Happy Fourth of July and welcome to another installment of No Wasted Ink’s writer’s links.  I have a nice selection of writing articles for you all and I hope that they prove to be as much interest to you as they were for me.  Have a safe and sane Independence Day!

Against the Cult of Travel, or What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Hobbit

The Art of Video Game Writing

INSIDE THE WRITING RETREAT

Scrivener: a Great Tool for Professional Bloggers

5 Secrets of Complex Supporting Characters

Are You Botching Your Dialogue?

Making your Character Shine From Page One

Writing Lesbian Fiction With Clare Lydon

What Are You Really Saying? (The Use of Subtext)

A Less Lonely Way to Get More Writing Done