Week in Short

*yawns* Staying up until 1 am = not my brightest idea. I have to go to bed early tonight. I have to get up at 6:30 tomorrow on purpose for the first time since I got out of school. Oh, joy.

I'm debating whether I should continue this scheduled format or not... I like TT and WW though and I don't want to cancel WiS so...it would just be Thursday that's getting changed. What do you guys think? Is there anything special you'd like to see more of, or do you like the schedule I have at the moment?

Not a lot to share this week, but here's what's going on in the blogosphere of late (besides the book cover debate that the agents have been discussing lately.)

Must Read: I got it down to one. My friend and fellow twiftie, Kristin, got an agent this week! :D Here's her report on the journey to being agented. Congrats Kristin and I look forward to seeing CoS in stores!

Agent Kristin went beyond the call of agent duty with a white water rafting trip with one of her clients.

Blood Red Pencil has some tips on using contractions in dialogue.

BookEnds Agent, Jessica has some great posts on providing feedback when rejecting, the truth about genre, how the market is doing, and submissions 101 for anyone that's new to the query process or needs a little refresher on how it works.

Kody -- another fellow twiftie -- has an interview with Hannah Moskowitz, teen author of Break which will be released in 25 days.

Queryshark had a winner on the first try this week. I'm not so sure about it, but apparently they did a lot right.

Rachelle Gardner details some lessons that can be learned from her series last week and a guest blogger has a post on how to plan a sucessful book signing.

Writer Unboxed has an awesome post on what to do if you just don't feel like writing. I'm probably going to have to reread that post and try out some of those tips today...

That's all for this week! Hope everyone has an awesome weekend and I'll be back on Monday with the fifth and final part to my beta readers series and answer a few questions from last week's part. (Yes, Celise I will get to those. ;))

Comments

Celise said…
LOL. Thanks. Checked out that Query Shark's "Winner on the first try." How awesome is that? Short but sweet. I'll have to remember that.
July 31, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Shade said…
I like your schedule now; it has you posting every few days (:
August 1, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Anonymous said…
Thank you, Rachael! You rock my socks! :D
August 5, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

RTW: First Quarter Check-In

Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway's contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In the comments, you can hop from destination to destination and get everybody's unique take on the topic. This Week:  Quarterly check-ins! We're already 1/4 of the way through the year--where are you on your reading and writing goals? Where did the time go??  Reading Goal: 100 books  Where I should be: About 16 Where I am: 5  Clearly it is not going very well. In my defense, I did finish up A Clash of Kings in January and read A Storm of Swords in February. I'm hoping to do some catch up reading over spring break and then really get trucking when summer rolls around. I'm probably getting A Feast for Crows this week, though, so we'll see how long that lasts.  Writing I didn't set any writing goals for this year, other than just to keep writing. My writing kind of dropped off last sem...
Read more

RTW -- Picking Titles

Road Trip Wednesday is a "Blog Carnival," where YA Highway's contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question and answer it on our own blogs. You can hop from destination to destination and get everybody's unique take on the topic. This Week's Topic: How do you pick your titles? I don't really have a secret for picking titles. Basically my method is to wait until something pops into my head that sounds good to me. Sometimes that title might not even really fit the book or feel exactly right, but to me it's just a working title until I think of something better. Burning Bridges was the first thing to pop into my head when I started the first draft and needed something to name the folder. I don't know why it popped into my head because I don't really see a connection between the book and the title, but it's stuck through every one of the three drafts. Lately I've been toying with the idea of changing it to Once Bitten, Twi...
Read more

Monday Updates: July 29

This is my last Monday Updates post. As of next Monday, I'm going to start up my college tips weekly blog on Mondays, since it's almost the school year.  Song of the Week: Here's to Us by Halestorm How's Life? Well, there are only two days left in July and I'm still trying to figure out where the rest of my summer went. Seriously, it can't almost be August, can it? How's TV?  Watched the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Friday. There was a point in the middle where I wanted to just stop because I didn't want the series to end. It was a fantastic finale, definitely one of my favorites. Now I'm trying to decide which on my long list should I watch next. Silver Linings Playbook is an amazing movie. I already knew Jennifer Lawrence was a fantastic actress but she still managed to surprise me. Taken 2 isn't nearly as good as the first one, but it's a decent movie overall.  How's Reading? Books read: 0 I'm no...
Read more