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Posted: **December 2nd, 2010, 8:04 am**

What I Learned From NaNoWriMo.

Posted: **December 2nd, 2010, 11:38 am**

The first in a (sporadic) series of posts on overused urban fantasy cliches...

http://urbanpsychopomp.blogspot.com/201 ... che-1.html

Posted: **December 3rd, 2010, 2:35 am**

Announcing the first ever Impudent Hatchlings Fantastic Fantasy Giveaway (cue the fanfare)! I'm giving away four first novels of fantasy series that I've recently been captivated by. Win them for yourself or embrace your inner cheapskate and give them away to friends.

http://hillaryjacques.blogspot.com/2010 ... eaway.html

Posted: **December 3rd, 2010, 11:39 am**

A post with quick tips on cutting filler and fluff from a novel, once sentence at a time... (The link to Lisa Rector's revision list is a super-extra-mega-bonus. Good stuff. Brilliant editor.)

http://urbanpsychopomp.blogspot.com/201 ... -your.html

Posted: **December 3rd, 2010, 12:15 pm**

I changed my URL to http://aimeebeatricejodoin.blogspot.com/ just to let you guys know.

Posted: **December 3rd, 2010, 5:29 pm**

To give my mind a break after NaNoWriMo, I've gone random today, asking people how they fly in their dreams. Everyone has their own unique method. I pedal my feet like crazy but only get a few feet off the ground before I land again. Kind of like a chicken.

How do you fly in your dreams?

-Caroline

Posted: **December 4th, 2010, 1:35 pm**

Now that NaNoWriMo is over, and that I have two drafts in need of major revisions, I've been struggling to find how to go about it (it is the first time it has happened).

But I have a plan now. A "complex" one. ;)

Posted: **December 5th, 2010, 2:36 pm**

I talk about antagonists...and redemption.

http://saraflower.wordpress.com/

Posted: **December 5th, 2010, 7:25 pm**

About the conventions and inventions of genres.

Posted: **December 5th, 2010, 7:40 pm**

Interview with Peter Ginna, Executive Editor and Publisher of Bloomsbury Press

Peter offers insights into editing, publishing and the future of our business

http://devinbriar.blogspot.com/

Posted: **December 6th, 2010, 9:16 am**

I just spent some time reminiscing on why I like Christmas music and decorating my home for the holiday. http://gilesth.blogspot.com/2010/12/chr ... music.html

Posted: **December 6th, 2010, 10:32 am**

A post on the dwindling genre short story market (urban fantasy in particular) and the changing role of short story publication credits in building a career...

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

Posted: **December 6th, 2010, 11:23 am**

taylormillgirl wrote:Ditto Holly. It's a misleading statistic. From what I've read on a few agent blogs, the majority of queries are either so unintelligible or so off the wall that they're easily rejected.

Let's say I took 99 penguins and put them in a room with 1 pigeon, then I told you that only 1% of the birds could fly. That wouldn't surprise you, right? :-)

Edit: One more thing. Janet claims to request more full manuscripts than most agents, opting for a full instead of a partial many times. So her odds of acceptance don't surprise me either.

So true!!

Posted: **December 6th, 2010, 12:08 pm**

I have a post about Recurring Elements in Your Writing. I seem to have a lot of these. ^^

Posted: **December 6th, 2010, 11:57 pm**

The Novel Road Interview with bestselling Techno -Thriller author Dale Brown

he's sold over 15 million books worldwide

http://devinbriar.blogspot.com/

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