Staff Picks
Suggested Reads
Rydia: Of great historical value, The Prince is a controversial guide to being a successful ruler. I'd recommend it to anyone featuring a prince or leader in their novels.
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Imagination at Work
Nate: "Caution! Imagination at Work" is an excellent blog about writing, engineering, and creativity. Check it out.
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Roleplay with Mizahar!
PenguinAttack: Mizahar is a fantasy roleplay forum in which a dedicated, friendly, and free community of roleplayers and artists gather to spin epic-level tales via collaborative storytelling.
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Two Swords, One Pen
Snoink: A blog which was run by Suzanne and Conrad Rice about writing!
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Hyphens
Alteran: This is a a great little article on how to use a hyphen, another slightly odd Grammatical tool.
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Showing versus Telling
Emerson: GryphonFledgling explains the true difference between "show" and "tell", and how making something fancier doesn't mean you're making it better.
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The London Comedy Writers
Rydia: Events and Contests run by an awesome group and they have a really snazzy website!
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Writers+Twitter=<3?
Emerson: This blog post explains why and how being a writer on twitter is a good thing, which at first surprised me too. But now, twitter is my second go-to site for writing. (YWS first!)
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10 Copyright Myths
Emerson: "An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication."
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Café Lopez
Emerson: This blog is a full of real-world anecdotes about writing, along with the thoughts of an author struggling to make a name for himself in the self publishing industry.
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Cliches in Poetry
Nate: From Overeasy: So what makes a “cliché”? In my opinion, a cliché is a well worn idea presented in a well worn way.
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Self Publishing
Nate: Suzanne talks about whether self publishing is good or bad. A must-read for anyone considering this route.
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Help Feed the Hungry
Demeter: Test your vocabulary, grammar, language skills, geography... and for each correct answer, 10 grains of rice gets donated to help end the world hunger!
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Writer Unboxed
Meshugenah: A blog on "writing and the business of genre fiction." One of my favorite authors is a contributor, Juliet Marillier.
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