Lots of mid-week link goodness:

• When number thirteen happens, I tell Walt he either has to read the book immediately so we can talk about it or I tell him the entire plot.
• Great tips and mistakes to avoid in worldbuilding.
• This is why I don’t bring up writing with most non-writers. (Or writers, actually. I don’t talk a lot about my WIPs.)
• Fiction is my favorite, but sometimes we need a little nonfiction.
• Some people come up with great titles without any problems; for the rest of us, it’s a lot of work and brainstorming.
• How to successfully read in front of people (or at least not freak out).
• Common pitfalls in story openings.
• We should all live like a happy author.
• I think the recent BBC Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility should be bumped up higher, and can we please strike Bridget Jones from the list? (Yes, I have strong feelings about Jane Austen adaptations.)
• I’m kind of addicted to Dance Academy, and I had no idea that YA author Melina Marchetta wrote an episode. (If you haven’t read Jellicoe Road yet you need to now because OH MY LORD THE FEELS.)
• Today in reading cuteness, pugs!
• Want to learn how to write and sell children’s books from the best literary agency around (including my wonderful agent, Taylor Martindale)? Now’s your chance!