Daily Digest: Interesting Links and Such

Articles I found interesting 1/4/2011 Smugglivus 2010: Airing of Grievances (The Book Smugglers) 2010 is over, 2011 has begun, and Smugglivus is nearly complete! Which means that we must also undergo another very important ritual… The Airing of Grievances(in which we air out any dirty laundry from 2010. Warning: plenty of swearing and spoilers ahoy)Read More Between today and January 10, Kaplan Publishing is staging its second free e-book promotion, this time allowing consumers to download more than 130 e-books, including legal, medical, nursing, general educational and test prep books. The titles can be found on FreeKaplaneBooks.com. The aim “to help the multitude of new owners with e-book reading devices.” Kaplan president and publisher Maureen...

interesting links and such

I wanted to post interesting links I’ve come across today from various venues. Some of the links will be books and publishing related and some will be random. Here goes:HowtoLose20lbs.of Fat in 30Days… Without DoingAny Exercise In the last six weeks, I have cut from about 180 lbs. to 165 lbs., while adding about 10 lbs. of muscle, which means I’ve lost about 25 lbs. of fat. This is the only diet besides the rather extreme Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) that has produced veins across my abdomen, which is the last place I lose fat (damn you, Scandinavian genetics). Here are the four simple rules I followed…Read More 5 situations where it’s better to tell than show in your fiction One piece of writing advice gets held up as more sacred than any...