Fiction Scribe

Christmas has come a couple days early for me. Woohoo! I received four books in the mail today! I am one happy little scribe.

In other news, I’ve been doing a lot of reading on the various blogs I follow and people have been saying interesting things…

Rena at Depressive Talk muses about that long held belief that you have to be mentally ill in some way (most often depressed, addicted or both) to be creative.

Pari on Murderati is like me when it comes to almost obsessive drive to create an awesome first line. This post outlines her attempt to create a sexy beginning that also is genuine to the character.

I’ve been reading on the EREC (Erotic Romance E-Publisher Comparison) to get a better idea of what’s happening in that part of the publishing world. It’s quite interesting.

The Rejecter has a holiday reminder for anyone who wants to give their agent a gift for the holidays.

The Rejector also posted a response to a particularly long email he received. I was very amused. Then again, I didn’t have to answer it. “Usually I get emails with very specific questions. Sometimes I get these.”

The Book Deal is a fan of self-publishing and talks about “The unvarnished truth about self-publishing”.

ReadingWritingLiving has been dealing with all the right inspiration in all the wrong places.

ReadingWritingLiving also has an excellent system for finally clearing out your email inbox.

Men With Pens gives you advice with how to deal with cranks, flamers and trolls. The advice is especially good to writers who seek out online forums and groups for critique.

If someone gets me this for Christmas, I will love you forever and ever. I will also consider naming my first child after you.

Happy holidays.