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It’s time to share a few interesting links I have found throughout the week. Some of these I mention on Twitter, if you’re not already following me there, please do! Have a link I should feature in the upcoming link pack? Let me know!
Writing:
Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere
Reading Rainbow—the single most influential show in my young life—ended in 2009. Levar Burton, with the help of Kickstarter, is bringing it back! Donate, even a buck helps and goes a long way.
Eisler & Konrath Vs. Hachette
Indie publishing powerhouses Barry Eisler and J. A. Konrath teardown the Hachette memo in their typical snarky style. Regardless of where you stand on the debate, in my opinion the real loser in the Hachette/Amazon fight is the authors and their readers, not the giant publishing company or the giant tech company.
95k Words Later… Red Litten World is finished!
I finished a manuscript! I am excited about it. Now back to work.
Art:
Letter To A Young Artist # 1
Fantastic and candid letter from a talented older artist to young artists everywhere. Very much worth a read for any creative. Thanks to Kari-Lise for sending this my way.
The 2013 Winners Of The Nature Conservancy’s Annual Photo Contest
Stunning nature photography, my favorite is the bear on page 2. Beautiful.
Random:
Arcade Font Writer
This is way too much fun, write… well, whatever you want in the font/style from your favorite 8-bit video game. Thanks to Steve for the tip.
Meet the Ragtag Vigilantes at War With Mexico’s Cartels
A side to the fight in Mexico we don’t usually see. Fascinating and terrifying stuff, someone should write a book about these guys.
U.S. Measles Cases at 20-Year High
Yay. Thanks vaccine deniers. This is just what we always wanted: more preventable disease. Nothing beats putting a society in risk. Thumbs up.
Lovecraft Story of the Week:
Winged Death
One of Lovecraft’s ghost written works. I honestly haven’t read this one, and this is a note to myself to rectify that over the weekend.
Farewell Gif of the Week:
K. M. Alexander 
“She had been a very talented and charismatic performer but her need to have audience approval,shown by numbers, left her without the perseverance one needs to keep developing and without the all important inner dialogue.”
Thanks for this link. I just spent last night whining to my husband about blog numbers and popular themes in writing that I could never write! “Do you want to be popular or good?” he asked, knowing the answer. At my age I should be past the occasional meltdown about popularity! LOL
When I was twenty I gave up before I really got started. Now at 48 there’s no way I’m giving up writing–no way anyone can talk me out of it, but it’s great to read a piece like this to remind oneself how far you’ve come.
I always LOVE your Friday posts!
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Glad to hear it! I intend to keep them up.
Yeah, my wife is the one who shared that article with me, she’s a painter and we talk about finding our audiences quite often. So it struck a chord with me as well.
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