Novel advice that's short and nice

There are an overwhelming number of books and sites out there that try to get you writing a novel - not all great. Here's one that is succinct and enjoyable to read. Advice on Novel Writing

most fun book ever, will get you noveling

No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty

This guy started a novel writing marathon that this year had 96,000 entrants. Troops in Iraq were even writing novels. Check out the moving story at:
In the lines of fire, Boston Globe

Complexity - The street as platform

This article describes complexity brilliantly. I arrived at the html via William Gibson's blog (author of Neuromancer and more recently Spook Country).

The street as platform

I hope they go home with the write baby

A nice illustration of the immediacy with which you register words. Notice how much you take in; how the words help create the story in your mind?

Ditches

I writing my novel by ditches. A ditch is usually about 300 to 1800 words long and is a continuous piece of a novel. It deals with either an idea, or a single scene in novel time. These ditches stand alone and can be weeded out as a whole, or, should they show promise, are short enough to be revised without giving you a brain-strain.
I call them ditches in reference to the feeling that I've finally run out of ideas. It's like I am always having a last ditch effort against a continuous and momentous feeling of failing.
This is a funny paradox, because I actually think that I am winning. Although I don't want to admit it yet for fear of sounding delusional.

Clive James interviewed about his works in progress

Clive James talks about his works in progress with the NYT Book Review blog - Paper Cuts.
Read the interview