My Writerly Interpeeps

I am fortunate to have many, many amazing people in my life, both on and off the interwebs. Most of them have blogs that are family and/or writing related. Blogger would crash if I tried to link to them all in one post. Today, I'll restrain myself by only pointing you in the direction of my favorite Writerly Peeps of the Internet, in no particular order.

Published cozy mystery writer Elizabeth S. Craig. I've only had a bit of personal communication with her, but she's phenomenally gracious and helpful. Her twitter is a fount of useful writing-related links, and on her blog she couches writing lessons in sharp stories about her daily life. Although she writes mysteries, which is not my genre, her lessons and links are all-around awesome. (She even linked one of my posts once, when I had just started blogging. I felt kinda famous.) I've discovered a ton of useful writing blogs through her. Great stuff. (ETA: I can't believe I forgot to mention her Writer's Knowledge Database, which is a meta-search for all advice writing-related. Check it out!)

I didn't post my precious crit partner upside down. She did that to herself. I swear.

The delightful Christine T, aka Martinelli Gold. She's one of the critique partners I connected with thanks to a crit partner classifieds experiment on Natalie Whipple's website. She's been helping me whip Miss Floret and the Luministe into even fitter fighting shape. I've had the opportunity to read her WiP and experience the wonder of her creative metaphors. (Unfortunately for you, she isn't published yet. Fortunately for me, I get to read her genius before the masses.) Christine is sweet and helpful, and she regularly posts useful writerly advice on her blog.

Inskplatter raven! Edgar Allen Poe would have a conniption! (Okay, I kinda did too. Because it's gorgeous.)

The divine Miss H, also found via Natalie Whipple's crit partner classifieds. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. One, your simultaneous affinities for all things macabre and Regency-related. Two, your gorgeous website, which makes me drool with envy. Three, your encouragement and commiseration over the pain of writing a first draft. Four, your pointers on overcoming my drafting doldrums, and on showing me my first snowflake. Five, the fact that you spell words all British-y, like "colours" and "travelling" and "programme," and you put up with my Southernisms like "y'all" and "over yonder." Six, your knowledge of practically every period drama ever produced, no matter how melodramatic. Seven, your delightful ink-splatter art (check out her Zazzle store! Buy stuff! Miss H has crazy art skillz! #shameless plug).

On a final, random note: new header! Woohoo! I even made myself a favicon. (What? NO! I was not procrastinating on writing Antebellum!) Speaking of which...