So we had a week of rain then the washing machine breakdown then the beginning of mice season then good news on the friend front and then the sun came out.
There has been heaps of research about how weather affects moods and depression. I know from experience that a week of rainy weather sinks me into the pit of despair.
There is something wonderful about sunlight.
Humans must have it. It is hard wired into our DNA.
So why am I writing about it as the ultimate killer....Hmmmm The strange stuff that gets into a writers brain...tip the world on its head...be mean to your characters...
‘It is all good therapy,’ I said to my friend’s Neuro Psychiatrist ....The more she spoke about how she works to understand a paralysed patients mindset, the more I was thinking... sounds like a children’s writer to me...
So stepping out from the twisted world of ‘what-more-can-I-throw-at-my-main-characters’...and into the light.... What wonderful gems do I have for you this week?
The theme of this week seems to be marketing...
Mediabistro has a great link list 10 Non Traditional ways to promote your book, which they gathered from Amazon discussion boards.
Tony Eldridge has a 7 week plan to implement when you start out marketing online.
Jon Bard links to a very nifty marketing idea where a writer asks people to come up the title of his book...You get to read part of the manuscript, sub a possible name and....Go Check It Out It’s a cunning plan.
Elisabeth S Craig has a good article looking at Promo Time vs Writing Time. She shares some good tips to make sense of your week.
For those of us still inside the novel making the main characters miserable...
The Bookshelf Muse has been doing a series on the Seven Deadly Sins of Novel Writing...This is a great site to visit especially if you are looking for the Emotion Thesaurus or the Colour Thesaurus or the Weather....
GLA Blog has a guest post from Traci Borum...on Whether Your Novel Has A Hook Or A Gimmick and how to tell...
For those of us in between the marketing and writing, wondering what now in the publishing world...
The Spectacle Blog has a great interview with P J Hoover about how her Literary Agency made the decision to publish her novel instead of waiting for a publishing company. There are some interesting points to think about in this model and the whole project will be talked about at BEA.
Jennifer Laughran (Agent) has a great post on what is in an agency agreement and what you should make sure is in there. This was in response to Kristin Nelsons article on the perpetuity clause which I referred to a few weeks ago.
Laura E Kelly of the Huffington Post has put forward her recommendations for Bookish.
Bookish is a new (Big 3) publisher initiative website which will feature and promote books. This looks like being a challenge to Amazon. Laura has a great title and hopefully the publishers will listen and take on board 5 Ways Not To Screw Up Bookish!
Over on Craicerplus (My Amplify Page) I have links to articles on
10 Best Books For Writers
5 Ways To Ruin A Good Story
The Breakdown Of The 6 Figure Book Deal
To finish,
Jon Bard and Cory Doctorow have got together to make available, for free, an Ebook featuring Cory’s thoughts and experiences on making all his books free online... His print sales are soaring...
It’s all about coming into the light from obscurity...
Enjoy,
maureen
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