Living the Fictional Dream

The SED contest still continues. I think it is sucking all the other writing thoughts from my mind, as nothing has come to mind to blog about. I enjoyed yesterday’s story, though. A woman fighting a tree that became a tentacled monster. Much fun, and inspired by a real tree that I saw in the park while Stephen and I were riding our bikes earlier this week. I have not seen the real tree break out into tentacles yet, but it looks shifty!

Anyway, I thought I would take this lack of creativity and use it to highlight some other people’s creativity. So, the following are links that I’ve found whilst meandering through the interwebs.

The Teen Fiction Cafe is a blog run by a rotating cast of Y/A authors. They have weekly themes and their posts tend to be quite awesome. There are give-aways sometimes, as well.

Pub Rants is my absolute favorite agent blog out there. Agent Kristen always has interesting things to say about the industry, and I like that she always does her ranting the polite way. My favorite posts are when she talks about queries, the slush pile, and what’s hot in the industry right now.

Lit Agent X is also a great agent blog. I love it when Rachel lists the trends in the queries she receives. However, the only downside is that she doesn’t have a regular update schedule. The archives are worth perusing, though!

If you enjoy urban fantasy, try Fangs, Fur, & Fey. Lots of publishing urban fantasy writers (including Melissa Marr of Wicked Lovely, which is an awesome book you should definitely read) post here. I always discover some interesting tidbit that I didn’t know about before.

And that is it for the blog installment of my links posts. Happy clicking! There should be enough there to read to keep you occupied for quite a while! And if any of y’all have any links you want to share with me (especially good author, agent, or writing blogs, but anything, really), feel free to share!