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I am on Twitter now--entirely because of Holly Lisle's birthday giveaway contest. If you're interested, I'm at http://twitter.com/EHartshorn

The Ambition of the Short Story--a nice little essay in the New York Times. Don't remember where I got the pointer.

Following

kalima62's link to the J!nx T-shirt site, I discovered this, which I must buy: Level 1 human. Yes, yes, I know. Human is not a class. It's still adorable!

The sweatshirt everyone taking my workshop on FM should picture me wearing: grammarian sweatshirt

I know there was something else I intended to put into this entry, but can't remember what.

Oh, this wasn't it, but--wow! The artwork in the Boskone 46 flyer is phenomenal!

Been a while since I've done this. However, there were a bunch I wanted to share with

bonniers, and it occurred to me others might also be interested.

Star Over London zeppelin

reports of the computer mouse's demise (Okay, mostly I love the picture.)

Air travel with large instruments (via

jaylake)

space station as interplanetary transport

Antonio Joli -- Italian painter of veduta

Well, what would you do with a fake wife?

Media Bistro reports on the sale of opening paragraphs

51 things you can't see on Google Maps Most of these make sense. But I checked that last one, and it sure appears to be there to me.

Freelance Writers: How to Create Passive Income for Retirement

J. A. Konrath wrote a Newbie's Guide to Publishing I tried looking for the book on Konrath's Web site, but the site was busy and confusing, and I gave up.

Current Mood: blah

I was tempted to do a complete link dump today. On the other hand, my friends in chat barely manage to put up with the number of links I dump at one time. Yes, I've been reading blogs and RSS feeds rather than working on my outline, though I *think* I did get most of Jayson's issues sorted out.

So, not a complete link dump, just a partial one:

strategies to make yourself work

Omni coming back?

"Tibetan" personality test

Boomshine game (ganked from Making Light)

ray guns!

Current Mood: procrastinating

Creative Pro has New Year's resolutions for creative professionals. And in line with resolutions 4 and 5: thank you all.

How about a round-up of word-related links? From the Chicago Tribune. I keep forgetting about Language Hat, so this was a good reminder. My only quibble is that the URLs aren't actual links. :-P

Looking for some future trends? Check out now-defunct Google Answer's insight into business trends.

If you need more for your TBR pile, check out Nancy Pearl's picks (from this past July).

And of course, time wasters. I would be tempted to check out RuneScape, but honestly, I know it would kill my productivity. So I pass it on to you instead. Mean, aren't I?

Current Mood: amused

I've been accumulating these for a couple weeks, so I make no promises on timeliness.

On buildings:

BLDG BLOG has some interesting structures.

A gateway to blogs about architecture: http://www.archiblogs.net/ Sadly, it has no RSS feed that I could find.

On fantasy and magic:

Monster bios

Myths & Legends

Thelemapedia, which focuses on the works of Aleister Crowley.

The God Checker -- look up your favorites here.

On names:

Nancy Friedman discusses the Mysteries of Naming, parts 1 and 2. More on corporate names, but the methodology is interesting.

Jon Carroll on name patterns. Also, KryssTal on Origins of Words and Names. Or check out fantasy name links.

Productivity:

time boxing

Random cool stuff:

Damn interesting has random tidbits, such as this bit on the Stinkbird Enigma.

Crash course in espionage.

I haven't checked to see that these are really public domain: http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/

happiness quotes

RPG motivational posters

ZOMBIE (programming language for necromancers)

On science fiction:

You may be a sci-fi writer

HardSF.net

Droids on the space station.

On writing:

Kevin Andrew Murphy on the Deep Genre blog on hooking the reader with the first 13 lines.

Alison Kent talks about the fear of success.

Blue Flavor on The Art of the Finish.

Written works:

Lost Books

Neglected Books

collected fairy tales

And because I do have a sense of irony: Linkers Anonymous

Current Mood: amused

Because I'm too lazy to actually work today. ;-)

First of all, Val is looking for recipe testers. Check it out.

Plot bunnies and such for your perusal:

Biology of B-Movie Monsters

Ultrathin fingerprint sensor

fossilized spiders and vampire sea spiders

quantum computing

Freedom Ship

NEPTUNE

Other cool stuff:

Scientific American on the expert mind. Ten years to master something? Interesting ideas. If you have the print edition, it's Full article: Philip E. Ross, "The Expert Mind," Scientific American, August 2006, pp. 69-70.

Oh, and they have these special editions you can buy online. I want this one.

From anghara, a visited-states map.
Mind you, many of these are ones I've just driven through. Looks good, though. I haven't visited enough countries to make the country map worth doing.

Via matociquala, the word count meter.

Random links for toys:

What the boy got from his grandparents for his birthday

Or perhaps you prefer Vikings or pirates?

Current Mood: lazy

Lots of links:

In the latest Vision, Zette writes about how Writing Comes First and Val and I have a Plot Bunny Agreement.

Moira Allen on How Do You Define Success?--something I've been thinking about in terms of setting writing goals.

Through August 4, check out the World E-Book Fair.

If you want to learn about sound patterns in a language, you can check out the Swadesh list of common words. (Scroll down to pick a specific language.)

Many, many author blogs! http://www.findblogs.com/authors_writers_blogs/

abandoned buildings

lyrics to Skullcrusher Mountain

US Naval Observatory Images and Artwork

Robot Dreams

Blogs of cool stuff