Writer's Links for Thursday

Allowing a story to happen, by Malolm R. Campbell – take a break and relax between scenes rather than forcing the wordsAuthor Elmore Leonard wins prestigious book award, by Mike Householder – “For a man who built his career on word economy, the title is pretty darned long — The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.”Two out-of-print Nora Ephron titles to be published as a single volume, by by Stephan Lee – “Crazy Salad and Scribble, Scribble have been out-of-print as solo volumes since 1991 and 1984, respectively. Vintage will be giving these two landmark books a fresh printing as a single volume come Oct. 16.”Could Norway’s Publishing Model Work in the United States?, by Jason Boog for GalleyCat – “In an essay about international publishing models at Stanford’s Arcade, novelist and scholar Lee Konstantinou outlined how the government of Norway helps writers.”The Best Kurt Vonnegut Book (Readers’ Pick), Gabe Habash for PWxyz – “Last week, using the hashtag #bestvonnegut we asked our extremely well-read Twitter followers what their favorite Kurt Vonnegut book is, and they responded in a big way. The winner is…”The Curse of First-Person Narration, by Beth Hill for The Editor’s Blog – “Did you know that stories with first-person narration face a curse? It’s not that every story told in the first person falls under the curse, but a great many manuscripts, especially those of first-time novelists, flirt with it.”  Today's writer's links are brought to you by Jock Talks...Politics, an e-book collection of biting satire that has been nominated for a 2013 Pushcart Prize. The book carries the following warning: Use of this volume while drunk has not been authorized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It's available on Kindle for only 99 cents.