The weekly web ramble (4/5)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– Maureen Ryan shares her favorite Roger Ebert quote

– 50 pieces of writing advice from authors

– A literary agent on the Night Shade asset sale

<– AUTHOR TALK

Jacqueline Carey on why male authors still dominate epic fantasy

C.J. Redwine examines the “sell out” label

Michael Grant‘s tips for writing YA

Neil Gaiman‘s 8 rules of writing

WEB READS –>

Stolen Magic

– Check out the first three chapters of Stolen Magic by Stephanie Burgis 

The Testing

– Read an excerpt and the short story prequel (via Facebook, so you have to “like”) to The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau 

The Summer Prince SMALL

– Check out an excerpt from The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Dead Silence

– Read an excerpt from Dead Silence (Body Finder #4) by Kimberly Derting