Linky Friday

Another couple of weeks gone, and another month over. It was cooler this month than in June, but I'm afraid the heat will strike again sometime soon. Anyway, let's get on with the links, shall we?

Literary Lab on looking at typos from a different angle. I don't mind some, but I do get upset when there are too many! ;-)

Heidi Thomas on 10 things you might not know about punctuation. Well, I'm still struggling with it because, believe it or not, it's used differently in different languages, and I've used Italian punctuation for almost 30 years. So I not only do have to struggle with a second language, but also with those damn thingies, sigh! :-(

Blood Red Pencil on how to understand critique speak. Someone ought to teach also how to express critiques so that the author doesn't have to scratch his/her head to understand what the crit is trying to say – I'm speaking for myself when I'm in the critiquing position, here! ;-)

Agent Jessica Faust goes epublishing and gets bashed by Passive Guy…

Writers assumptions at Books&Such. I, of course, follow assumption #2! ;-) Except I have good reasons, because, hey! I'm Writing! And I'm writing deliberately… (you've gotta love Joe Konrath, of course! ;-) Which I do, even if I never read any of his fiction. But then I haven't read any of Dean Wesley Smith's fiction either, but I love his blog! :-D )

Both authors points out that new year will bring Kindle to India… now if my dear Indian friends could tell their friends about Air and the Tales of the Southern Kingdoms (which will be out by then)… :-D And I'll do the Italian version whenever Kindle reaches Italy as well (but Amazon Italia is brand new, so I have some respite there, phew!).

Dean Wesley Smith on setting his priorities – and I'll be attending the same workshop he has just finished in the fall… looking forward to it… trying to avoid the death of an indie writer's career… well, there's always the 50 best reasons to quit writing, but honestly none appeal to me! ;-)

Zoe Winters on the 99cent ghetto – and I'm totally behind her. Next year no more free reads, even the short stories will be at 99cents (I know because that's what Dean Wesley Smith teaches and I'm going to follow his advice, haha)!

Finally Lawrence Block on John Locke and Russel Blake's books. Have a great weekend! :-)