Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Literary Links: Vocab Workouts, Online Novels + Writing Tips

Beef up your vocabulary—see which weighty words from the New York Times are looked up most frequently by other readers. [via Bookslut]

Read chapter one of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, an on-line novel with new chapter updates every Monday!

[via Catherynne M. Valente]

A good opening line will immediately enthrall a reader… but a bad one can leave her rolling on the floor in a fit of giggles. [via John Wright]

Can you spot which of the seven types of bookstore customers you are? [via Rocket Bomber]

Apparently Dell publishers are making a killing marketing through Twitter, to the tune of approximately $3 million in sales! [via Dear Author]


--Rachel Frier


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1 comment:

Nicole said...

The list of 15 Worst Romance opening lines is hi-larious!!