Internet Gold
Oh, Friday! (insert Scarlett O'Hara accent) I thought you'd never, never get here!
So I have another book due soon.
Which means I've been spending a lot of time on the Internet playing Farmville. And while I've been wasting ridiculous amounts of time on the ‘net writing, I have found some things that I wanted to share. I share them so my writer's block was not in vain. And so I can have something to show for my days minutes online.
1. I loved this pictorial article on E.com titled “Eat a Burger, Please!” You can see it HERE. What's not great? Glamorizing eating disorders . What is great? That the pictures go like this: girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, Steven Tyler.
2. If you're a writer, debut author Jody Hedlund has a great character development worksheet. I got this tip from Twitter. Are you guys on Twitter yet? I'm such a convert. (I wish vegetables had the same brain-washing power.)
3. Sometimes you just need a little old school Selah to lift you up.
4. I LOVE Autumn decorations. (Apparently not enough to decorate myself, minus the November Southern Living on my coffee table.) I follow a million (okay, maybe 10) DIY blogs, and Thrifty Decor Chick has THE BEST fall/Halloween project HERE.
5. The Girls Write Out Team is celebrating five years of blogging by giving YOU a Kindle. Check it out. Speaking of Girls Write Out, I'm super excited for February when Kristin Billerbeck's A Billion Reasons Why comes out. LOVE her books!
6. Denise Morris's blog always makes me smile. See it HERE.
7. Author Cara Putman is the nicest woman I know. Her books are awesome too.
8. Every time I turn around, the Green Bean Teen Queen is saying something ELSE valuable and news-worthy about YA. I can hardly keep up. I loved this post on books to be on the watch for. I know I'm looking forward to Revolution. (Right now I'm loving the YA trend of historical tie-ins.) GBTQ's reviews are so great and always give me titles to put on my TBR (to be read) list. (Edit: I totally had this written BEFORE I noticed she referenced my blog in this post. SEE! She won't stop being awesome.) Did you see there's a nonfiction book on her list called Poop Happened? That would've been an interesting pitch session. (Please know I am holding back many bad jokes right now. Many. Jesus is proud, y'all.)
9. If you write romance, award-winning author Susan May Warren of My Book Therapy has some great posts going on right now.
10. If you need some daily encouragement, stop by (in)courage. Love the blog design updates (fall!) and love the community there. If that's not enough pick-me-up for you, then look up Holley Gerth, author and co-founder of (in)courage.
11. I love to pop in and see what Miss Vintage Girl has made recently. She's so talented! My character, Lucy, from Save the Date LOVES vintage items, and I think of her every time I see MVG's handiwork. I also think about how I took sewing lessons years ago. And flunked.
12. Author photos totally stress me out. Photos in general stress me out. I'd rather do something more fun than get my picture taken. Like trigonometry. Or flip my eyelids. THIS post on author photos cracked me up.
13. Has anyone ever ordered from ModCloth.com? Because I think I might love this dress.
14. Finally, reading one blog usually leads me to another one. The title of this blog, a shout-out to an SNL sketch, made me laugh out loud. Here 'tis.
What about you? What items have you come across lately on the Internet Super Highway that have caught your attention? Share!!!
