Welcome to the March 8, 2010 edition of the mad editor’s round-up.
Peta Jinnath Andersen presents Inkpop: A Virtual Slush Pile | *Insert Literary Blog Name Here* posted at *Insert Literary Blog Name Here*, saying, "2010 has seen the death of the slush pile. It’s been coming a long time–savvy writers have spent the past few years tracking down agents rather than editors. Social networking has continued the trend, with writers in all stages of their careers friending industry insiders in the hope of picking a few tips. Editors, though less disadvantaged by the new closed house policies, are now dependent on agents to find fresh, new voices. Enter inkpop. The big question, of course, is would a virtual slush pile be less labor-intensive than an IRL one? It depends. The beauty of re-envisioning the slush pile is that it’s essentially a do-over – a chance for houses to evaluate why the old system wasn’t working and put new structures in place."
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Madeleine Begun Kane presents Endearing Limerick (Poetry Prompt) posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, "limerick and limerick prompt"
Tiffany Colter presents A Writer’s Business Team: Part 3 posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "This article talks about how editors and marketors build your writing business."
Interviews
Tiffany Colter presents Interview with author Jennifer AlLee posted at The Writing Examiner, saying, "This article is an interview with author Jennifer AlLee."
Tiffany Colter presents Interview with author Jennifer AlLee posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "This article is an interview with author Jennifer AlLee."
Tiffany Colter presents Interview with Sarah Hamaker posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "This article is an interview with freelance editor Sarah Hamaker."
Tiffany Colter presents Interview with Sarah Hamaker posted at The Writing Examiner, saying, "This article is an interview with freelance editor Sarah Hamaker."
Missy Frye presents A Conversation with Matt Mikalatos posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, "A short interview with Matt Mikalatos, author of Imaginary Jesus."
On-Demand Printing
Jennifer Saksa presents NCH is More Helpful than Ever posted at NCH Software Blog, saying, "This post talks about enlisting the help of an on-demand printer to help automate and manage an order process we had been manually handling in house. The new arrangement is going to both be easier for us internally and get manuals to customers faster"
Publishing News
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Fight Firewalls With Kindle posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Tiffany Colter presents MacMillan, Amazon.com, Authors and Readers posted at The Writing Examiner, saying, "This article talks about the changing face of publishing."
Jasmine Hall presents 20 Great Talks on the Future of Information posted at Online Colleges.org.
Peta Jinnath Andersen presents Has The Internet Killed Professional Book Reviews? posted at *Insert Literary Blog Name Here*, saying, "Blogs are like critics-in-a-box: anyone with access to a computer can sign up with WordPress, Blogger, Livejournal, even Diaryland, write up their thoughts, and hey presto! instant critic. Instead of being forced to read half a dozen review pages in search of the perfect book, readers can now pick a genre (cozy mystery, pop science, YA) or demographic (stay-at-home mom, clock maker, dalek) and find reviews written with their interests in mind. But blogs are just the top book in the stack. The real threat to professional reviewing is a lot more insidious: time."
Writing
Livia Blackburne presents Livia Blackburne: Genre, writing, and cliche, oh my! posted at Livia Blackburne.
Missy Frye presents Strengthening my Verbs a Guest Post by Janet Morris Grimes posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, "As a writer on a quest to discover Publishment, Janet Morris Grimes had to let go of whatever held her back, beginning with spineless verbs."
Sandy Ackers presents Perfectionism: A Great Muse-Strangler, Part 4 posted at Strangling My Muse: Struggling to Live a Creative Life in a Stressful World, saying, "Discusses how to deal with an inner perfectionist that keeps you from believing in yourself as a writer."
Tiffany Colter presents A writer’s business team: Part 1 posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "This article talks about a writer’s business team."
Peta Jinnath Andersen presents YA Market: If Teens Aren’t Tweeting, Why Are We? « *Insert Literary Blog Name Here* posted at *Insert Literary Blog Name Here*, saying, "teenphoneAuthors should blog. Authors should get on Facebook and set up fan pages. Authors should tweet. And many YA authors do, setting up themed blogs, tweeting their favorite books, putting up book trailers and extra content. But just who is the content reaching?"
Robert Terrell presents did not hear posted at the existential poet, saying, "The Existential Poet blog contains original haiku of poet Robert Terrell. I write about many subjects – seasonal, inner states and moon haiku, with an existential attitude."
Robert Terrell presents galactic dreamers ? haiku posted at the existential poet, saying, "The Existential Poet Blog contains my original haiku poetry. I maintain a strict form, the 5-7-5 syllable structure, which suits my poetic creativity very well. I write about all sorts of subjects, with an existential (human feelings) attitude. Many of my haiku have seasonal references, and many focus on inner states of being. And, I love moon haiku!"
Robert Terrell presents friendly frenzy posted at the existential poet, saying, "The Existential Poet Blog contains my original haiku poetry. I maintain a strict form, the 5-7-5 syllable structure, which suits my poetic creativity very well. I write about all sorts of subjects, with an existential (human feelings) attitude. Many of my haiku have seasonal references, and many focus on inner states of being. And, I love moon haiku!"
Tiffany Colter presents Considering other venues for your writing posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "This article is about the reality of writing and what writers can do about it."
Robert Terrell presents dawn smiles posted at the existential poet, saying, "The Existential Poet Blog contains my original haiku poetry. I maintain a strict form, the 5-7-5 syllable structure, which suits my poetic creativity very well. I write about all sorts of subjects, with an existential (human feelings) attitude. Many of my haiku have seasonal references, and many focus on inner states of being. And, I love moon haiku!"
Robert Terrell presents we turn posted at the existential poet, saying, "The Existential Poet blog contains original haiku of poet Robert Terrell. I write about many subjects – seasonal, inner states and moon haiku, with an existential attitude."
Tiffany Colter presents Benefits of writing for other venues posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, "This article is about how writing for other venues benefits you."
Writing Tips
Livia Blackburne presents Writing Lessons from Gossip Girl posted at Livia Blackburne.
Livia Blackburne presents Voice Finding Techniques from Cathy Yardley posted at Livia Blackburne.
Livia Blackburne presents Subtle Narration in the Graveyard Book posted at Livia Blackburne.
Livia Blackburne presents Strong and Memorable Characterization in The Graveyard Book posted at Livia Blackburne.
Cathy Stucker presents “I Want to Write a Book!” posted at Selling Books, saying, "It’s time to stop "wanting" to write a book and start writing. Get your book written with the tips in this post."
