Blogs that made me stop – 26-30 September

So, I am still trying to catch up on the bloggery’s that I’ve subscribed to – and I’ve missed the last three days of reading so I’m really not succeeding; I’m also trying to keep caught up, so if you see a few familiar names here, it’s because they posted more.

• Dean Wesley Smith on the new seasons of publishing: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=7919;
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on building a long-term writing career: http://kriswrites.com/2012/09/26/the-business-rusch-watching-the-numbers/;
• ·         JA Pitts about doing the hard work to achieve a dream: http://www.genreality.net/the-dangerous-dream;
• Jeff Bennington at The Writing Bomb writes about how badly you have to want something to succeed at it: http://thewritingbomb.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/how-to-be-successful-at-anything.html;
• Joanna Penn on her first year as a writer: http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2012/09/25/1-year-author-entrepreneur/;
• Chuck Wendig on how to reset your mind before writing your next book: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/09/25/25-things-you-should-do-before-starting-your-next-novel/;
• The Passive Voice on the difference between science fiction and fantasy – and I finally get to see what Alan Dean Foster looks like… so cool!: http://www.thepassivevoice.com/09/2012/the-difference-between-science-fiction-and-fantasy/;
• The Writer’s Dojo (and I am sensing a theme here): Tasha Seegmiller on … you guessed it… working towards success: http://www.ninjaswrite.com/2012/09/are-you-your-own-villain.html;
• Joel Friedlander on book cover design for August 2012: http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2012/09/e-book-cover-design-awards-august-2012/;
• Writer Unboxed: on persistence in writing by Barbara O’Neal: http://writerunboxed.com/2012/09/26/day-after-day-after-day-showing-up-at-the-page-no-matter-what/;
• Writer Unboxed on how one writer keeps her writing dreams and hopes alive by Carleen Brice: http://writerunboxed.com/2012/09/25/rebuilding-my-optimism-muscle/;
• The Knight Agency’s Nephele Tempest on using texture to make your writing come alive: http://knightagency.net/2012/09/texture-using-details-to-make-your-world-unique/;
• Genreality: Charlene Teglia on what to do with those ‘good stuff’ moments writers have in writing: http://www.genreality.net/dont-save-the-good-stuff
• Adventure without end: Tony James Slater on a day in HIS life as a writer (half his luck!);
• WOW! Women on Writing: Darcy Pattison on 5 places to make money as a writer: http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2012/09/5-places-to-get-rich-slow.html;
• WOW! Women on writing: MP on living like a writer: http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2012/09/how-to-live-like-writer.html;
• WOW! Women on writing: LuAnn Schindler gives advice on building suspense in fiction: http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2012/09/generating-suspense-in-fiction.html.