There's been a few blog posts/articles I wanted to link to. Each of them has given me things to think about, and I like to think.
First is a post at the Blood-Red Pencil where she speaks of the novice writer's tendency for repetition. It's always good to be reminded of some of these craft issues.
Next is Writer Unboxed where Juliet Marillier gives us nine gifts for the new year to help us be better writers.
Nancy Thompson posts about how we should all get along. I totally agree.
Tyner Gillies posts about reaching out to touch someone. With our stories of course. His posts are always well written and thought provoking.
Last but not least there is this article in the New York Times about bedbugs in libraries. I'm not going to lie to you, this one kinda freaked me out. My book budget is not near big enough to support my book habit so I make good use of the libraries. I check out ten books a week for my kids alone. Since the libraries in middle Georgia are fairly small I also make good use of inter library loan, which means I often don't know where my book is coming from or how many libraries it's paused at on the trip here. I may be overreacting but the book I picked up from ILL this week went in a Ziploc bag and into my freezer for a few days before reading.
Hope you find something that tickles your fancy.
Ohhhh nooooo. Bedbugs and libraries??? The hotel ones freak me out enough. I can't click on that link. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links, Sara. Who would have thought bed bugs could be so creative with their travel plans.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't even thought about it before. I think that made it even more terrifying.
DeleteTrue confessions: I didn't read the article on bedbugs but my first thought was, 'conspiracy to get people off paper books and more into ereaders.'
ReplyDeleteIt's a possibility, but I think it's too easy to verify the libraries that have been closed for pest control.
DeleteScary taking bed bugs home in books. We'll have to rename them book bugs. They'll change - evolution.
ReplyDeleteBook bugs. They don't sound quite as scary as bed bugs.
DeleteGreat! Thanks for sharing. I'm off to check them out!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy.
DeleteI think I might've seen a link to that article on bed bugs from Nathan Bransford's blog recently. It's scary, isn't it? I'll check out that post by Nancy later.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy Nancy's post.
DeleteUh-oh.
ReplyDeleteBedbugs in my beloved library?? *shudders*
I just read Nancy's post... she nailed it!
It gives me the creepy crawlies.
DeleteYea, Nancy's post was pretty awesome.
Bedbugs?!? Yikes! I guess I'm glad I can't stand the air freshner my library insists on using. That's why the books reek of fake flowers and my asthma insists on going boinkers. Now I can list possible bedbugs as a reason for not using the library.
ReplyDeleteI think this is going to hurt libraries pretty bad. They may start going the way of book stores.
DeleteThanks for the great links, Sara. Since I volunteer at my local library every Tuesday, I'm going to do some further investigation about the bedbug issue!! ^_^
ReplyDeleteLet us know if you find anything useful!
DeleteGreat links. Thanks. Hmmm, maybe those bedbugs have simply been visiting their bookworm relatives?
ReplyDeleteWhat part of middle Georgia? We're about 17 miles northeast of Atlanta.
We're in the Macon area. So a good hour and a half south.
DeleteNot all that far. We've been there a number of times at the invitation of the former sheriff and EMA director.
Deletehe he. You can do Cool Links Friday now. Your links are great.
ReplyDeleteI love the library too. I'm trying to use it more now. Before, I loved buying books so I could reread them. But I don't have time to do that anymore.
I don't reread near as much as I used to either. I use the library generally because I've been burned too many times with ebooks. It's so easy to buy them and some of them are so inexpensive but then I read it and, meh. I wish I had my money back to buy books I know I love. So I use the library as a filter.
DeleteI'll bet that was a really COOL book :) I used to use my library, but now with my Kindle I can afford books and support writer friends. I read a lot, but not too fast, so it's not a budget buster for me.
ReplyDeleteEbooks do make it so easy to buy them. I definitely spend more than I ought on them. But I read around 100 books a year (I used to read a lot more but now I have toddlers) so I go through a lot of books.
DeleteBedbugs in books! *shudder* Yep, I'm going to be making a lot more use of my library's ebooks!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a good idea.
DeleteSo what are you telling us? Bedbugs are literate now? ;-)
ReplyDeleteIf they were would they stop eating us?
DeleteI saw that news item. Seems the library wasn't that concerned about the bugs. Apparently it's a normal occurrence. Yikes! Yuck, I'm with you, Sara. Bugs--no thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for links.
Really? Normal? Ewww. I'm terrified of the little critters.
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