How Not To Write

Skrivtips is a Swedish blog about writing, and apparently (according to my translation), I’m very readable there:

Bloggen How Not To Write handlar om trots allt om att skriva och skrivprocessen. Mycket läsvärd.

All I have to say about that is, “Tack så hemskt mycket! Du måste komma tillbaka snart igen!”

In my ever-expanding quest to keep myself so busy that I can’t work on my next story, I present to you the writerly musings of others from around the web this week (or so):
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JBStanley has a hilarious post on InkSpot about wrestling mother nature and a deadline.
Killer Woodpeckers:
A red-headed woodpecker with the charm of dear old Woody began pecking at the birch tree outside the window where my desk is located. I thought, “What a cool bird. He’s gorgeous!”
By February, I wasn’t so fond of him…
[Via: InkSpot]

It’s official. I suck. At least, that’s what my fancy new Suckage Quotient appears to indicate.
The Suckage Quotient (SQ)
Because one never knows how much they suck at something I invented the Suckage Quotient (SQ). SQ is a little formula you can use to quickly determine how much you such at something.
Skill/(Desire*Desperation)
With SQ, [...]

First up is Californio of DFW Writers’ Workshop. Great link to a treasure trove of articles from the NY Observer on the current state of Magazines and freelance writing. Ok, there are 4 articles and I suppose we can’t really call that a trove of any sort. Perhaps a treasure twiddle?
Anyway, Doree [...]