Tuesday's Tips for Flailing Writers: Mo' Links

Bookslut declares, 'Good writing begins with good reading.'

The Fiction Desk offers The Ins and Outs of a Query Letter.

The Writing Life details How to Create Effective Back Cover Copy.

Writer Al Kennedy admits to going crazy, then shares his Secrets to Securing (some semblance of) Sanity.

Flashlight Worthy picked a number between one and 100, then came up with '33 of the Best Books about Writing Fiction.'

NPR's preamble rambles, "There are said to be only a few basic plot lines in the western narrative tradition. But what do storytellers do when technology makes old plots seem implausible? How do you do a story about star-crossed lovers like Romeo and Juliet, when these days, Juliet could text message Romeo: 'Just napping. Don't drink poison.'"