps them lose themselves in the tale." 




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