Also, the round-up that inspired me to create this one, Adventures in YA & Children's Writing, got discontinued. I'll be missing it quite much.
However, if you see the bold-type in the round-up, you'll know I have some news to share later--if I don't waste Spring Break.
Monday:
- The Other Side of the Story: Do or Do Not. There is No Try: Clarifying What Your Characters Do
: Guilty! Or at least, "attempted to" be guilty. If that makes sense. - Suite T: Why Word of Mouth Fails: All you need is a little more nudge.
- The Character Therapist: A Lesson in Subtext...for Men: How long until I need to use this?
- YA Confidential: Teens and Music: Yes, that's my name in that blog article. Go check it out.
- Fiction Notes: 5 Uses for a Lull in Writing: No, not when you're procrastinating. Get back to work!
Tuesday:
- The Other Side of the Story: Guest Author Paul Welch: A Journey Through Massive Edits In Ten Easy Steps: One author's success story...with revising.
- YA Confidential: You Asked--Our Teens Answered: Rampant sex? In my YA?
- Jami Gold: Who Cares about Quality Writing Anymore?: Namely, if the publishers, the readers, and the authors do.
Wednesday:
- The Blood-Red Pencil: 10 Steps to Writing (or not...): We writers can get so distracted.
- The Other Side of the Story: So Where Were We Again? Salvaging Half-Finished Manuscripts: How many do you have laying around?
- Courage 2 Create: 3 Helpful Tools For Writers Who Struggle With ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder): What an interesting condition.
- The Creative Penn: 7 Mistakes To Avoid When Writing Your Memoir: Interesting enough, a few other posts on memoirs popped up on my blogroll this one just happened to pop out.
Thursday:
- Don't pet me, I'm writing: What an 85-year-old food critic taught me about handling negative feedback: Not much to say here.
- YA Confidential: Let's Get Creepy: I'm not in this post, but I said a lot in the comments.
- Fiction Notes: What Kids are Reading 2012: Literary classes these days...