Two links -- use them, damnnit!
Hey all, just a quick update to link you to a neat website sinewandbones (Who gets no link because it keeps destroying my page) linked me to:
Authonomy.com
It’s a website run by HarperCollin’s UK, for people to post their novels for other people to read. If you like a novel you can put it on your bookshelf, but your bookshelf only holds five books, so you have to be picky. At the end of the month the twenty books that are on the most people’s shelves are read by editors at HarperCollin’s UK.
I have a profile there, but my books aren’t on it. However if you set up a profile, link me and I’ll check out your work. I suggest not uploading your whole book on the site, by the way. However you need to upload a minimum of 10, 000 words.
The big con of this site is that ultimately you’re going to have to give a lot of reviews if you would like other people to read your work. However if you have the time to invest in the site, then it’s a little better than just submitting to the slush pile at the same publisher.
A friend of mine from college also wrote this article on rape in fiction. It’s geared toward people writing horror and fiction, be they novels or scripts. I’m inclined to agree with much of what she says-however obviously there are exceptions to the rule, such as Silence of the Lambs. It’s an interesting article, as long as you’re not sensitive to swearing.