I set up this SCBWI blog in May and since then I've been meaning to put up some recommended blog lists but for some reason I keep putting it off. There are just so many good industry blogs to choose from, and the task of creating the lists is a tad on the tedious side. It's kind of like cleaning out my closet. It's not awesome while I'm doing it, but I'm always very happy with the results when it's finished.
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Whenever I decide I need my closet cleaned out, I ask someone to come over to keep me company, offer moral support, and give me some you'll-never-fit-into-that-again tough love. Once I get a helper on board, it's smooth sailing, and usually turns out to be fun.
So, dear readers, will you be my blog lists helpers? I've certainly got my own list of favorites, but I'd like to know what blogs you visit regularly.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BLOG? Here are some categories to consider:
- author blog
- editor blog
- agent blog
- publisher blog
- group blog
Leave me a comment or send me an email (alicepope@scbwi.org). My recommended blog lists will appear over there (
----->) in mid-August.
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Whenever I decide I need my closet cleaned out, I ask someone to come over to keep me company, offer moral support, and give me some you'll-never-fit-into-that-again tough love. Once I get a helper on board, it's smooth sailing, and usually turns out to be fun.
I like Jane Freidman's THERE ARE NO RULES: http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/
ReplyDeleteand Robin LaFevers' as well:
http://rllafevers.blogspot.com/
I like the INTERN. internspills.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteAlso Nathan Bransford
blog.nathanbransford.com
and The Book Deal
www.alanrinzler.com/blog
Query shark
queryshark.blogspot.com
I also find Jane Friedman's google buzz feed to have lots of really interesting articles.
Agent Blog - Mary Kole's Kidlit blog: www.kidlit.com
ReplyDeleteThere are all great suggestions. This is going to be fun!
ReplyDeleteMs. Bird
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production
Mr. Wind
http://www.leewind.org/
And I second Ms. Kole
http://kidlit.com/
author blog - Maggie Stiefvater
ReplyDeletepublisher blog:
onourmindsatscholastic.blogspot.com
http://supernaturalsummer.com/ - Harper Teen
My favorite: Joan Broerman's Book Log.
ReplyDeleteI also like I Fry Mine in Butter, a pop culture commentary blog with 11 writers contributing, including myself. And we do write about the business of writing/finding agents, etc., from time to time.
ReplyDeletehttp://ifrymineinbutter.com
I'm also a fan of agent Colleen Lindsay's blog, here: http://theswivet.blogspot.com/
Author Kristin Cashore
ReplyDeleteAuthor Cynthia Leitich Smith
Author Mike Jung
Author Beth Revis
Author Shaun Hutchinson
Editor/Author Victoria Mixon
My #1 blog is ABLA agent, Mary Kole's www.kidlit.com for market analysis and writing guidance.
ReplyDeleteAfter that, I love. . .
From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors www.fromthemixedupfiles.com
The amazing in-depth interviews at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/
Through the Tollbooth
http://community.livejournal.com/thru_the_booth/
My favorite blog is FICTION NOTES by writing teacher and author Darcy Pattison. Darcy updates her blog regularly with practical tips and perspective on the writing life. (I always look forward to hearing Darcy teach at SCBWI events, too!)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.darcypattison.com/
Oh, there are so many great blogs out there. And I keep discovering new ones every day (like a few listed above that are new to me). Here are a few that immediately come to mind:
ReplyDeleteAuthor blog: Laini Taylor http://growwings.blogspot.com/
Editor blog: Cheryl Klein http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/
Agent blog: Upstart Crow Literary http://upstartcrowliterary.com/blog/
Librarian blog: Fuse #8, Betsy Bird: http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production
You guys are fantastic for sharing these. I've learned about some new ones. If only I had all day to read blogs and post on blogs. :)
ReplyDeleteThere's so many great ones out there!
ReplyDeleteFavorite agent one: Mary Kole's Kidlit blog: www.kidlit.com
Favorite author: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Another great agent one is Jennifer Laughran's blog.
I just adore the sister duo (authors) from Shooting Stars http://suzettesaxton.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteSuzette Saxton and Bethany Wiggins are practical, fun, goodhearted and honestly out there to spread their knowledge.
I might die if Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast stopped.
ReplyDeletehttp://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/
Betsy's posts are so lovely I would like to print them out and sew them up as pjs to sleep in.
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production
Cheryl's blog I reference all the time.
http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/
Dan's awesome about posting work-in-progress things or how-to-dance videos.
http://dantat.typepad.com/
The Greenwillow Blog and the MacKids blog are both great.
http://greenwillowblog.com/
http://mackids.squarespace.com/
And Abrams/Amulet AD Chad Beckerman
http://cwdesigner.blogspot.com/
Plus, this is really important for EVERYONE in children's publishing
http://www.candyblog.net/blog/
My critique group compiled a similar list of recommended blogs, separated by category:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.firstnovelsclub.com/p/epic-list-of-recommended-blogs.html
What we didn't include were established authors, since there were wayyy too many to narrow down, but we did highlight debut/aspiring author blogs. Hope this helps!
I like:
ReplyDeleteThe Scribechat Review @ http://scribechat.com
Lia Keyes @ http://www.LiaKeyes.com/
Meg Rosoff @ http://www.megrosoff.co.uk/blog/
Hi Alice.. my personal favourite author blog is Lia Keyes' blog The Scribbler
ReplyDeletehttp://www.liakeyes.com/
favourite agent blog is Mary Kole
www.kidlit.com
Here are some good ones for author marketing/promotion:
ReplyDeleteShrinking Violet Promotions:
http://shrinkingvioletpromotions.blogspot.com/
Market My Words:
http://www.faeriality.blogspot.com/
My agent has a great blog:
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/
And one of my favorite author blogs is Writing and Ruminating:
http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/
What about illustrators! Gotta include illustrators!
ReplyDeleteFor instance I love http://www.inkygirl.com/ by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Or children's illustration, http://picturebookillustration.blogspot.com/ , by Julie Fortenberry.
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Elizabeth O. Dulemba
http://dulemba.blogspot.com/
(featuring Coloring Page Tuesdays)
I like Charlotte's Library for keeping me posted on what's new in MG/YA fantasy and for the Sunday MG fantasy roundups: http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteAuthor Katherine Langrish of Seven Miles of Steel Thistle has thought-provoking posts about fantasy: http://steelthistles.blogspot.com/
And author Shannon Hale's blog is lively as well as timely at Squeetus: http://oinks.squeetus.com/
Most of my other favorites have already been mentioned!
The blog is too good enjoyed a lot.
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I feel even if you have to pay a little bit it's worth it, because paid sites are definitely better then unpaid sites.
Caution!
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