Monday, November 21, 2011

Morrill's Monday Morning Mashup - 11/21/11


Welcome to my Monday morning mashup, where I post links to information I found interesting or useful in the previous week. Below, I've listed a few appetizers to whet your writerly appetite for the coming Thanksgiving week:

KRISTEN LAMB'S BLOG
Kristen Lamb posts some of the most useful advice and information I've seen yet on social media. I recently purchased her book, We Are Not Alone - The Writer's Guide to Social Media. I am still in the process of reading it. (watch for a review!) but so far, it's full of practical, easy-to-follow information about how to establish an online presence.

The link below is on PLATFORM. According to Kristen, it's not just for non-fiction writers anymore.


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WRITEITSIDEWAYS.COM
This is a blog by author and teacher, Suzannah Windsor Freeman. I subscribe and I look forward to its emails that are always full of helpful information for writers. Here's a mashup within a mashup -- a list of 23 websites that will make your writing stronger:


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MYSTERY WRITING IS MURDER
This award-winning blog by Elizabeth Spann Craig regularly posts information that is useful to all writers - not only those who write in the mystery genre. I especially liked this post about what NOT to listen to in a critique. The guest blogger, Anne R. Allen, states:

"A critiquer should tell you what's right with a work as well as what's wrong."

This is something we as critiquers too often don't remember. Here's the link to the post:

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Happy Thanksgiving! Unfortunately, browsing the Internet for interesting tidbits probably won't burn any calories, but I'll see you next week anyway, with a new mashup!

7 comments:

  1. Of course cruising the internet burns calories, just look how far we sometimes travel. It also burns the calories that didn't count because we were eating with friends and family. :) Thanks for the informational links. Looking forward to your review of Kristen Lamb's book. :)

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  2. Browsing the internet keeps my typing fingers svelt and well toned. Nobody likes fat fingers--so hard to fit into those slimline gloves, LOL!

    Great mash up. *s*

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  3. Wow, this is great, Jan. I've already checked out a couple of the links and found lots of helpful information. Thanks.

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  4. Lots of great information. Thanks for pointing us in the right direction.

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  5. Good post, Jan. Looking forward to your book review.

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  6. I like your mashup idea. Thanks for the links. I get Kristin Lamb's blog posts to my inbox and always like reading them too. Interested to hear how you like the book.

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  7. Wonderful links. Just wanted to wish you a happy Thanksgiving too.

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