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I love Roman numerals. They're so official-looking, and dignified, and they're practically in code.

For your Friday delight, I give you the best of this week's blog reading. Feel free to pick one you haven't read! And if you've read them all, then let me tell ya - you've got good taste. :)

{There's a few extras today from what I've read from WriteOnCon. I still haven't caught up on all the loveliness that went on there, but the stuff in red are what have stood out so far...even if it's almost every WOC post I've read.}

Be Inspired: Made By Sheer Determination, by Nichole Giles, author of The Sharp Edge of a Knife

Be Encouraging: Dear Readers: Your Favorite Authors LOVE You, by Jody Hedlund, author if The Preacher's Bride

Be Prepared: too many agents, not enough gin: the truth about multiple offer situations, by The Intern

Plot Plots: Writing 101: Raise the Stakes!, by agented author Lauren Hunter

Be Compact: On Compactness, by literary agent Weronika Janczuk 

Be Romantic: I DON’T CARE THAT HE’S HOT: Building Believable Romance, by editor Martha Mihalick

Be Querying: Writing A Great Query Letter, by literary agent Jim McCarthy

Give It 100%: Moments that Matter, by Matt Myklusch, author of the Jack Blank adventure series

Be Qualified: So You Wanna Be A Writer?, by Amy Fellner Dominy, author of OyMG

Share the Love VIII

After an entire week of lethargy, the muse - as it were - has returned. Thank you, Jesus! I wrote for over 3 hours yesterday, and I could have gone longer.

For your Friday delight, I give you the best of this week's blog reading. Feel free to pick one you haven't read! And if you've read them all, then let me tell ya - you've got good taste. :)

Be Intense: Conflict vs Tension, by writer-blogger Becca Puglisi

Stay Creative: 4 Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity, by Jody Hedlund, author if The Preacher's Bride

Build Worlds: Adding More World To Your Novel, by Elana Johnson, author of Possession

Broaden Your Horizons: Imagination Limited, by Abigail J. Hartman, author of The Soldier's Cross

Plot Epic Plots: I'd Like to Introduce You to My Friends "Cause" and "Effect," by agented author Aimee L. Salter

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What? Share the love is back?? Yay! I've finally gotten my act together-ish, and that means I actually have links to share the love...

GOOD TIPS: Conflict vs Tension, by writer-blogger Becca Puglisi

GOT A PROBLEM?: The Solution to Every Writing Problem That Has Ever Existed, by former agent Nathan Bransford, author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow

QUERY DELICIOUSNESS: How To Write a Query Letter, by agent Rachelle Gardner

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: A technique to avoid random acts of intervention, by agented author Sarah Fine

PRETTY PICTURES: Sundry Bits, by writer-blogger Lola Sharp

LAUGHING OUT LOUD: A Huge and Senseless Character Interview!, by writer-blogger Katie

INSPIRATIONAL: Firsts, by writer-blogger Lulu

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So. I am leaving on a jet plane on Tuesday! For California!! For something like FOUR weeks!!!

My first major trip away from my Texas home, and I feel like a cross between Alex Rover (minus the bestsellers) and Rapunzel (minus the evil witch).

Anyway, you may have noted that my blogging is already out of whack, due to all the pre-trip chaos. Sorry. :/ And that's what has me worried for this trip...I'll miss all of you, because I won't be blogging, and I probably won't be reading much! So here is my proposal:

You share the love! 

Advice! Laughs! Stories! Inspiration! Encouragement! Writing Tips! If you read a good blog post (or find a good link), send it my way! I won't have time for my daily hour of blog-reading, but I want to stay in the know! If so-and-so got a publishing deal, or an agent...email me so I can celebrate too! :)

I'm not kidding about this. If something makes you smile, I want to read it. Pretty please with a cherry on top? :)

I'm going to miss you, my writerly peoples. And I'll be back in full swing by July 18! :)

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Oh, look! I'm actually writing the post on the night before! :) What a novel idea...

For your Friday delight, I give you the best of this week's blog reading. Feel free to pick one you haven't read! And if you've read them all, then let me tell ya - you've got good taste. :)


Show & Tell: Physical Cliches, by agent Mary Kole

Good Advice: Cliched Writing: Avoid It Like the Plague, by Jody Hedlund, author of The Preacher's Bride

Point of View: Playing Doubles, by Gail Carson Levine, author of Ella Enchanted


Inspirational: Weep, Hope, Fight, Pray, by Tara Livesay, full-time missionary to Haiti

World-Building: Writing 101: Language Construction, by agented writer Lauren Hunter

Too True & Too Funny: Warning., by blogger Mia Hayson

Why Write: Three great reasons to write creatively, by blogger Gale Martin

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For your Friday delight, I give you the best of this week's blog reading. Feel free to pick one you haven't read! And if you've read them all, then let me tell ya - you've got good taste.


