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ON EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WRITING:
Writing Links & Links for Writers: "One of the 101 Best Websites for Writers" — Writer's Digest 2006
ON WRITING:
Writer Unboxed: writers on writing; consistently worthwhile.
"What's holding you back?": this is a very good article, written for academics but applicable to all writers.
Alexandra Sokoloff; Screenwriting Tricks for Authors: Excellent posts on story structure, etc. Highly recommended.
ON GETTING PUBLISHED (OR NOT):
"30 famous authors whose works were rejected (repeatedly, and sometimes rudely) by publishers," an article by Michelle Kerns for examiner.com: We all need to remember this.
ON BOOK PROMOTION:
GREAT BOOK BLOGS:
USEFUL LINKS ON PUBLISHING:
Write a great query by Noah Lukeman
Buzz, Balls & Hype — M.J. Rose's fabulous blog
From proposal to publication by Literary Agent Rachelle Gardner
<li><a href='http://www.pw.org/'>Poets and Writers magazine</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/'>Publishers' Marketplace</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.publishersweekly.com/'>Publishers' Weekly</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.publishingtrends.com/'>Publishing Trends</a></li>
<li><a href='http://queryshark.blogspot.com/'>Query Shark: a blog on writing a good query letter</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.cmmayo.com/interviews-faq-writing-business.html'>The Three Questions I Am Most Often Asked About the Writing Business, by C.M. Mayo (on publishers, agents and promotion)</a></li></ul>
ON BOOK DESIGN:
<li><a href="http://www.faceoutbooks.com/" target="_new">Faceout Books</a></li>
<li><a href="http://henryseneyee.blogspot.com/" target="_new">Henry Sene Yee Design</a></li></ul></span></p>
BLOGS BY WONDERFUL WRITERS:
Luis Alberto Urrea
Lauren B. Davis
C.W. Gortner
Work-in-Progress, by Leslie Pietrzyk
HISTORICAL FICTION LINKS:
<li><a href='http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/historical-fiction-key-west'>"How Historical Fiction Went Highbrow" —a wonderful article in the Atlantic</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.onlineclasses.org/2010/06/01/100-all-time-best-historical-fiction-books/'>"Top Historical Novels of All Time"</a></li>
<li><a href='http://enchantedbyjosephine.blogspot.com/'>Enchanted by Josephine</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.histfiction.net/'>Historical Fiction Network</a></li>
<li><a href='http://historical-fiction.com/'>Historical Fiction.com</a></li>
<li><a href='http://(http//www.historicalnovels.info)'>Historical Novels</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org/the-review.htm'>Historical Novels Review — a publication of the Historical Novels Society</a></li>
<li><a href='http://historicaltapestry.blogspot.com/'>Historical Tapestry</a></li>
<li><a href='http://readingthepast.blogspot.com/'>Reading the Past</a></li>
<li><a href='http://writingren.blogspot.com/'>Writing the Renaissance</a></li></ul></span></p>
WONDERFUL HISTORICAL NOVELS:
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Love-Death-Koning-Reprint/dp/1588381048/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204984372&sr=8-3" target="_new">A Walk with Love and Death, by Hans Koning</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coal-Black-Horse-Robert-Olmstead/dp/1565125215/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209467975&sr=8-2" target="_new">Coal Black Horse, by Robert Olmstead</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Conceit-Mary-Novik/dp/0385662068/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239110927&sr=8-1" target="_new">Conceit, by Mary Novik</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Women-Novel-Paulette-Jiles/dp/B0000Y8GNY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199275732&sr=8-1" target="_new">Enemy Women, by Paulette Jiles</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743418263/readerville" target="_new">Music & Silence, by Rose Tremain</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679768149/readerville" target="_new">Santa Evita, by Tomas Eloy Martinez</a></li>
<li><a href="http://http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Flower-Penelope-Fitzgerald/dp/0395859972/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196110431&sr=8-1" target="_new">The Blue Flower, by Penelope Fitzgerald</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product//0805086706/ref=cm_rv_thx_view" target="_new">The Boys in the Trees, by Mary Swan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Lightning-Novel-Paulette-Jiles/dp/B002NSLMWM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259007928&sr=1-1" target="_new">The Color of Lightning, by Paulette Jiles</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Monsieur-Scarron-Janet-Lewis/dp/B000IW2FNK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195859246&sr=8-1" target="_new">The Ghost of Monsieur Scarron, by Janet Lewis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316154520/readerville" target="_new">The Hummingbird's Daughter, by Luis Alberto Urrea</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Water-Elephants-Novel-Sara-Gruen/dp/1565125606/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204984459&sr=1-1" target="_new">Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Hall-Novel-Hilary-Mantel/dp/0805080686/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259007865&sr=8-1" target="_new">Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Year-Wonders-Plague-Geraldine-Brooks/dp/B0002D6D9W/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199275553&sr=1-1" target="_new">Year of Wonders; a Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks</a></li></ul></span></p>
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