I’m desperate to wrap up my latest edit and have nothing particularly interesting to write about today, so I’m going to tell you about those who do. I know a lot of us follow the same “industry” blogs, but we may not follow some of the writers’ blogs so I’m sharing a few highlights. So go read, and if you’d like to discuss here any of their topics come on back.
T.A. Olivia, aka Darksculptures, wrote a beautiful piece on how writers are a masochistic nation of people. Excerpt: “We live in this secret society. It’s an independent nation. Rarely do we venture outside our borders. The trek to foreign soil is long, arduous and the neighbors are inhospitable. They don’t like our type.”
Kayla Olson, aka owlandsparrow, shares her color-coded method for editing a novel. Excerpt: “So, what does this editing actually look like? It’s one thing to say, “I read through twenty-five pages and made notes,” but another thing entirely to say how I’m doing that, or what I’m looking for along the way.”
Suzanne Conboy-Hill asks our opinion on using profanity in our writing. Excerpt: “I’ve noticed that none of my characters is inclined to swear. They don’t use profanities any more than I would myself and they would certainly never use that word even in extremis. So am I being prudish, unreal, and disconnected?”
Bonus: here’s one for those of you needing free stock photos to enhance your blog posts: The Morgue File and no, it’s not a collection of gruesome autopsy photos!
Enjoy! I’m going back to work.
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Linda Cassidy Lewis 
Thanks for sharing this!
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You’re welcome, Natasha. I know you’d already read Darksculptures, of course.
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Linda! My last couple days were crazy, and this was one of the first things I saw when I turned on my computer – thanks so much for the shout-out! 🙂 You’re so sweet.
Happy LOST Day to you, by the way! 🙂
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You’re welcome. And Happy LOST Day to you too … is EVIL evil or is GOOD evil???
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Just so you know. I’m having problems with my blog and WP support is trying to help me solve them. So if you see anything weird here, let me know.
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Thank you Linda! This was a sweet suprise. I enjoyed popping over to the other blogs and reading their submissions. What a talented group of writers.
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You’re welcome.
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Hey guys, I’m sorry for my (now deleted) post this morning. I was just fed-up with my blog turning on me. I’ve been working with support for days now and just posted my “pout” out of frustration.
Apparently, everything is working from your end. But if I’m told to clear my cache and cookies one more time, I’m going to scream.
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