Real Words

There are some terrific articles around the web today about writing, blogging and creativity. Here are links to some of the ones that I’m reading:

• One Animal Trait that Will Keep Your Blog from Extinction @ PC Focal
• Fan the Creative Flames @ 6 LDS Writers and a Frog
• Hello Real Job, Welcome to My Writing @ Write Stuff
• Stop Thinking and Keep Writing @ Angela Booth’s Writing Blog
• 5 Reasons You Should be Using WordPress Tags @ Small Fish, Big Money
• Interview with Children’s Book Author and Freelance Editor Margot Finke @ Blog Critics
• How to Unleash the Hidden Power of Website Linking by Brian Terry
• The MacGyver Guide to Creativity @ Tapping Creativity
• Use the Pareto Principle to Sack Annoying Clients @ The Writer’s Manifesto
• Single Best Source of Freelance Jobs @ Beyond the Rhetoric
• Start Writing The Eulogies for Print Encyclopedias @ New York Times
• Blogging and Newspapers: A Lesson in How Not to Brand and Market @ Mark Cuban
• 12 Ways to Tap into an Endless Well of Creativity @ psdtuts
• Taking Criticism: Are You a Dinosaur? @ Get Paid to Write Online
• What is Your Blog Style @ Blogging About Writing
• Job Ad Feeback @ Freelance Writing Jobs
• Fiction Writing: Hurt Your Characters @ Men with Pens
• Getting Past Maintenance @ Kevin’s Blog
• How to Avoid a Major Meltdown @ Working Writers Coach

And here are links to some of my favorite articles that I authored this week:

• 10,000 Ideas and Resources for Writers and Bloggers (here)
• The 10 Basic Promotion Tools Every Blogger Should Be Using @ Pureblogging
• 25 Ways to Drive Traffic to your Blog @ HubPages
• 10 Reasons Credit Card Companies are Evil and 20 Outrageous Spending Stories @ Apply4Credit
• Top 10 Facebook Phone Applications @ Dial-a-Phone
• Theme Parks in Houston @ Discount Travel Blog
• Top Landmarks in Rome @ Kathika