Okay, so I haven’t dropped a chain of literary agent links since April.   Throw something heavy and hard at me. (I can take it.)

But, seriously, moving across town without hiring a moving company takes a lot out of a guy, especially when most of what you own consists of boxes and  boxes of books.  Kindle is looking real nice right about now.

So let’s get to those links!

♦ Dystel & Goderich doesn’t disappoint!  Look at what the folks there have served up lately:

• Miriam reminds us that the real point in publishing is to enjoy it.
• Stacey does a damn good job and slapping down the cliché that men don’t read.
• Rachel gives up her best books list.
• Jessica seeks the logic underlying vampire stories, teenage hook-ups, mash-ups, and Malcolm Gladwell.
• Lauren confesses her love of bookshelf-lined walls.

♦ Jessica at BookEnds dives into the thorny issue of getting published after being self-published, and answers questions about resubmitting a reworked query letter, the purpose of query letter guidelines, and morality clauses in YA/MG contracts.  She also warns us that confidence in a query can backfire.

♦ At her Pub Rants blog, Kristin compares different POVs, explains why enhanced ebooks will cause havoc, and tells writers why highlighting your age in a query is not a good idea.

♦ Nathan Bransford reminds us that every writer gets rejected.

♦ Rachelle Gardner at Rants & Ramblings reveals the secrets of a great pitch.

Enjoy!