Friday Link Love 10/30

Oct 30 2009

Welcome to the Friday “Spooktacular” edition of Link Love! Actually it’s not, just business as usual. I’m not a big fan of Halloween (yes, I’m a Scrooge). Although I will be attending a Halloween party Saturday night, dressed as an unemployed writer. Seems fitting in this economy.

Halloween aside, the Chicago area keeps getting pounded with lousy weather and rain storms. While I normally enjoy the occasional drizzle and/or storm, this constant bad weather is starting to pick at everyone’s nerves. Most of us have forgotten what a blue sky looks like, or the sun for that matter.

Enough small talk. Here are a few great links from around the web for your reading enjoyment. Have a happy Halloween and, as always, a safe and weekend!

The reverse snobbery of literary aspirations

Poetry Friday – Houdini

Ebooks making libraries popular again, can do nothing about your 80s scrunchie

In defense of print

Ebooks vs. physical books

Style and popular fiction

Amazon’s price war with Wal-Mart

Will these books really help me get a book deal?

Even low alcohol consumption can have negative impact on health

Do writers need to be a little ADD?

Stop apologizing (for things you’ve never done)

Agents do more than sell books