Friday Link Love 4/18

Apr 18 2008

Don’t you just love Fridays? You have two full days of freedom ahead of you and the world is full of possibilities! Hopefully the weather where you live is going to be nice this weekend so you can get outside and enjoy the fresh air.

Driving home from work these last couple of days has been great because the weather has finally warmed up in the Midwest. I can finally open up the sun roof and roll down my windows and let the warm breeze blow through my thinning hair. And best of all, it’s still daylight when I get home!

Have a happy and safe weekend!

27 Thoughts on blogging for the artist
Here is some thoughtful advice from a poet on integrating technology (like blogging) into your life as an artist (musician, writer, painter, etc).

The Simple Life
No, not the reality series with Paris Hilton. Rather, a list of small things that can add a great deal of pleasure to your life.

Dropping in on editors
Meeting with your editor/s face-to-face can be critical for your career as a writer – and can often lead to a stronger relationship and more opportunities for getting your work published.

Reading as mental exercise
An interesting post espousing the benefits of regular reading (not what you might expect).

The author of "200,000" books
I’m all for integrating technology and literature. But computers writing books? That just goes too far.

Black Magic Woman: J.K. Rowling tries to make a book disappear
This really got my blood boiling, especially because the book Rowling wants to go away will probably help sales of her own Harry Potter books (not they need any help).

Fiction Writing: Bringing dialogue to life
Good dialogue can really help a piece of fiction, but when written poorly, it can hurt your fiction even more. Here’ s some practical advice for writing dialogue.

Multitasking is out, Omnitasking is in
Multitasking is sooo 90’s! Check out this new way of getting things done.

Random Post from Brad’s Reader
This is a post I dusted off from my archives that will show you how much the Friday Link Love feature has evolved over the last several months.

2 Responses

Called in from picking up your comment on problogger, and look forward to coming back and browsing the list of links in your post.
The one that immediately caught my eye was Omnitasking – definitely worth following that one up!

Julie 4/21/2008 12:02 am
Awesome links but the TeleRead one is very interesting!

Jess 4/28/2008 2:39 pm