Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Last day to submit to my contest! Maybe I'll extend it if I don't get enough submissions by tonight... http://aimeebeatricejodoin.blogspot.com ... ons-y.html

You know how sometimes you stop for a perfect description and marvel at the author's brilliance? Found one in A Dance with Dragons: http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/07/mo ... ce-of.html

(no spoilers, I promise)

Ack! I'm behind!

Today's post: Potential sour grapes and the beauty of writing
http://tlconwaywriteshere.blogspot.com/ ... ty-of.html

Wednesday's post: Read it or watch it?
http://tlconwaywriteshere.blogspot.com/ ... ch-it.html

Do books have built in mood lighting?

How the way books make us feel effect our perception of them when we finish.

http://www.charleevale.com/blog

CV

OsFest 2011, Day 1 http://sommerleigh.com/archives/3576

I edited this post to tell you that I've extended my Beginning Contest another week because I have not received very many submissions... Please come join in! http://aimeebeatricejodoin.blogspot.com ... ons-y.html

As I Wait for Lightning (Or: Stuff I've Been Reading)

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/07/as-i- ... f-ive.html

E-books are up 160.1% in the first five months of 2011 (from the same period last year). Print has fallen dramatically in all categories. Meanwhile, Borders is closing and Barnes & Noble plans to further reduce store space (and orders) for books and return many of the books they already have to publishers.

The Relentless March of E-books

http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... f-e-books/

OsFest 2011, Wrap-up and Pictures http://sommerleigh.com/archives/3595

A look at first lines http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=941

Do you avoid writing?

http://urbanpsychopomp.blogspot.com/201 ... iting.html

A new study on learning foreign languages. Should writers learn outside their own languages?

Now What Will I Blame if I Can't Read Kafka?

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/07/now-w ... -read.html

Just me gushing a bit about how J. K. Rowling's plot grid changed my entire approaching to planning out a novel.

http://thestoryscribbler.blogspot.com/2 ... esome.html

If anyone's looking for a little revising advice, check out my post on the things I've learned from my editor:

http://laurenwaters.net/2011/07/25/livi ... disabilty/

Thanks!

YA Recommends--sci fi

http://caitlinnicoll.wordpress.com/2011 ... ds-sci-fi/

I love e-mail for co-creating. When it works.

http://opposingfarces.blogspot.com/