Saturday Morning 11.15.08
What a great week for writing related posts and articles! Dive right in, and have a great weekend!
Liquid Bookmarks…they look interesting. The small print says that a designer souvenir might not actually be intended for use.
Alex Moore posted a very nice piece on the importance of reading for contemplation and education.
Jamie over at Blue Duck Copy does a list of her favorite blog quotes each week. I’ve enjoyed this feature of her blog for several weeks now. I hope you do, too!
Creativity Portal posted a two part article by Naomi Rose titled Is it Commerce or is it Art? It is a valuable look at writing from the heart, and why writing from that place produces superior work.
James Chartrand, of Men with Pens fame, guest posted on Write to Done this week on how to break through mental barriers to find your writing inspiration.
Kiersten over at Keirsten Writes landed an agentl! She’ll be walking on air for a while. i would be!
Time to Write posted a great reason to work shorter hours and keep a messy desk.
Marginal Revolution posted the Ten Most Irritating Phrases. Good to know!
Here’s Zoe’s latest in her series, Navigating the Idea Dump. Zoe was the first blog chosen for Chuck Westbrook’s blog project, in which I participate. Chuck, the project really needs a name…. Check out the rest of the series as well.
How Not to Write has been hosting guest posts from NaNoWriMo participants. On Thursday, the guest poster was from Elise Koerner, on the subjects of writing procrastination and the importance of having a life.
7 Steps to Zap Your Creativity, on Dumb Little Man, was written by David Bohl of Slow Down Fast. Nice way to open yourself up again.
Think Simple Now has a nice companion piece to Zoe’s series this week, titled How to Organize Mental Clutter.
Writing Time shared the first step in an article she published, titled Discovering Your Personal Essay: Step One. As pimarily an essayist myself, I could really identify.
Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project post titled Ten Tips for Being Happier is a really nice piece. I like the paragraph on not venting all your irritations.
From The Writer’s Technology Companion, insight on the differences between a writer and a dabbler, and advice for How to Pull Yourself Over the Hump.
Melissa Donovan has been busy recently with her new blog for Scribizzy, which is looking great. She posted on 10 Tips to Improve your Fiction on the blog we all know and love, Writing Forward. She also posted her advice on writing a really bad villian (in a good way).
Kelley posted what many of us aspiring authors are thinking. How much harder will it be to publish in the new economy, and should it change what we do? She also provided a link to some good insight from an editor in the publishing business.
Checked out Melissa’s entry - happy I did! Thanks for recommendation!
I thought they were both pretty good. You, too, Matthew?
Ooh! New blogs to browse. A few I already frequent, but I intend to check them all out this week. Thanks B J. Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks, Jamie.
Thanks for the link love and kind words
And thanks for rounding up some good reading for a Sunday afternoon. There are several items here that I somehow missed during my weekly blog rounds.
You are most welcome, Melissa. The articles are great (and Scribizzy is looking great too!) and thank you.
New blogs to do stuff. It is really nice stuff.
Thank you, Blogging Elements.