JQ's Links . . .
Cool Sites
Litopia.com - scarily cool. A place to meet fellow writers, hone your skills and have your work critiqued. Daily and weekly podcasts. And all run by one of those 'literary agent' folk. Nice.
Nanowrimo.org - every November, 30 days, 50,000 words. Have a go. You know you want to
Nathan Bransford - California-based literary agent, daily blog with a perceptive and informative take on the world of books
Isle of Man Advertising - where I spend my daylight hours
Authors and stuff
Stuck for something to read? You could do a lot worse than have a skeet at these folk:
George Pelecanos - cooler than a colony of Penguins
James Lee Burke - hauntingly beautiful books
John Connolly - The Man. Ain't nobody does it better
Lee Child - Jack Reacher. Coolest, toughest character around. Enough said
Nick Stone - one to watch. Author of Mr Clarinet and King of Swords
Also, check out Amagansett (The Whaleboat House in the US) and The Savage Garden by Mark Mills, who doesn't seem to have a website. But he should have. Boy, can this chap write