Week in Short

Yay it's July 3rd! I'm still hoping to get away this weekend. The neighbor's fireworks sound like bombs they're so loud... Of course, I wouldn't mind so much if I could see them through the trees.

Anyway... it's Friday so it's time for news of the publishing blog world.

I had trouble choosing this week's Must Read of the Week because there were so many awesome posts, but...

Must Read of the Week: TWFT interview with Cyn Balog, author of Fairy Tale!

The Querytracker blog had a wonderful article on flash fiction, something I enjoy doing from time to time.

BookEnds blog thoughts on re-pitching agents.

Over at Rachelle Gardner's blog she had a post on querying agents while entering contests.

Back to Query Tracker for a post on something we all deal with: rejection. It's a fact of the publishing world: we'll all get rejected at some point.

And Kristin has a wonderful post on what she requested out of 52 queries. Of course, as she corrected later, the stats aren't as wonderful as they first seem...

The writers over at Blood Red Pencil had a two-part blog on critique groups this week. Part one deals with why you need a critique group and how to find one. Part two discusses some possible guidelines for a critique group and some possible techniques for doing the critiques.

Another post that almost won Must Read is BookEnds post on trusting yourself.

A blog that I recently started following (as if I need anymore) has this great post on three reasons why you need an agent.

Last, but not least, Jennifer Jackson has a post that ends with her stats for the first half of the year on queries.

Everyone have an awesome Fourth of July weekend and I'll see you on Monday! :D

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