Welcome to the March 12, 2010 edition of Just Write. We have a near record amount of submissions this week. Our little carnival is growing! You won’t be disappointed with the offerings. Informative, insightful and entertaining articles abound. Remember to show the blog owners we appreciate their efforts by commenting and socially bookmarking. I tweeted, stumbled and shared on Facebook my favorites.
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Authors/Poets-Interviews/Bios
A.F. Heart presents Book Giveaway & Interview with Diane Stuckart posted at Mysteries and My Musings, saying, “Diane Stuckart is the author of the Leonardo daVinci Mysteries. She also writes several critically acclaimed historical romances as Alexa Smart and Anna Gerard.”
Bonnie Way presents A Chat with CJ Darlington posted at The Koala Bear Writer.
Books/Book Reviews
Missy Frye presents Book Review: Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, “Emma Grant is made aware of Jane Austen letters thought to have been destroyed. Will she use them to save her career or keep them secret as she’s been asked?”
Anne Simone presents 30 Tiny Tips to Remember What You Read posted at AccreditedOnlineColleges.org.
A.F. Heart presents Review: The Night Killer by Beverly Connor posted at Mysteries and My Musings, saying, “#8 in Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation Mysteries – If you have tried Kathy Reichs’ books and they were just too graphic for you but you liked the premise – this is probably more your style.”
Samantha Clark presents Win a copy of Aries Rising « Day By Day Writer posted at Day By Day Writer, saying, “Adult and young adult novel writer Bonnie Hearns Hill will answer DayByDayWriter readers’ questions on March 19, deadline March 12, and the person who submits Bonnie’s favorite question will win a copy of the first book in her Star Crossed series, Aries Rising.”
Angela Martin presents 100 Best Crime Books Ever Written posted at Court Reporter.
Jerry Rogers presents POTUS-Worthy Prose: 100 Favorite Books of Our Presidents posted at Online Degrees.net Blog.
Missy Frye presents Book Review: Scars and Stilettos by Harmony Dust posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, “The account of a young woman’s journey into the dark world of exotic dancing and her return to hope and God.”
Kristie Lewis presents 10 Most Valuable Books in the World posted at Online Colleges.net.
Jim Murdoch presents Little Hands Clapping by Dan Rhodes posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, “Little Hands Clapping brings together the Old Man, caretaker of a suicide museum, the respectable Doctor Ernst Frohlicher, his greedy dog Hans and a cast of grotesque and hilarious townsfolk, all of whose lives are thrown together as the town uncovers a crime so outrageous that it will shock the world. From its sinister opening to its explosive denouement, Little Hands Clapping blends lavishly entertaining storytelling with Rhodes’s macabre imagination, entrancing originality and magical touch.”
Contests/Prompts/Projects
Tiffany Colter presents Upcoming writing events and contests posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This article is a list of upcoming writing events and contests.”
Encouragement for Writers
Joel Friedlander presents Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For? posted at TheBookDesigner.com, saying, “Information, encouragement and lots of resources to help authors build their Author Platform. Enjoy!”
Tim King presents The 5 Rules of Book Reviews posted at J. Timothy King’s Blog, saying, “A funny-because-it’s-true post on why you should NEVER get upset at a negative review (or puffed up from a positive one): because reviews say much more about the reviewer than they could ever say about you or your book.”
Missy Frye presents Finding Value in Writing and the Writer posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, “Janet Grimes shares her insight on what hard work is worth.”
Freelance
L. Shepherd presents What to Write? posted at The Writer’s Journey.
Rowena Hebert presents 37 Lectures Every Writer Should Listen To posted at Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees.
Love Affair with Words
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Limerick Ode To National Grammar Day posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Poetry/Short Stories
Robert Terrell presents questions unending posted at the existential poet, saying, “haiku.”
Robert Terrell presents swimming posted at the existential poet, saying, “The Existential Poet blog contains original haiku of poet Robert Terrell. I write about many subjects – seasonal, inner states and moon haiku, with an existential attitude.”
Publishing
Peta Jinnath Andersen presents Whitewashing: Where Are The Minority Authors? | *Insert Literary Blog Name Here* posted at *Insert Literary Blog Name Here*, saying, “Where are all the minority authors? I know they’re out there – I’ve seen Bronx Masquerade (Nikki Grimes), Monster (Walter Dean Myers), and Push (Sapphire) in the bookstore. Does My Head Look Big in This (Randa Abdel-Fattah) The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), and The Kite Fighters (Linda Sue Park) reside on my bookshelf. In mid-January, Kate Harding wrote an article about Bloomsbury USA’s second white washing fiasco wherein the publisher decided, yet again, to put a white model on the cover of a young adult novel about a black character (Magic Under Glass, Jaclyn Dolamore). But Bloomsbury may be just the top of the iceberg. “The Mysterious Benedict Society” series, a hit for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has sported all-white covers since 2007, despite one character, Sticky Washington, being “described as having light brown skin”.”
Cheryl Pickett presents One of These Things is Not Like the Other posted at The Publishing Answers Blog. “In publishing your novel needs to conform and yet stand out. Confused?”
The Writing Life
Tiffany Colter presents Benefits of writing for other venues posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This article is about how writing for other venues benefits you.”
BJ Muntain presents Writer’s block posted at Points on Style, saying, “An assessment of what writer’s block is, and how it can be overcome.”
Writing In the News
Sarah Bolme presents Is Your “Buy” Button in Jeopardy? posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, “Many of you have heard about the issues with Amazon and the removal of Buy buttons from books they sell. Learn out how to track the Buy buttons for your books on Amazon.”
Writing Mechanics/Tips
Missy Frye presents Why Your Characters Need Weirdness posted at Kill the Muse, saying, “Tara encourages us to give characters unique and slightly odd traits.”
BJ Muntain presents National Grammar Day (US) posted at Points on Style, saying, “A small difference between Canadian/British and American styles: Sometimes the punctuation goes outside the closing quotation marks!”
Story Weaver presents Showing Not Telling: Setting posted at Writer Sense.
Words2Words presents Good Grammar: Awaiting extinction? posted at What If – Editorials and opinions covering popular culture., saying, “An examination into the nature of social networking today and how it affects grammar. Fears for the future of writing if people continue to write using terrible internet habits.”
Writing Resources
Diane Laine presents Top 50 Twitterers Every Grad Student Should Follow posted at Online PhD in Nursing, saying, “This Twitter list includes a few writing resources with an education slant, ie. dissertations, thesis, etc.”
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