Thursday Round-up: Posts that caught my attention

1. “When You Feel Like You Just Don’t Measure Up” at Modish Biz Tips.

This was a great read. The author talked a lot about what works for your favorite blog won’t necessarily work for your own, and that’s really OK. I think I’m a sucker for resume envy when I spend too much time stalking my old classmates on Facebook…and I KNOW I’m a sucker for blog envy when it comes to both author blogs and craft blogs. They drive me crazy with their cute, organized, creative goodness. But that’s ok, and according to this post, my blog is just fine the way it is.

2. “Thoughts on Blogging” at Nubby Twiglet.

Nubby Twiglet has a pretty high-speed, low-drag blog out there. She’s pretty darn fascinating. She’s also offering up some tips for other bloggers. Some are common sense (blog regularly) and some are new to me. Worth a look.

3. “Keep Drawing” at Soule Mama.

I bought Amanda's new book recently and really dig what she’s up to. She and her family participated in a version of Mo Willem’s Family Draw and it seems like just the project Boy Wonder has been waiting for lately. And who doesn’t love crayons?




4. “Mothers Day Gift Ideas” at The Purl Bee.

I love this blog. If I could live inside a blog, it would be this blog with all their knitting, crochet, and quilting goodness. I would roll around in this blog and walk around my life with all their bloggy genius stuck to my clothes like pet hair. Ugh. And their ideas for Mothers Day? Priceless.




5. "But I Asked to See It" at Redlines and Deadlines.

This blog is great! So often, we get the author’s perspective but never get to delve into the curious mind of editors and agents. This post is an interesting take on why someone would try so hard to get an editor/agent interested in their manuscript…and then flake out when they request a full view. Crazy.

Thursday Roundup: What I’ve been reading this week on the ol’ WWW

“What Your Historical Reading Choice Says About You” a great post over at Seduced by History. I’m not sure I fit into my choice, but whatever. Maybe I just like guys in kilts (never mind the fact that I’ve never really seen one that would fit the description in the books I read…the fellows I see in kilts are usually the middle-aged drunk guys runnin’ around Highland games and Renn faires.)

“Songs for a Zombie Apocolypse” over on S.G. Browne’s Web site. He’s got a new release “Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament” out this month and I’m excited. So EXCITED!
With all this swine flu talk, chances for a zombie apocalypse are high. Anyway, there’s an entire twitter feed that goes on about Zombies on Thursdays. Find it at (#zombietalk). S.G. Browne has “The Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash and that garners him automatic placement in my “most awesomest people around on the WWW list”. He also chose “Dirty Deeds” by AC/DC.

My thoughts? For battling a Zombie Horde, “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister are definite must haves.

“Felt Laptop Cozy Tutorial” by Away to Me. I figure I have a better chance of finishing off the damn manuscript if I have my laptop with me. The problem with having my laptop with me is the puke-green nightmare bag that I have to carry it in. It’s heavy, it’s awkward, and with my other bags needed throughout the day, I look like a homeless person by the time I get all my gear together. I want to make one. I’ll probably never have the time, but I can dream. Indeed.

“BookCrossing Donation” by The Literary Octogon. I want to get in on this program. You leave a book with a registration number and when somebody happens upon it and reads it, they log it into the Web site. ‘Cept with my luck, it would get picked up by someone and pawned off for booze money. Not that that’s a bad thing, per se, just not the intended purpose, ya dig?

Anyway, free things are awesome in times like these. Swine Flu’s gonna turn the world into zombies by next year, so you better get in all your leisure reading while you can.

“My First Sale”: an interview with Kerrelynn Sparks over at Dear Author. The bottom line? I like reading about authors who make a sale. I really do. It gives me hope that there’s enough of the pie out there for all of us. Plus, Kerrelynn writes about vampires and she writes about the long road to getting to what you want. Double bonus. She’s neat. You should visit her site.