Welcome to the June 16, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling.

Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. Please browse their blog posts, and share your own favorite posts from your own writing blog for next week’s carnival.

Enjoy!

Writers

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Books etc.

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Art and Craft

Some links I pulled out of my own feed:

• Lara Zielin posts Novel Psychology at Help for Writers: a brief rumination on injecting psyche into our fictional characters.
• K.M. Weiland posts 3 Easy (or Easier) Ways to Build Suspense at Wordplay: A guest post by short story author Brayden Hirsch.
• Rachelle Gardner posts That Pesky Exclamation Point!!! (And Other Annoying Devices) at Rants & Ramblings: When to use exclamation points!!!, italics, boldface, and ALL CAPS in your published fiction. (Hint: It’s a simpler rule than you may think.)

Writing Life

FLeonard presents A Fork in the Road: Rebel Literacy posted at A Fork in the Road, saying, “When we talk about writing, it’s important to remember that we’re also talking about reading. In many countries literacy is a fundamental part of our education. In others, not so much…”

Matthew Hyde presents Pick Up Your Pen posted at Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth.

Fiction and True Stories

Peter Bourke presents Vodka, Rejection and Broken Toilet Seats posted at Drunken Tales and Sober Thoughts, saying, “A true and humorous story which presents a real insight into life as a young adult and all the irresponsible drinking and tomfoolery which accompanies it.”

Publishing and Marketing

Joel Friedlander presents The Completely Backwards Way to Amazing Self-Publishing Success — The Book Designer posted at Joel Friedlander.

Jacob D presents Free Publishing Your Book: Cover Design 101 posted at The Writer Tank Journal.

Resources

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