Link Salad Round Three

Today you get Link Salad, because as this posts, the hairdresser and make-up person will be arriving, and we will be running around like frantic chickens getting Beautiful before the wedding. Posts might be a bit light on this week, but will hopefully return to normal next week :)

So, in the latest rounds of assessment procrastination, here are some goodies I found.

Missing a loved one? Miss no longer - you can now turn your loved ones into diamonds. And never fear, your loved one doesn't have to be deceased - some hair will do. They even do pets!

Some creepy creatures from the sea, like the oarfish, a real live sea serpent, and the gulper eel...

Calculate your real age based on diet, exercise, family history etc. I'm 3.8 years older than my calendar age; I need to exercise more and eat more fruit! (No surprises there!)

Perhaps this site will help me out - it comes highly recommended by my good friend Liana.

Ah well, if all else fails I can do what I jolly well ought to be doing anyway - walk the dog!

And on a writing-related note, I'm not the only one who "hates writing." :)

See you next time - don't forget to Breathe ;)

Link Salad Round Two

Today's link salad has been collected over the last week or so, and involves a rather diverse range of topics :D

First up, a fabulous article on time management, something that I could certainly stand to improve on :S For example, I've been home for nearly four hours now, and have done 1 hour of house work and about 20 minutes of writing - which leaves over 2.5 hours of time wasting.

Looks like I really need to check out this 9-step plan to becoming a successful author if I'm to have any chance of making it! :D

Of course, we can't write about nothing - so if you're short on inspiration this awesome stuff on dragons had my creative glands salivating (er, interesting image...).

And as an addendum to the last Writerly Advice article on showing versus telling...

Today, someone on Critique Circle posted a link to a great article describing the difference between showing and telling, and giving some fabulous examples (showing, rather than telling, us the difference ;)) - and I thought it would only be right to share it with you :)

Ilona Andrews on Showing versus Telling.

Hope you find it useful, as I did.

Equally Large Boas

If this isn't the most awesome solution to world problems ever, I don't know what is.

I'm officially proclaiming myself a Supporter of the Equally Large Boa Solution.