Link dump for Fri. 2009/10/30 after the cut. The wiki version includes a tag cloud. Continue reading “Link dump”
Delicious.com tag cloud at 25K links
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Just slipped over the 25,000 links mark on delicious.com
I just posted my 25,003-rd link to delicious.com and, after checking for the exact date, I found that my last major bookmark milestone was 20,000 back on March 27th, 2008.
AAAWG notes
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AAAWG notes
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Example of ‘killing your darlings’ from All You Quantum Zombies
If you are a writer you may have heard of the admonition “kill your darlings“. Continue reading “Example of ‘killing your darlings’ from All You Quantum Zombies”
AAAWG notes
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16 well-regarded books on the craft of writing compiled by Patrick
Patrick handed out the following list of recommended books at yesterday evening’s AAAWG meeting.
In descending Amazon.com users’ 5-star ranking percentage.
- On Writing: Memoirs of the Craft by Stephen King (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 94% (638/682)
- Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a Literary Agent’s Eye by Katharine Sands (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 88% (21/24)
- Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 85% (76/89)
- Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne and Dave King (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 83% (105/127)
- Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 80% (37/46)
- Creating Poetry by John Drury (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 80% (8/10)
- The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 79% (312/394)
- Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies by Sol Stein (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 78% (49/63)
- On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinseer (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 76% (135/178)
- Telling Lies for Fun and Profit by Lawrence Block (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 75% (15/20)
- Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript by Cynthia Laufenber (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 73% (11/15)
- How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James N. Frey (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 72% (71/98)
- Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 72% (43/60)
- How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them by Sol Stein (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 65% (20/31)
- Give ‘Em What They Want by Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook (Amazon) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 63% (5/8)
- The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman (Amazon search) — Amazon.com 5-star rating: 58% (81/140)
Note: Amazon.com title searchs are used when there are multiple editions.
Date: 2009/10/06 AAAWG Tuesday night meeting at Borders Books, Arborland, Ann Arbor
Wiki version: 16 well-regarded books on the craft of writing compiled by Patrick