Great Information From Others

Every now and then you have a week when you find all kinds of great information and interesting articles. It’s been such a week for me. For instance, a few weeks ago I was cursing Microsoft Word (I really should try Apple’s Pages program since it’s on my computer) because it kept changing what I was typing. Elsa Neal and the Blood-Red Pencil authors wrote a blog “How to Stop Word Messing with Your Manuscript.” Great Stuff. And it looks like Elsa is offering a Word 4 Writers course as well. I don’t know anything about it, but now you have the link so you can check it out yourself.

Then I found a guest blog by Robb Grindstaff (doesn’t he sound like a wizard from Middle Earth?) on Helene Young’s blog/web site. Here Robb discusses the 3 Ds of writing this week – Dialog, Description and Despair. Interesting, huh? It doesn’t hurt that he starts out talking about how cool AVATAR is, the movie my husband worked on.    Looks like the article will be in three parts Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week, so take a look and see if there is anything you can take away from it.

The theme of Writer Unboxed that caught my eye is one I try to keep in mind fairly regularly. (And yesterday was one of those days I really needed to keep it in mind!) Have More Fun is advice you can’t get enough of in my opinion. Your joy is the reverse osmosis filter for your writing well. You need it to keep your well overflowing with fresh water. Hmm, maybe I’ll have to talk about this more later myself.

A friend of mine suggested last week I check out the Write It Sideways blog. I quickly found an article I liked on organization called “6 Organization Tips for Disorganized Writers.” Maybe you’ll find it useful, too. What I found most interesting is that the author, Suzannah, is very organized at work but not so much at home, and her writing is somewhere in the middle. Hmm, something to think about in my own life. She’s also got an article called “5 Reasons Fiction Writers Should Blog” if you’re blogging or thinking about blogging.

Speaking of blogging, Christina Katz of Writer Mama fame wrote “15 Aspects That Might Need Your Attention” about things you need to check and possibly fix on your blog site.

Now that I’ve shared some interesting posts with you, I guess we should all get back to our writing! Enjoy your writing and enjoy your week!