Nuggets for September

Resource for writing military romance
http://bootcampforwriters.blogspot.com/

Need a battle plan for your battle scene?
http://pcwrede.com/blog/planning-battle-scenes/

Once again, Patricia Wrede delivers. This time it's about how to add subplots.
http://pcwrede.com/blog/subplots/

Police slang:
http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/the-language-of-police-cop-slang/

This post focuses on one of the different ways "please" is used by British vs. Americans, but it's also food for thought if you struggle with giving each character a unique voice. (Be sure to read the comments)
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/saying-please-in-restaurants.html 

http://selfpublishingteam.com/five-common-writer-scams-explained-guest-post/

With more authors going it independent of big publishers, knowing what to look for in editors is more important than ever:
http://popularsoda.com/2012/06/27/five-signs-of-bad-editors/

This can't be said enough. Villains need love, too.
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2012/09/villains-guys-you-love-to-hate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+QueryTracker+%28QueryTracker+Blog%29

2 comments:

  1. Thanks! The battle scene blog is particularly useful.

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    1. I thought so, too. I know the day is going to come when I'll need this too.

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