Today, a fistful of links

"The reason to use a subplot isn’t as important as ensuring there is at least one subplot in a manuscript. Otherwise, the novel will read more like a long short story, instead of a multi-layered book like those readers are accustomed to buying."  Lynnette Labelle

Here are some great articles to read for you all:

First, we have the Rejectionist, who has a gathering of links on writing people of color.  This is a discussion that I've been having with myself ever since last year's racefail webstorm.  Or should I call that a twitterfest?  Dunno.  Irrelevant.

Vampire Chix blog (a Cool Site you might want to bookmark) has a blog about how the various subgenres of vampire books are being falsely labeled.  (Don't you just hate it when you think you have an urban fantasy and it turns out to be a romance, or when a supposed romance turns out to be horror or UF?) 

Blood Red Pencil's guest blogger, Shon Bacon, has two excellent posts on Using Characters & Scenes to Trim the Fat from Your Story, parts one and two at the links. 

Magicalworlds.net, another WAY cool site, has a great reminder:  Did you save?  (Please, go save NOW.)

Orbit Books blog has a useful post on How A  Story Works.  Lots of food for thought there.

And Lynnette Labelle has a great short post on why you might consider using subplots. 

Comments

[Bernita]

Good stuff. Thank you, Written.