Three (Writing) Reads and a Giveaway

Angela Ackerman of The BookShelf Muse is guest posting on Linda Clare’s blog today. Looking forward to finding out the history of the emotion thesaurus and exploring a new writing blog! Her post on “Cracking Open Your Character’s Lives” is one that caught my eye.

Linda Clare's Writer's Tips

Natalie M. Fischer posts about some of her pet peeves. I’ve been sending out queries for a while now and I think oh yes I would never do some of these things. Well. Check out #7 on her list. Going vague on the I have read your blog, your interview your whatever-I’ve done that when I can’t quite find the words to express why I think the agent might be a good match, it’s just a feeling I have. See the impression you could create.

Adventures in Agentland: It's QUERY season!

I mentioned Write On Con yesterday and now want to share one of my go to reads for character development. This isn’t the only treasure in there by the way. There’s more, much more! I’m finding this one particularly useful because I am switching a manuscript from first to third person...and oddly enough the story is “singing” now. I was convinced that this was a story that needed to be told in first person to truly capture the MC’s voice. No. It needs to be told in third person so her voice _and_ story come can through loud and clear. First person was not achieving that. AnyHOW. Here is the article!


WriteOnCon.com – Creating Memorable Characters by author/literary agent Mandy Hubbard


And....the contest--how about mine! You have until January 15 to enter and I will make the draw on January 16, announce on the Jan 17.

Give away, How to Say Goodbye in Robot