Friday, August 13, 2010

Best of Writeoncon

So the blogging world was a little slow these last three days?  Does anyone know why? WRITEONCON!

A totally FREE online writing conference that was awesome.  It was so good on day 1 I sent the founders E-cards.  Shannon said thank you back.

Here are the VERY BEST of WRITEONCON

 three pieces of advice for writers

Awesome vlog about the myths of the publishing industry.

how to be funny

why a less then big advance can be a good thing


<--- Writing a query letter.

How your characters handle a life changing situation.


Questions to ask before you revise <--I WISH i had this a month ago.

 this focuses on romance in YA BUT  I think it rings VERY true for all romance subplots

Sex in YA 

Writing in Real life--- AWESOME seriously some of the best stuff out there 

Stay positive in the face of rejection 

The first of a three part series about the first 5 pages of novel... Kathleen Ortz tells us when she stops reading and why or if she requests more and why.

Ready to have your mind blown in a BILLION different ways.  Mary Kole talks about character cliches and how to avoid them and she does some pretty fancy stuff with a rubix cube.
 

It was an amazing three days, the resources were insanely valubible. 


In other news:  Mr Clean's Magic eraser is, in fact, magic.  I'm talking some serious Harry Potter Sh*t here or Middle Earth or Neverending story.  Not as cool as writeoncon but still pretty freaking magical.