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Link Roundup, Friday the 31st
I read some things on the internet this week that I thought some of you might also find interesting.
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So, your writer friend named a character after you.
When I name a character after a friend, I do so, by and large, because I needed a name and said friend’s name worked in my world.
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The Writer’s Journey, Chapter 1
The book is a look at the Hero’s Journey and how it can apply to writing and a writer’s life.
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A reminder to myself that forming good habits is always harder than I hope it will be
The habit comes from me; the discipline comes from my own head — the part that’s not trying to constantly sabotage anything good in my life.
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So it may just be safer to say episode three will happen next week
I am really tired and actually quite physically miserable right now, and I have about zero in the way of spare time at the moment. So episode 3 of Fifty Shades of Drinking (hey new title) will happen sometime next week. Probably early next week, but not as early as Sunday. Like. Tuesday. Let’s say…
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Sartorial Experiment (gif usage in post)
I realized something this week. I hate wearing bras. I’ve decided that as soon as my last volunteer shift at the Writers’ Fest is over*, I’m going to try something. I’m going to go a month without wearing a single bra. I’m going to lock them all away in a box all month. All the…
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In which I yell into a microphone and shake like a leaf.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3VNWpTBj8k&w=560&h=315] This is me at the VanSlam on Monday night. I haven’t watched the video and probably won’t. I have issues with watching myself on video and am not in the right headspace to do so today or maybe ever. But, you know, if you wanted to see me perform “Blood Candle”…there you go. Now,…
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The Epic Battle between my Delusions of Grandeur and my Crippling Self-Doubt, part two million and sixty-five
If you’re anything like me you know exactly what this is like. Half your brain goes “You could totally model for Addition Elle/write for xoJane/dance burlesque and dominate the scene because you are a queen/maybe do something adult with your life like trying to fix your massive piles of debt!” and the other half goes…