Links for Writers

Posted on by PaulaO

I went to the library today and, among other things, I found a book dealing with agents and publishers and all that jazz. It was written in 2002 so I bypassed most of the dated material, such as addresses. However, it had a good section on links.

I was happily writing them down in a text document on the laptop when, of course, the battery died. I’d only gotten down maybe five so I didn’t lose too many. Still, it ticked me off.

At any rate, I happened to have a sticky-note pad and a working pen. I’ve only verified these sites still exist. Unless it was glaringly obvious the site was rather useless, I bookmarked it for later.

I didn’t bring that book home so I don’t have the title and stuff.

I did, however, bring home A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms by Edward Quinn. Now this is a book to read! Yeah, sure, its a dictionary of sorts, but it should be considered a glossary.

Another book I brought home is The Writer’s Idea Book by Jack Heffron. Cool. The cover says it “includes more than 400 prompts”, which are more like little activities scattered throughout the book.

I picked up Legends II, a book of fantasy short stories. I was looking for a book for Lorna in addition to finding something by George RR Martin. This book solved both.

My plans to end the year with a wonderful day of mad writing has been squashed. We were told this afternoon (er, Friday afternoon) that a cousin of Lorna’s will be here tomorrow night (um, Saturday night). So now we embark on a mad day of manic cleaning. Well, I do. Lorna will be at work since her *&^%head sub AGAIN couldn’t work when asked.

Comments

  1. I have Legends II. I started reading it about a year ago, but stopped after one story (the Anne McCaffrey one). They’re not especially rubbish or anything; there just wasn’t anything that really caught my attention. It’s now a book that I’ll go back to once I’ve read the books I really want to read.

    Saying that, I do hope Lorna likes it!

  2. I’m sorry to hear about the required cleaning spree. 🙂 Yargh! I hate cleaning, but I hate it even more when I’m trying to beat the clock.

    Sounds like a good day at the library! Much more prodcutive than mine. I got a diet book (yeehah!) and a book about vegan ethics. Not very interesting, I tell you. I did get one of my Christmas books in the mail: Memoirs of a Geisha. I want to know what all the fuss is about. I hear its really inaccurate, and while I’m no scholar of Japanese culture…I should be able to spot anything glaring.

    Your blog rocks, btw. Its all cool looking, with lots of useful things. wow. Much better than mine. *hangs head in shame*

  3. Sophia, she actually checked this one out before but never got to finish it. She was pleased I chose it.

    MeanFlower, ew on the diet book. I’m interested in what the fuss is with the Geisha book too. I love Japan and its culture.

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