Week in Short

Crazy week this week. One of those that seemed to simultaneously fly by and drag on forever.

Song of the week: Glee's remake of Jessie's Girl. I think I'm obsessed with this song.

Must Read:
The all-important first chapter
Cleaning out the cobwebs with revisions
5 articles on perseverance

News:
WriteOnCon's next event: Live chat with Sara Megibow on October 25th!
New Voyage of the Dawn Treader trailer! ZOMG WIN! I can't wait for December. :D
How to Train Your Dragon is out on DVD today!!! I am in desperate need of an excuse to go to the store so I can buy this movie.

BookEnds:
View on prologues

Gatekeeper:
Disagreeing with your editor

GLA:
How I got my agent: Lynn Rush

GotYA:
Janice Hardy guest blogs

Nathan Bransford:
T.H. Mafi -- Nine stages of dating a novel
How to fail and still succeed

Queryshark:
#183 -- mystery

Rachelle Gardner:
How to fire your agent

YAHighway:
Ease up on the self-pressure

In Movies:
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs -- Relatively cute. 6/10
  • Planet 51 -- Very cute movie, I'm particularly fond of Rover. 7/10
  • The Bounty Hunter -- Loved the ending, had some good parts, wasn't quite as good as I expected. 7.5/10
In Writing:
The first read-through for Burning Brides has begun. Hoping to finish it this weekend.

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

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