Interesting Links #7: Writing Advice & Resilience

This week’s Interesting Links has writing advice, contemplation of the qualities of resilience, and the CEO of Microsoft making fun of the iPad:

-Resilience is an important skill for writers. And for everyone else, really: The Secrets Of Resilience.

–My audiobooks are now available at Kobo!

-Speaking of audiobooks, it sounds like Google might be getting into the audiobook game: Google Reportedly Wants To Take On Amazon’s Audiobook Business.

-Some good writing advice in here: Tips and Tools to Help You Complete NaNoWriMo (or any writing project)

-The Smashwords podcast looks at selling to libraries: How To Market Ebooks To Libraries.

-Easily! Stop wasting time with publishers and self-publish: How Do I Keep My Head Up While Finding A Publisher?

-This is a bit like the King of France refusing to buy any longbows before the Battle of Agincourt: Traditional Publishing CEOs Are Happy To Sell Fewer Ebooks.

-I am quoted favorably in this article: It’s Not About Us.

–The comments thread in my post about Overpowered Characters turned into an interesting yet SPOILER-filled discussion of the CLOAK GAMES series. 

-I admit I read this and I LOLed: Microsoft CEO Tells iPad Users To Get A Real Computer.

-JM