Librarian and author Lawrence Clark Powell said, “Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.”
I would add this to his list: “Link to help others.”
In that spirit, on to the writer links!
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Another Independence Day come and gone, another summer officially beyond prologue. Especially with the next few days in our nation’s capital predicted to top 100 degrees.
That’s roughly 38 degrees for those of you (scientists and non-Americans) who use the International System. This is the one thing I do prefer about non-SI measurement: Fahrenheit’s nice, round 100 mark indicating when the heat just becomes god-awfully unbearable for human beings.
[cue corny segue] And speaking of hot, here are today’s featured blog posts from writers around the web! Continue reading
I have noticed a distinct gender imbalance to my writer links. Sure, I have Les and Scott and John and J on my list, but the overwhelming majority of writers on my regular rounds are women. In fact, all of the links I’ve roped up over the past week are from women writers.
Not that there is anything intrinsically wrong with this, but I would like to get a few more dudes to provide more of a “guy’s take” on writing. Insofar as there is such a thing. Is there such a thing?
Okay, moving on. To the writer links! Continue reading
First, I want to wish Brittany Landgrebe get well soon!
Well, it is finally summertime! Do you have your summer reading list ready? Yeah, me neither. I have been considering re-reading The Lord of the Rings, and I do have a couple of non-fiction books from a used bookstore stacked up and awaiting my attention. But, no solid plans.
But, how about this idea: instead of committing to a few buzz-worthy novels, we could instead focus on reading a lot of short stories in magazines. Anyone up for this challenge?
And now, on to the links! Continue reading
Oh, Monday… with your false enthusiasm and wearisome clichés of toil resumed.
Prescription: coffee, with a healthy shot of cynicism and defiance!
The writer links this week are chock full of advice on characters and a writer’s personal approach to writing. On to the links! Continue reading
This week I have begun a variety of summer renewal projects. I have potted 10 new plants in my new place, and have begun a photo catalog of my bookshelves. (I may post these to the blog, if encouraged.)
I have also begun a targeted revision of The Ligan of the Disomus, and a related short story, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die. Although I do not subscribe to the common wisdom that a work of art is “never finished, merely abandoned,” I am glad that Ligan had not been picked up for publication before I had a chance to sketch out and complete a few short stories in the Observer’s world, and thus work out some larger-scale plot and character development decisions.
But, enough about my writerly life! On to the links from other writers: Continue reading
Everyone having fun back at work after the long weekend?
A little spring cleaning note: I will begin going through my sidebar links and removing the ones that connect to blogs where there have not been any new postings for two months. The one exception will be Miss Snark, which shall remain as a memorial to one of the coolest literary blogs of all time.
Now to the writer links! Continue reading
It’s that time again in my three-part cycle of link soup.
Just like how, at the cafeteria where you work, the middle of the week means taco bar, the beginning of the Leith Literary soup cycle means links to stuff other writers are writing about! There’s no guac or salsa here, but there certainly is a lot of spicy goodness.
So, set your laptop somewhere it won’t overheat (the cooling vents are probably on the bottom!) and enjoy the following links offering advice and other neat stuff from writers. Continue reading
I have returned, completely mostly moved in to my new place of residence, and ready to shout “clear!” and slap the paddles to this flatlining blog.
Also, now that I’ve switched WordPress themes, I can go back to regular text hyperlinks; Andreas09 gives them a nice, clean look. However, I still like the idea of card suit bullets distinguishing the different categories of link soup, so I think I’ll keep them too.
So, without further introduction, let’s look at some good stuff posted recently by writers: Continue reading
So, my little experiment of setting aside the link soups in favor of just posting whenever I read something interesting? Yeah, that didn’t turn out so well. I would read something, tell myself to remember to blog about it, then forget to blog about it.
In other words, that plan was chock full o’ fail.
But, never let it be said that I don’t respond rationally to contrary data! Back to the status quo ante we go, with this week’s collection of links dedicated to the writers I read online.