Links, Commentary, Writing Rules

Great commentary by Cory Doctorow on value, books, writing, publishing:
http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2011/09/cory-doctorow-why-should-anyone-care/


10 Rules for writing, by Janet Fitch:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/07/janet-fitchs-10-rules-for-writers.html


Elmore Leonard's rules on writing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/arts/writers-writing-easy-adverbs-exclamation-points-especially-hooptedoodle.html

And today, two people who said they don't read mysteries, said how much they'd liked "A Memory of Grief," and wanted the sequel. One person described all the things he'd liked, scene by scene. Very cool.