Hello again guys,

 Music to write by: “Rain Wizard” by Black Stone Cherry

Today, I thought I’d focus on some of the blogs of writers who are doing well and who I think you should read.

Robert J. Sawyer is a Canadian writer who’s got tons of accolades. Last year he made his way over to the Surrey International Writers’ Conference which, unfortunately, I missed. This guy has written tons of great articles on writing that are frank and open. Most of them are listed on his site where you can read them for free. If you’ve read the latest Writers of the Future anthology (and if you haven’t DO) you’ll already be familiar with one of his articles. Mr. Sawyer writes near-future Sci-fi (which puts us in direct competition…yeeeahhh). His novel Rollback has recently been released. One word of warning… his blog is a little pluggy. Actually, it’s very pluggy, but the guy’s a legend so his blog’s still recommended.

John Scalzi is perhaps most famous for his blog “Whatever” where he’s been posting daily since 1998 (and which recently got nominated for a Hugo under the category “Best Fan Writer”. Most on thatin another post). Why should you read his blog? Scalzi’s got a big microphone. Half (or more) of the writing community reads it, so you should too! As for the writing, well he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005 so the guy’s at the top of his game.

Jeff VanderMeer is a writer of the New Weird which is a style of writing that brings together elements of fantasy, sci fi, and horror. He won a World Fantasy Award in 2000, so you know this guy knows what he’s talking about. As a plus, his wife, Ann VanderMeer, is the editor over at Weird Tales. If you’re not reading this blog, you should be.

Well, I brought you three must read blogs, but there are way, way more. On the horizon, profiles on some newer authors that I feel are on the verge of breaking out, and spotlights on the blogs of editors at magazines you want to be published in. Until then, chowder!