Got a bunch of good stuff this past week. Even several contests!
So let’s get started!
Contests/Giveaways
Shared by @DelReySpectra – Free Book contest from Ari Marmel
Shared by @torbooks – Steampunk Adventures is holding a writing contest. Submissions due March 1st.
Shared by @DeidreKnight – Chance to win $100 gift card. Share what’s the riskiest thing you’ve done for love and win! (Not sure on when this expires! Doh!)
From @yabookscentral – Manga Giveaway at YA Books Central. One is even a How To!
Conventions
Shared by @tweetheart4711 – Mini A-kon in Feb! Denton, TX!
Fan Fun
Shared by @jimsissy – Colleen has been doing chemo and lost all her hair. She decided to have a contest for people to photoshop hair for her. Some of these were awesome. (Didn’t see them on her blog. Hopefully she didn’t just post them to twitter…Bah humbug…)
Shared by @ChuckWendig – Pandemic article at Wired. Multi media experiment at Sundance and beyond!
Games
From @ChuckWendig – Chuck’s first days playing Minecraft – if you’ve ever played, this post is even funnier. Heh heh (Poor Chuck) Fun game, simple, but addicting in its weirdness 😛 (Do not be drinking when you read this. It will come out your nose! You’ve been warned! Heh heh)
Podcasts
From @WNDRWolf – Podcast Round Table Discussion with Odin1eye and Richard Green
Shared by @GloriaOliver – BroadPod – BroadUniverse January podcast with readings by author members
Science
Shared by @MichaelPata – The first Mammoth cloning experiment is officially underway – Cool!
Shared by @mattstaggs – 34,000 year old bacteria found ALIVE! And Kicking! Even reproducing! Totally amazing.
Television
Shared by @torbooks – New trailer for Game of Thrones! Sweet~!
Writing Advice
From @KristenLambTX – The Character of the Successful Writer–A New Level or a New Devil?
Shared by @rachelcaine – The skinny on books being made into movies – misconceptions dashed!
From @ChuckWendig – Thoughts on Rejections and Reality – how to beat both!
Shared by @jafurtado – Are you a Moral author? by Richard Curtis – New contract clause at Harper Collins
Shared by @ChuckWendig – Reading aloud to edit – I need to do this more often myself!
Shared by @KristenLambTX – Parenting, Writing, Life! How do you fit it all in?
Shared by @KristenLambTX – Some tips on writing a Press Release that will get attention
Shared by @inkyelbows – #amwriting Website. Tons of resources and also explains what hashtags are and more! (I need to make a presence there!)
From @KristenLambTX – 1st in a series – Twitter Tuesdays. Twitter for Authors!
From @dknippling – How to play the Writer Lotto!
From @KristenLambTX – This is NOT the Blog You’re Looking For -how to avoid being that guy…
From @ChuckWendig – Like the preachings of the Church of DBAA and Yard Dog Press – Don’t be an asshole of a writer but still be yourself
Phew! That’s an awful lot of good stuff I scrunched out of this week! Dang! Enjoy!
