Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas Linkspam!

Most of you are off enjoying the holidays--but I'm still working :( Today's the last day of school, though!

Before the new year begins, I thought I'd leave you with a few good posts I've been reserving for awhile now, waiting to build up a proper linkspam. I, er, had more links than I'd originally thought I had, but this is going to be my last post until after the holidays, so you'll have plenty of time to peruse and clickity click.

Merry Christmas!

On Writing: Before the Sale/Agent

On Writing: After the Sale/Agent

  •  Kim Pauley did a post on how much money writers really make, and Genreality had a more detailed post on the subject dealing with one NY Times bestselling author's paycheck. 
  • Janice Hardy is giving a lot of details about what to do after the agent, which I'm finding fascinating. Also: details on writing sequels
  • If you missed it, Laura and Lisa hosted agent appreciation day! (And speaking of, Shannon had one of the best stories of signing with her agent. Also: Bria recently signed with her agent, and I have loved her "After the Yes" posts. Also, also: an interview about being agented that's quite well done here.)
  • Kate Schaffer Testerman on what to expect of your agent. (Moonrat did it first.) Speaking of, Becky Levine's How I Got My Agent story.

On Editors and Publishers

On Other
  • Query Tracker is now offering easier to use writing networks--if you're not a member yet, this is just one more reason to join (for free).
  • All you multi-cultural writers out there: Into the Wardrobe recently launched Asia in the Heart, World on the Mind, a blog dedicated to Asian literature.

Fun Stuff!

Self Publishing and How (not) to Do It


  • Agent Rachelle Gardner gives what I think is the best reasoning on why self publishing does NOT work for fiction writers. If you're a fiction writer who's ever considered self publishing, be sure to check this out first. 
  • If you STILL don't believe me, then read this article, too, about the self-publishing statistics (statistics on cold hard cash, y'all). 
  • And then if your STILL STILL not convinced, then read this, too.
  • And, although I'm adamantly against self publishing fiction works, I'm still open to e-books, and this article was quite informative.
On Controversy
  • Censorship sucks. Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth) explains why.
  • I wanted to feature this in more detail (and I still might, but lord knows when). Anyway, Steph posted a FANTASTIC article on whether or not modern YA belongs in classrooms. (For the record: my opinion is YES.)
  • It is my goal in life to get a book review like this. But hopefully never one like this.
 

Books I Want to Read:


...and finally, two Merry Christmas links! (Both courtesy of Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why.


HAPPY   HOLIDAYS!!

20 comments:

Carolina M. Valdez Schneider said...

Thank you for all the links. Great stuff! Happy holidyas!

MG Higgins said...

Fantastic links. What a wonderful gift. Thank you!

Elana Johnson said...

I'm going to devour all of these links over my break. Thanks Beth!

Unknown said...

What an awesome collection of link spam. Who knew spam and awesome could ever go together in a sentence lol! Thanks for compiling!

Steph Su said...

Love your links! I'm bookmarking it when I get to that point when I, er, actually need to start doing research on queries. Hah. Far, far away. Happy holidays!

(Oh, and YES, feel free to expand on the "YA in classrooms" topic. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. And thank you for including my link up there!)

Unknown said...

Yay! I'm so glad that you all found this helpful!

(And Steph: I *totally* plan on it!)

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful post. Thanks for the inclusion and all the other great links. You're going to keep me busy today! :)

PJ Hoover said...

Thanks for the link love, Beth!

Angela said...

Oh, I just came by to say "hi" now I have all these great links...thank you!

Kelly H-Y said...

Oh my goodness ... I have a lot of reading to do! Thanks for the great links! Merry Christmas!

Carolina M. Valdez Schneider said...

Left a little something for you on my blog! Check it out! http://carol-in-print.blogspot.com/2009/12/have-blog-will-follow.html

Sherrie Petersen said...

Great links! You found some great stuff!

Anonymous said...

These links are incredibly helpful. Thank you! :>

Corey Schwartz said...

Oh, wow! Thanks, these look GREAT! Too bad my kids are off for the next 12 days and I'll have no time to read them! Ah, your vacation is my misery :)

Marian Perera said...

Congratulations on getting a great agent, Beth! And those links are giving me plenty to browse through as well.

Have a great festive season!

Shannon Morgan said...

Bookmarking this to explore soon. Thanks for gathering all the goodness!

Tarie Sabido said...

Thank you for the link love, Beth! Merry Christmas and CONGRATULATIONS on getting an agent!!!

bria quinlan said...

Wow there are some amazing links here - I'm working my way thru them all!

Thanks so much for including me (glad to see you're still on the I Got An Agent High)

:)
bria

Heather Zundel said...

I'm giddy with all these links Beth! So many to click *click*

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