September 9, 2009

“Blogs are like a box of chocolates…” Isn’t that how the saying goes? I love opening a new box of candy–the picking and choosing, the sampling, the enjoyment!

Well, in today’s blog, I’m offering you a box of chocolates from various blogs I read. Here are some of the best I’ve read lately. Pick and choose. See what looks good to you. Enjoy!

Take Your Pick

You’ll want to give yourself a whole weekend for this particular blog entry. It will take that long to check out the 100 Essential Tips and Tools for Writers of the Future. It covers marketing, creativity, niche writing, finding paying work, and much more.

How can you think outside the box and create a novel that is unusual and meaningful? In this hurry-hurry world, what can we do to unleash our hidden creativity? Author Gail Gaymer Martin gives you ten great ideas here.

When you land an agent, here’s how NOT to make your agent worry. Read Agent Wendy Lawton (Books and Such Literary Agency) on this subject.

If you’re hoping to write full-time, you need to do career planning. Here’s a realistic step-by-step guide from top literary agent, Chip MacGregor.

Time to Sample

Open your box of chocolates, settle back in  a comfy chair, and enjoy this sampling of some fine articles!

9 Comments »

1. 

   Fantastic sampler, and so much less fattening than Whitman’s! Thanks, Kristi!

   Comment by Jane Heitman Healy — September 9, 2009 @ 4:33 pm

2. 

   Jane, you’re welcome. It might not be as much FUN as chocolate though! I could practically eat that picture.

   Comment by Kristi Holl — September 9, 2009 @ 5:04 pm

3. 

   Just bookmarked this great site! Proud to know you.

   Comment by Becky — September 9, 2009 @ 7:44 pm

4. 

   Nice to see you too, Becky! Always good to see your smile!

   Comment by Kristi Holl — September 9, 2009 @ 9:52 pm

5. 

   These were all very good blog entries. Reading them and other links you have, how important do you think it is for a writer to have a blog? And how early in a career should one be started? Is it good writing practice?

   Comment by Jennifer R. — September 11, 2009 @ 8:49 am

6. 

   Jennifer, I don’t particularly agree that every writer needs to have a blog. I DO think it’s a good idea to write daily, and a daily blog forces you to do that. However, it takes a lot of time, and it’s not writing practice, which a new writer needs. If a writer starts a writing blog, but has no publishing credits, I’m not sure if he/she would get many readers. If you’ve sold a book, maybe a blog would help generate some interest, but again, where would the readers come from? If you only have an hour or two per day for your writing, I would work to become a better writer, studying my craft and revising. I wouldn’t use it up on a blog. (Remember that this is just my opinion.)

   Comment by Kristi Holl — September 11, 2009 @ 11:51 am

7. 

   Thanks Kristi for your opinion. It definitely makes sense to spend time time becoming a better writer!

   Comment by Jennifer R. — September 11, 2009 @ 3:14 pm

8. 

   Being a perfectionist is a problem but like any problem it has a solution. You can always improve your attitude towards things and people by accepting the fact that nothing in this world is fully right or fully wrong. Each person, thing or event has both a postive and negative aspect. What we need to do is focus on the positive aspect and accept the negative aspect the way it is. Definately we need to work on imroving the negative aspect but only as much as it is in our capacity. Rest we can leave as destiny.

   Comment by Steve — September 19, 2009 @ 7:30 am

9. 

   Steve, I like your proactive solution-oriented take on this!

   Comment by Kristi Holl — September 20, 2009 @ 3:36 pm

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