It’s cold outside, I’m super busy at work, and I have book revisions to do. In other words, I’m coping out and linking to some other cool blogs today. Enjoy.

Want to know about the good and bad of being published? Click on over to Romance Unleashed for the highs and lows of finally selling that first book.

For more smart talk about publishing and writing, visit Magical Musings.

For a take on happy endings, surf over to Romance Worth Killing For.

For reviews and more, check out The Good, the Bad, and the Unread. You have to love a site that paraphrases a Clint Eastwood movie.

That’s it for today. Wherever you are, stay warm! 😎

A visual dictionary? This is too cool for words. :cool: 

It sort of reminds me of how I think — namely the fact that I go off on wild tangents, especially when writing or verbally sparring with my significant other (who, incidentally, sent me this link). Somehow, we started talking about string theory the other day, despite the fact that neither one of us knew exactly what it was. (It’s something about how particles are string-like instead of one-dimensional points).

And this dictionary makes me think about all those brainstorming exercises we use to do back in school. Think of a word. Think of a word related to that word. Think of another word … Somehow, I could always go from blue to asparagus in three easy steps. Weird, I know. But that’s how I roll.

What about you? Do you like tangents in your stories? Or prefer straight lines and plots? Inquiring minds want to know …