Friday Five #6: More Blogs

5 more blogs/posts/articles I read this week (enjoyed doing this 5 roundup so much last week):

1. Absolutely thought-provoking post on finding the right scene temperature by Lorin Oberweger. This was a multi-time read and favorite for reference.
2. This BEAUTIFUL essay by Amy Boesky on ghostwriting Sweet Valley High
3. My friend Thomas's blog post on the launch of his second book Legacy! (sequel to The Time Weaver)
4. Author Malinda Lo's brilliant post on curating your online presence
5. Bookwyrming Thoughts- a lovely blog run by--cue epic music--an ACTUAL TEEN READER!

What have YOU been reading?

Friday Five #5: Blogs

5 blogs/posts I read this week:

1. Nancy Holder talks The Double Life @IndieRecon
2. Robison Wells talks frankly about mental illness and how it impacts so many things, including one's faith
3. Dude In Publishing talks straight about publishing anxiety and the creation of need (so great I even forgive the use of Oasis!)
4. Much-shared post by Rachelle Gardner on how not to hate self promotion (I'm not sure this spoke to me, but I can see it did speak to a lot of people and there's a bonus real life Bad Query in the comments section.)
5. 5 blogs of friends and supporters that you should check out:
• Rebecca Writes YA
• Hengist - The People of the Horse (Ms. Jacky Gray)
• Author Thomas A. Knight
• Vanilla Moon Book Reviews (and bilingual in ROMANIAN!)
• The British Book Nerd

I'll be doing a blog 5 like this periodically. So, what have YOU been reading?

Also, blog, I'm cheating on you

I joined Tumblr because... because. I'm not sure why. Because I thought I should. It's the thing to do. I'm diversifying and, at a minimum, reserving my parking spot. I mean, I do sometimes research on it, from the very awesome photo collections from some very awesome users, so I might as well be a member. A few problems so far: I'm way too LoFi to figure out how to customize and I'm allergic to animated gifs (also, GET OFF MY LAWN). But, I'll ease my way into it. By the time I acclimate to how it works/become able to look at animated gifs without having a seizure, it probably won't be cool anymore. But whatever. I'm there.

There's a little widget over there ----------------------------------------------------->
where you can see my posts.

And, you know, if you Tumbl, feel free to follow along. And give me some tips.