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May 15, 2013

wordless wednesday: Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg, PA

Author: Laura
Filed Under: whatever
Tags: pictures, wanderlust

the senseless challenge, week 2: sound (Stephanie)
the senseless challenge, week 3: smell (April and Beau)

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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

what do you wanna read about?

52 weeks 2011 bookworm doodles dylan says earthy hippie stuff exactly where they'd fall flaming liberal guest posts how to stand on your hands hubby is weird indie publishing lakeside heights LSB meme metaphysical bullshit microsoft sucks movies music my big shiny soapbox NaNoWriMo nostalgia not a writer OMG apocalypse OMG bugs OMG panic attack! OMG parenthood paper birds pictures practice novel rejected! senseless challenge sims storyskippers anonymous Studly Buddha terrible threes terrible twos the fish and the bird this is why I've got nothing toys for writers to play with wanderlust windows write better

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

  • A Newbie's Guide to Publishing (J.A. Konrath)
  • Allison Winn Scotch
  • Annie Neugebauer
  • BettyHerbert.com
  • Between Fact & Fiction (Natalie Whipple)
  • Borrowing Heaven, Subletting Hell (Allison Pang)
  • Chase the Muse (J.A. Murphy)
  • crap-o-rama
  • distraction no. 99
  • Everything in Between
  • Fiction Notes
  • Jenna Scribbles (Jenna Anderson)
  • Karyn Gerrard
  • Laini Taylor
  • Laugh, Mom
  • Loud Quiet Girl (N.M. Martinez)
  • mama's got moxie
  • No Credentials Necessary
  • Noble Savage
  • Publishing Perspectives
  • Rachel Hurd Anger
  • Shana Writes (Shana Norris)
  • Stomping Through Mudpuddles
  • Storytellersunplugged
  • TERRIBLEMINDS
  • The Book Snoop
  • The Fane (Ashlee Scheuerman)
  • the innocent flower
  • The Literary Lab
  • Warrior Writers (Kristen Lamb)
  • Whatever
  • women's fiction writers
  • Word-Whores
  • Write Meg
  • you’re doing it wrong
  • Zoe Cannon
  • Zoe Winters

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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