www.inkthinkerblog.com — Given that I’ve got 143 items marked as “things to blog,” I think I need to do some housekeeping. Although I’m going to set some of these aside for in-depth discussion, I’ve got to draw the line somewhere! Thus, the link round-up, in alphabetical order (sort of):
A List Apart: Attack of the Zombie Copy
Hilarious examples of god-awful copy from existing websites, and tips for resurrecting your site from Zombieland. Great for your own site and for any biz copywriting you may be doing.
A List Apart: Your About Page Is a Robot
I never really thought of it that way, but once I got into this article, Robot = About Page seemed the perfect analogy. Make sure your page isn’t a “Dumb Bot.”
Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability
Jakob Nielsen is brilliant. Be sure to check out Usability 101 and the Top 10 Mistakes of Web Design while you’re their (links on the landing page). And seriously consider subscribing to his newsletter and memorizing everything in the archives. It’s worth it.
Read this book:
Anna Louise Genoese’s website and blog
Author Robyn Schneider’s website and blog (and Correspondences With YA Fiction Agents, but I wouldn’t recommend following suit on that last one, or putting a S on “correspondence”)
Laughing at dumb people (or why you shouldn’t print a tee shirt until you’ve passed third-grade English)
“Blog Thefts” Illustrate Gray Areas In Content Rights, by Martin H. Bosworth, at ConsumerAffairs.com
Plagiarism and cross-linking in the blogosphere.
Bookburger Outs Scam-Tastic Anthology Series (even if it’s old, it’s still a good warning — and a great, funny read if you go to the scammer’s website)
BookExpo America Podcasts
Can’t attend? Don’t feel like it? You can still listen in!
Computers Write News Stories at Thomson
But don’t worry — we writers clearly enjoy job security despite this, um, advancement.
Crafting a Powerful Press Release (at Entrepreneur.com)
Read it, learn it, live it…and then search the rest of the site for nearly a dozen other great articles on press releases.
Battling the Deadline Demons (at CreativePro.com)
Meeting and coping with deadlines (without losing your sanity)
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And I thought I was the only one with a gazillion bookmarks I’ll never get around to visiting. I can totally relate! I’ll look forward to future installments so I can, of course, add more bookmarks to my collection.
This clean-out is actually part of my plan to bog down fellow freelancers with bookmarks to the extent that they become completely nonproductive, thus freeing up the marketplace for a Kristen King takeover.
Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha…