Sorry for the late post. This week has scrambled out from under me as I enjoy the rush of Forward Motion’s annual Story A Day challenge. I have 5 stories completed so far, and I’m quite happy with the lot of them.
What I’m Reading
This week I read Changeless by Gail Carriger. It lives up to the pure fun of Soulless while offering a tour of the British Isles (not really but some) and adding a number of new complications.
Life
Okay, this might be a little much, and I don’t usually post things like this, but my life has been a bit of a struggle and many of my friends have been going through very rough times. Nick Vujicic’s attitude just struck a nerve, a reminder of what’s important. Enjoy:
http://www.shrinkgeek.com/2010/04/30/inspiration-can-trump-perspiration/
Science
And you thought mice had no redeeming value… Mice detectives for exploring the animal scent kingdom:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/Mouse-baboon-100504.html
Even space fantasy can influence the science of today. Oddly, I read an article in Issue 16 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine (Karl Johanson’s A Walk Through the Periodic Chart is titled Curium and Paper Starships) that posits something very similar.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/04may_dawn/
Transylvania brought us more than just Dracula it seems. Dwarf sauropods (titanosaurs) also found a home there, back when Transylvania was a free standing island:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/dwarf-dinosaur-transylvania-100504.html
A follow up on the quantum physics book…quantum behavior going macro:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100318_quantum
Research
A collection of all that is wonderful, curious, and esoteric. Looks like a data mine for writers to me:
http://atlasobscura.com/
Writing
Tips on what to include in your series bible to make sure you don’t have to reread everything when a character or something that has faded into the background returns to the fore:
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/05/series-bible.html
A good breakdown of the reasons to write under multiple names and some cautions:
http://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/05/06/ManagingMultipleIdentitiesOnlineAvoid.aspx
Promoting
A look at what an “author brand” means in these days of social media:
http://tribalwriter.com/2010/04/30/the-online-art-of-developing-your-author-brand-molecule-or-global-microbrand/
Tips on things to avoid with your blog:
http://www.inkrebels.com/insp/20-typical-mistakes-made-by-new-bloggers/