Friday Mash-Up: Cookin', Band-Aids, Touchy-Touchy

Special Thanks for all of the wonderful comments this week. Hope everyone has a great, productive weekend.

Julie Musil & Karen Gowen both covered the cookin'/writin' dynamic with two very interesting perspectives. Idea pings with Don MacLean and selling Chocolate Chips vs. books. Over at Jenn Musing, she talked about writing pearls. While not cooking; I crossed the foodie line because it's well worth the read. Deanna Knippling has launched a new online recipe blog in homage to 'Vlad Taltos' by Steven Brust.

Laura Kaye put up a Stress Reduction Kit. Ellie's muse is sulking & chocolate isn't helping. She is in need of sulk-proof meds; check her out. In an ode to Beta's week, Erica has some great advice for the application of Beta Band-aids. Lydia Sharp discusses Women's Fiction 101 - The Baby Dilemma & the different remedies for getting there. Iggi & Gabi have been plugging along the DIYMFA track - a definitive first-aid. And, if you haven't checked it out, Angela Ackerman posted the Love/Affection entry for the Symbolism Thesaurus.

Elliot discusses 'Dumbing it Down'; a touchy subject if ever there was one. Ooh, if you haven't read it, Gabriela interviewed Jodi Picoult this week - interesting bits that. The Blood Red Pencil discussed the musicality of words - touching touchy.

And, NaNoWriMo discussions all around. As well as NaBloWriMo - check out Alexandra's blog for deets.

Happy Writing,

Patti

Friday Mash-Up

First things first, housekeeping.

Special Thanks - Karen Gowen & her blog BBQ from whence many of you have come.

Mucho special thanks to Clarissa Draper, who gets the Referral Award of the Week.

Refer-A-Friend Award

And more gratis to NR Williams for bestowing The Bump with another blog award.

Blog Award Ceremony - A few weeks ago, I received my first blog award from Pat Stoltey & now I am ready to pass it on. This week it is going to the first 8 new Bumpers. I will give it out again next week, as well as pass on the one from this week. 

Julie Musil

Nancy Williams

Karen Gowen

Michelle Teacress

Jayne

Shellie

Nicki Elson

SmoothiesR4Me

And, now, for the Mash.

This week covered labor, character & style. Kay is deep in the labor of revision & commiserates on the nags found in our WIPs. Karen covered the benefits of cooking to the creative process. Meanwhile, Julie Musil dug deep into the recesses (pun intended) to bring out writer memories; an homage to the Back-to-School movement.

Leigh T. Moore posted a blog dealing with her home town. The character, the smells, the sounds of Baton Rouge. Anaya wrote a lovely post on being a non-parent & I found it an interesting commentary on character. Sometimes, it's what's thrust upon us that provides what we most need. This caused me to think (hard) about my own characters & their development over 300 pages. The Character Compass from Iggi & Gabi is a great visual on character building as well.

A question of adverbs & the evolving style of current, big name authors popped up on J.L. Jackson's blog. Nathan Bransford played Dead & Alive writer; which, as I read through responses, made me realize that the answers provided some great insight on individual writing style - check it out. And, that takes care of that.

So, onto other stuffs. If you're in Northern Colorado this weekend, check out the TriMedia Film Festival.

Also, picked up Kresley Cole's & Anne Rice's bestsellers. I'll let you know how it goes.

In unrelated news, I ran all over town yesterday in search of Franzen's new book, but alas resorted to B&N. Where I also ordered a Beverly Lewis & Jody Hedlund's debut novel. Yea to new books!!

Have a great weekend all.

Happy Writing,

Patti