Tipsday: Writerly Goodness found on the interwebz, June 29-July 5, 2014

Heading off to yoga shortly, so getting this week’s offerings up all hasty like.

Despite the title, K.M. Weiland offers writers some comfort: Why every story you write is a guaranteed failure.

C.H. Griffin posts about what Firefly can teach us about writing. Love Joss Whedon and Firefly, so this geek was caught at the title 😉

Infuse your fiction with Donald Maass on Writer Unboxed.

Ruth Harris blew me away with all of these writerly resources, many of them free!

Neuromarketing advises us to forget the fold. Interesting news for those of us who have usually posted loooong.

Roz Morris counsels a young aspirant about what path she should take to become a writer. This is good advice for anyone considering taking a course, workshop, or degree to bolster their “qualifications.”

The CBC’s list of the 100 novels that make us proud to be Canadian.

Brainpickings presents the greatest books of all time, as voted by 125 famous authors.

Why people in the 19th century thought reading fiction was bad for you. The Huffington Post.

A TED Ed video on the art of metaphor by Jane Hirshfield.

Four lessons in creativity from Julie Burstein. A TED Talk.

And that she be it.

Tipsday

Thoughty Thursday: Things that made me go hmmmm on the interwebz June 1-7, 2014

Not tonnes to share this week. A thought-provoking photo essay, a little psychology, and a couple of funnee animal videos. Educational and entertaining, what more could you ask for? Well, maybe more of one or the other, if not both. What can you do? Some weeks are thoughtier than others.

The recent commemoration of D-Day brought this interesting photographic essay to my attention. The Huffington Post.

Ever wonder what motivates a psychopath? This article in the Psychiatric Times could be interesting research for your next thriller or mystery.

Another tasty article on the mind of a mass murderer.

A wee Ted.ed video on sleep paralysis. Parasomnias rock.

The world’s first wingsuit base jumping dog. That’s quite a claim, but I think it must be true 🙂

 

A guy interviews his guinea pig. Serious LOLs. Now gimme some toilet paper!

 

Enjoy! Tomorrow is Friday! Whee!

Thoughty Thursday