This past weekend, with the cold and all, I sat under a blanket and edited for clients and wrote 5,200 words in three days. Also another like 1,800 last night. Cocooning like that makes me a very boring blogger, as you can tell from this post’s pseudo-hook-line.
But chances are, if you comment here, I click through and read your stuff, even though I’m not really awesome at commenting back. (Conversationally challenged a lot of the time. And naturally shy, believe it or not.) Check out this variety:
Writing
Elizabeth writes a beautiful post on the pains of growing up, and the pains of rediscovering life’s hidden fruit.
Over at The Masquerade, a humourous roundup of procrastination visuals and some pithy related thoughts.
Kylie has a lighthearted zombie story in response to a writing prompt.
Last month, Jennette and Jill both took part in The Next Big Thing writer-tagging-fest, which Mike also tossed my way (that post is here).
Jennette’s YA fantasy: “Lily Delaney’s father, the world’s famous elven explorer, disappears on his last expedition. She is determined to find him, but she soon discovers that some things are best left unfound.”
Jill’s gothic romance/magic realism: “[I was inspired by] my soggy Pacific Northwest brain, dragons, the ocean, caves, and a strong desire to not only travel through time, but to somehow become sane in the process (not through writing the book! Sanity comes through time travel!)” I highly recommend a browse through Jill’s short fiction on her blog.
Art and Photography
I have fallen in love with Paul’s visual perspectives of York, England.
Heather has new book dragon art. I happen to be mildly obsessed with this series. They are story-magic-perfect.
Social Issues
On an annual basis for the last couple of years, Laurie has reposted a very personal story for Sanctity of Life Sunday. Here is hers…and here is mine.
Also, Randy recently sent me this interesting link on the gender equality of domestic violence. I have no happy endnote for that one, except to observe that each generation can make new choices, and if they do, they can expect their grandchildren to have, on the whole, enormously stable and successful lives. How we live today changes a future we may not see.
It’s so funny, I know what you mean. For the last week or so I’ve had an awful cold and yesterday, I wrote about 2500 words. The trick, I guess, is to write that (or even half of that) every day. A girl can dream, right? ^_^
Yep…I don’t know what it is about bouncing back from sickness, but I also find there’s often a creative burst when my health picks back up.
I always do better at football (soccer) when I’ve just got over something. Same effect?
Thanks for the ping! I’ve got six more photos to upload, but then there won’t be any updates for a few weeks. Sorry.
I find my shutterbug streak operates on a binge basis, so I shall have patience.
Love the Snowy York shots…VII and XIV are my faves.
Thanks for linking to my site! I will shortly check out some of your other links.
Thanks so much for the ‘ping.’ It was such a nice surprise!
I’ve never written fiction before, but that post was really fun to write. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Seriously, never? Nice job!
Thanks for the including me in your round up. I appreciate it! Awesome that you got some writing done.
And I’ve just been tagged in another Next Big Thing Hop.
That is one extremely popular blog hop. I didn’t even know who to tag for it…it seems like it’s been all the way around our circles.
Oh wow, thanks for the link! I plan to check out the others later when I have time; they certainly sound interesting.
And congrats on writing that much…no small feat
Thanks! It’s because it’s been so cold that I’m scared to do anything but hide under a blanket and type.