From my reading list:

Martha Wells periodically opens up her blog to answer questions on writing and publishing.  Her post on writing workshops  is very informative.

The biggest benefit, and the one that I always feel is the most important, is that they taught me how to evaluate criticism.”

John Scalzi on how he stays inspired to write and how he finds the time to do so.

I keep inspired to write because if I don’t then the mortgage company will be inspired to foreclose on my house. And I’d prefer not to have that happen.”

Linda Leinin from The Task at Hand addresses writing without getting distracted by all the techno pretties.

We have internet chat rooms and forums, social networking sites, texting, Twitter and internet television – a flood of distraction lapping at our desks. What we do about these new realities, how we manage them, is an increasingly critical question.”

Awesome Vid – Day Number 22  – Try Again 

Okay, the video and audio are not the best quality but I really wanted a vid of this specific song for today.  I thought the lyrics went nicely with the writing topics of the other posts.  “Try again, try again, try again.”

Song by Imagination Movers – from live concert footage – vid recorded by michelesobo

- Kit