Week in Short

Today is...Friday. Yes? Yes. Sorry I got about five hours sleep last night after staying up until 3:30. I feel like my body's conscious but my brain is still sleeping. I'm hanging out with my niece today though starting at noon so I had to get up early to post this before I left.

Must Read:
Going from good to great
Laurie Halse Anderson talks about her revisions on Wintergirls

News:
New trailer for Voyage of the Dawn Treader was released!

Literary agent, Natalie Fischer is blogging!

Adventures in Space:
Evolution of a query part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Socially Acceptable Schizophrenia:
Writing what you don't know

Story Flip:
Things to know about your characters while writing
Fill in those plot holes

Writer Unboxed:
Loyal to the facts or the reader?
Interview with Macallister Stone, owner of Absolute Write

YA Highway:
SCBWI soundbites

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Jump -- Officially pulled off the query train. I had some partial rewrite ideas that I think are going to make it a lot better...if I can just figure out how it's going to end. I'm thinking about taking the second half in a whole other direction. I cut 27,000 words in scenes this week, finished the outline for the first half, and am about ready to start rewriting.

The Elite -- stalled at 5k while I try to figure out what comes between the last major plot point and the next one.

Burning Bridges -- My new project. I've decided to do AugNoWriMo with it and it's going very well. I hit 7k Wednesday night.

Everyone have an awesome weekend and I'll see you on Monday!

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