Podcast: Editing

I know that for NaNoWriMo’s this way too early, but for future reference, Mur Lafferty has released a typically well produced podcast that addresses Editing. She also fields a few questions about: NaNoWriMo, young writers, action scenes and publishing contests – on her blog I Should Be Writing.

Q&A With Novelist Elmore Leonard

Advice from a master at page turners: Keep it simple
By Rick Newman
U.S. News article
Elmore Leonard’s 42nd book is his shortest, by far. And that’s the point. After penning numerous page turners later adapted for the screen, like Three-Ten to Yuma, Rum Punch, Get Shorty, and Be Cool, Leonard gave a speech in which he listed [...]

Great Advice for New SFF Novelists

Cool Blog: DeepGenre.com has a great article for newbie SFF novelists on what it takes to make a career out of writing Science Fiction & Fantasy novels. The true key to it all? Love what you do.

J.K. Rowling to tour U.S.

Publisher Weekly reports the creator of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series will begin her limited engagement U.S. tour starting October 15th, in Los Angeles.

Advanced Fiction Writing

Randy Ingermanson just published another one of his great Advanced Fiction Writing e-zines for October. It covers such subjects as Story World creation and marketing your fiction through public speaking. You can download a copy of the e-zine in text or PDF format. Also be sure to check out his frequently updated and informative blog [...]

King on The American Short Story

On Maria Schneider’s blog (of Writer’s Digest), she describes Stephen King’s recent New York Times essay about the state of the American short story. The essay is about what it took King to find stories for the newly released The Best American Short Stories 2007, which he edited.
You can read the NYT Essay here, [...]

Marketing Your Book on MySpace.com

Angela Hoy’s Writer’s Weekly has a good article about a woman who took a very different path to getting the word out about her book by marketing it using her MySpace.com account.

Ultimate Name Generator Resource

This article can now be found at the new
Writer’s Report 2.0 site

Harlequin Romances eBooks

Library Journal reports Harlequin will release as many as 120 titles monthly in ebook format. The romance house has had ebook programs going for two years including “Minis,” 10,000-word short stories that can be downloaded for as little as 99¢, and has an ebook store on its homepage.

The Battle over ‘War and Peace’

Many of us read this Tolstoy tome in high school or college. Publisher’s Weekly looks at two new releases of this literary classic where each author claims that their translation is the “original version”.