Show & Tell: Putting On Airs, by agent Mary Kole

Inspiring: YOUNG AND ACCOMPLISHED AND A LITTLE BIT FANCY, by Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

Relationships (With Your Books): Why It's Good For Writers to Love Then Hate Their Books, by Jody Hedlund, The Preacher's Bride

Future Possibilities: Tech Talk and the Active Ebook, J. A. Konrath, Jack Daniels series

Characters: Embracing the Dark Side...of Character, by agented writer Lisa Gail Green; Creating the Non-Stereotypical Character, by blogger Stina Lindenblatt

Procrastination: Things we do instead of that manuscript., by blogger Mia Hayson

World-Building: Pump Up and Write Now - Monday, by blogger Paula (featuring notes from Holly Black)

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For your Friday delight, I give you the best of my blog-reading week. Feel free to pick one you haven't read!

Oh, oh, oh! I have fifty followers! Just woke up to them this morning after Jacob Wonderbar broke blogger. *squee* All fifty of you make my life so happy! :)


Like It Is: STEALING TIME TO MAKE A SCHEDULE, by Tahereh Mafi, author of Shatter Me

How Not To Tell Too Much: Tip #8 - Self-Editing for Commentary and Life is an Analogy: The Two-Faced Friend by blogger Aimee L. Slater

Marketing: What Works: Promo for Ebooks, by Joe Konrath, author of the Jack Daniels thrillers

Writer's Block: Overcoming Writer's Block, by agented author Sara B. Larson

Technology: Scrivener (Mac OS X), by blogger Liz Pezzuto

She Says It Better: We Have the Mind of Christ, by Abigail Hartman, author of The Soldier's Cross
 
Encouragement: ON FEELING INADEQUATE, by Tahereh Mafi, author of Shatter Me

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For your Friday delight, I give you the best of my blog-reading week. Feel free to pick one you haven't read! (Sorry for the lack of post yesterday - National Day of Prayer kind of took over my life. Guess I should have posted that, at least, the way people post Christmas stuff on Christmas. Anyway.)

Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself: The Muchness of a YA Heroine, by Angie Smibert, author of Memento Nora

Inhibition-Less: Your Eyes. Your Story., by Katie Mills

Heartwrenching: The People She Left Behind, by February Grace


How To Write: I'm Not Her (Guest Blogger: Janet Gurtler, author of I'm Not Her), by Stina Lindenblatt; How I Write and How I Edit, by former Agent Nathan Bransford, author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow


Queries: The One Right Way to Write a Query, by Agent Mary Kole


Laugh Out Loud: The Most Awful Awfulness, by Emily


Speaking About Fiction: Vlogging, Anyone? (Guest Blogger: Jennifer Wilkov, Author and Writing Coach), by Agent Rachelle Gardner (The post is about vlogging, but I applied it to speaking in front of people. I've always wondered what I would talk about if asked to speak about my book, since I'm a fiction author. This post gives some brilliant topic ideas.)

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For your Friday delight, I give you the best of my blog-reading week. Feel free to pick one you haven't read!

Historical Fiction: Time Period Settings, by Agent Mary Kole (If you're writing in the 1990s, you're writing historical fiction.)

Encouragement: Separating Confidence From Self-Doubt, by Author & Former Agent Nathan Bransford

Facing Fear: Fears About the Publishing Process, by Agent Rachelle Gardner

Good Advice: WRITING TO MAKE MONEY, by Tahereh Mafi



Laugh Out Loud: Friday Five: Television Intervention, by Lisa & Laura Roecker



First Pages: How to Get a Rocking Beginning, by Stina Lindenblatt

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For your Friday delight, I give you the best of my blog-reading week. Feel free to pick one you haven't read!

Encouragement: BLEEDING WORDS ALL OVER THE PAGE, by Tahereh Mafi

Writing Advice: 5 Foundational Areas to Focus On For Intense Growth, by Jody Hedlund

Makes You Laugh: I Lost My Dog and Didn't Even Know It, by Jamie Harrington

Indie-Publishing: 99 Cent E-Books and the Tragedy of the Commons, by Nathan Bransford

Pretty Writing: A special kind of place., by Mia Hayson


Inspiring Honesty: Why Do You...?, by Stina Lindenblatt