Grammar

A good list of similar, and so commonly misused, words pointed out by Juliette Wade. I wish there were different examples for the #1 which is lie/lay, so I’ll add my own reminder which is: hens lay eggs, people lie down. If you remember that phrase, when approaching lay/lie, it’s easy to remember which acts on an object and which stands alone:
http://www.grammardivas.com/top-10-easily-misused-word-cousins/

Just for Fun

The Harlequin blog (http://harlequinblog.com/) has been doing a wonderful series on the Regency period led by its historical authors. At the bottom of one was a link to this short video on how to fight a proper duel in modern times:
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-fight-a-duel-3

Life

This is about a writer, but it’s about life and society more as Tawni O’Dell tells of her experiences being a literary author who has the impolitic aspect of being female as well:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10321/1103748-44.stm

Promoting

More tips on creating good cover art, this time as a step-by-step how to:
http://davidalbarron.blogspot.com/2010/11/cover-art.html

Science

I’ve been fascinated with dolphins as far back as I can remember, but John C. Lilly’s work with human-dolphin cohabitation and communication was a big influence on my perceptions of these sea mammals. This new research is not so surprising when you consider Lilly had dolphins speaking basic human words, but that makes it no less interesting:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9045000/9045389.stm

Submitting

A friend of mine recently went through a situation where she was juggling multiple agent offers, so I thought this post by Jodi Meadows might prove useful to some of you:
http://jmeadows.livejournal.com/819549.html

Writing

A look at how a single title romance is put together by Jennifer Ashley:
http://jenniferonwriting.blogspot.com/2007/04/romance-template.html