Blogs that made me stop: 8 October 2012—Part 1:

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Okay, so the blogs outstanding have been driving me crazy – lurking at the back of my mind while I reformat and re-cover and edit the anthologies. So, after a particularly stressful morning which left me wanting very much to kill something, I took some time to chill with the bloggers and clear the backlog. For some strange reason, this has enabled me to unwind. Thank you to all the bloggers out there, mostly to those I have discovered and now follow, but especially to the following, whose entries made me stop. 
NOTE: This was a much bigger task than anticipated so I'm breaking this post into several pieces. Here are the first twenty:
Mystery Writing is Murder: little things that make it for a reader by Elizabeth S. Craig: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/discovering-what-deights-reader-feedback.html
Mystery Writing is Murder: what to include in a first chapter by Elizabeth S. Craig: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/discovering-what-deights-reader-feedback.html
Kristine Kathryn Rusch on why writers disappear: http://kriswrites.com/2012/10/03/the-business-rusch-why-writers-disappear/
Jim C Hines on Anne Crispin and Ridan Publishing: http://www.jimchines.com/2012/10/crispin-and-ridan-publishing/
Jim C. Hines on Ridan Publishing and Anne Crispin: http://www.jimchines.com/2012/10/good-news-on-the-ridan-front/
Jim C. Hines on his October plans: http://www.jimchines.com/2012/10/the-october-plan/
JW Manus on the little things to be considered in e-books: http://jwmanus.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/little-things-mean-a-lot-in-ebooks/
Hallie Chandler thinking of cover design: http://halliechandler.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/1296/
Grasping for the Wind about The Signed Page by Bryan Thomas Schmidt: http://www.graspingforthewind.com/2012/10/05/signed-page-owner-editor-and-author-assembles-dream-toc-for-fundraising-anthology-after-cancer/
GalleyCat on Google settling with publishers by Jason Boog: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/google-publishers-settle-after-seven-years_b58557
GalleyCat on an author endorsement of the movie Life of Pi by Maryann Yin: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/yann-martel-endorses-ang-lees-life-of-pi-film-adaptation_b58605
Fantasy Author’s Handbook on genre spoofs by Phil Athans: http://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/at-play-in-the-fields-of-fantasy/
Fantasy Author’s Handbook on The Prince by Machiavelli by Phil Athans: http://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/books-for-fantasy-authors-xiv-the-prince/
Nick Daws on waiting before you submit or publish: http://www.mywritingblog.com/2012/10/why-writers-should-always-give-it-week.html
Mystery Writing is Murder on finding inspiration by Marsali Taylor: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/need-inspiration-go-out-to-find-it.html
Mystery Writing is Murder on traditionally published titles and rights by Elizabeth S. Craig: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/traditionally-published-titles-and.html
Mystery Writing is Murder on creating a believable world to support your story by Donna Galanti: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/cover-yourselfguest-post-by-donna.html
Mystery Writing is Murder on grafting genres onto steampunk by Kaitlin Nichols: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/steampunk-grafting-genres.html
Mystery Writing is Murder on making it in writing by Nick Thacker: http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/beat-bestsellers-other-way-to-topguest.html

Publishing Perspectives on why digital media for children in Russia is a growing market by Dennis Abrams: http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/10/digital-media-is-a-growth-market-for-russian-children/
 
Happy reading :-)
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