I may or may not have gotten most of these links through stalking Beth Revis’s blog, whose book Across the Universe I really really want to read. Like, really.
- Ack, totally forgot which blog originally linked this. Thank you, unknown blog. This is a really important, inspiring thing that all artist-types need to hear.
- I vaguely knew about this “Dress My Little Pony up like favorite characters” trend, but this group of My Little Ponies as characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender is far and above my favorite. Thanks, Rebecca Enzor!
A must-see video for writers. Beth Revis on failure:
- I love this response to Sady Doyle’s assessment of A Song of Ice and Fire as a sexist work. I actually think ASOIAF is explicitly feminist, and at some point I might make a post about why I feel this way. In the meantime, Alyssa Rosenberg makes a pretty damn good argument, probably better than I could ever do.
Will always rave about this video. Always.
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- More from Beth Revis! Who blogs about first chapters and hooks. Now, in the writer blogging world, there is probably no more typical a post than the obligatory post about first chapters and hooks. What I like about this post is that she breaks down what a hook is. I have always, always thought that writers would be better off talking about hooks as well-done, interesting questions – and since that’s basically what Beth Revis breaks it down to, I’m a big fan of this post.
People have been kind enough to make suggestions for this blog! I want to set up Google Connect in the sidebar, but I’m struggling. Basically, I got an html from Google, but when I put it in the WordPress text/html widget, it doesn’t do anything. WordPress folks, any idea how to circumvent this? It seems that it would make it a lot easier for the Blogspot folks to follow my blog.
Also, I want to get Facebook and Twitter buttons for my post, so I will jump on that tomorrow. *cue The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow in my head*
In other news, I won things this week! Will post about that between the Monday and Thursday content posts.
Thanks for reading, and hope you enjoyed the links! Sorry the list was a little short this week.
To apologize, here’s a cute kitty. Promise he/she bites.
Annalise Green 
Vernieda
/ September 4, 2011Yeah, I’m thinking I need to add a google connect to my sidebar too since right now all I have is an RSS feed & twitter but eh. I haven’t looked into how to do that yet either!
Jess Byam
/ September 5, 2011I’m going to be giving away a copy of Across The Universe soon, so I’ll let you know when! 🙂
And thank you for all the linkage. Those ponies–*dies*–I want them all. 🙂
Crystal
/ September 5, 2011Wow. I loved the Beth Revis vlog and the My Little Avatar (you KNOW I had a whole boxful of My Little Ponies as a girl! Lol… Ah, memories). I also really liked the first link – those were beautiful drawings and you’re right – every aspiring artist type needs to see that! Also? I’m thinking I need to design me one of those anthropomorphic versions of my artistic soul!
Sommer Leigh (@Sommer_Leigh)
/ September 5, 2011I love love love Across the Universe. It is one of my favorite reads of the year. She’s absolutely amazing!
Rebecca Enzor
/ September 5, 2011Unfortunately WordPress doesn’t allow javascript so you can’t use Google Friend Connect unless you get a .org account and host it on your own site. But they have made it really easy to get a Facebook button and Twitter button (it’s in the Widgets section of your dashboard).
And thank you so much for linking to my post! I’m glad you liked the Avatar Ponies ^_^ (I’m putting up Rainbow Bright a little later today – been sick all weekend so I didn’t have a chance to get it up yesterday.
Elana Johnson
/ September 5, 2011I love Beth! She’s one of my favorite people ever. 🙂
Heather Stover Arundel
/ September 6, 2011OMG! The violin remix of Ke$sha? FANTASTIC! My daughter & I are loving it this morning while we get ready for our day, thank you! 🙂