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March 27, 2008

like a zoo around here

like a zoo around here

Author: Laura

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also = wife // mommy // Michigan-native, metro D.C. transplant // occasional photographer // not really much of a musician anymore // “the quiet girl” // Buddy’s Pizza // tree-hugging hippie // B.A. English, Creative Writing // cosmopolitans // defectively shy and kind of antisocial // shamelessly dorky Sims habit // caffeine junkie

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be distracted

A softer world
A(n)nals of Online Dating
belief.net
Blackjack inc
Blogcritics
emotional bag check
explodingdog
Express
fitsugar
Geekologie
GIRLS ARE PRETTY
Hyperbole and a Half
michaelmoore.com
Mila's Daydreams
Mother Jones
People of Walmart
Pocko
Sounds of space
Stuff White People Like
The Hairpin
the oatmeal
The Rumpus
xkcd (web comic)

read a blog

read a story

Electric Literature
elimae
failbetter.com
Flash Fiction Online
Granta
Identity Theory
Mid-American Review
narrative magazine
Night Train
Pindeldyboz
Shenandoah
The Antioch Review
The Carolina Quarterly
The New Yorker
The Pedestal Magazine
Tin House
Zoetrope: All-Story

read some swoon (18+)

Clean Sheets
Oysters & Chocolate
Whispers (at BettyHerbert.com)

resources

10 words you need to stop misspelling
9-step novel outlining
Absolute Write Water Cooler
AutoCrit Editing Wizard
bartleby.com – grammar
cliches not to use
Dictionary.com
Duotrope's Digest
EditMinion
Fiction Notes
Gale – Glossary of Literary Terms
Grammar Girl
how to critique fiction: a checklist
how to use a semicolon
how to use commas
how to write a sex scene
IndieBound
Liquid Story Binder
novel progress widget
pimp my novel
Superhero Nation
The Book Designer
The Bookshelf Muse
The Other Side of the Story
the Self-Publishing Review
what the hell is your story's theme?
Writer Unboxed
writing prompts

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