Off Week Links

We've got an off week here at the Diner, which means we're serving up everything from mystery meat to leftovers. Here are some of the links I visited today when I could have been writing. Okay, I couldn't really have been writing, because most of the day I had a sick or otherwise whining child draped across me, but these are places I surfed:

Passive Aggressive Notes: http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ (I emailed the link to my sister and asked her if it looked familiar to her)

How to keep your email inbox cleaned out: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/technology/personaltech/05basics.html?_r=2&ref=business (I flagged it and put it in my inbox to read later)

Fantasm Awards: http://fantasmawards.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-winners.html (I got one for A Spell for Susannah)

Natural Insect Repellant: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34234.asp (I am researching herbs and spices for a work in progress)

Trouble with mice? http://www.care2.com/greenliving/scatter-mice-naturally.html (More research on the interesting properties of herbs)

More trouble with mice: http://www.earth-kind.com/ (My mom keeps finding mice in her CAR, so my research led to a more practical area.)

Saffron: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/saffron.htm (I wanted to know how expensive it was, really.)

Herbs with Interest: http://members.aceweb.com/marlownerds/protection.html (Herbs used for magical purposes--random internet list with no source information)

Merriam-Webster: http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminy (I needed a definition to be sure my heroine would actually say that word.)

Salvia: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5290545 (Research sometimes teaches you things you had absolutely no clue about.)

Steatite: http://www.cst.cmich.edu/USERS/DIETR1RV/soapstone.htm (Research about soapstone, der)

Advice for New Writers: http://daisydexterdobbs.blogspot.com/ (I got tired of researching and decided to catch up on some favorite blogs)

TWOP's Smallville Forums: http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=1d1d04d7d2ca0acc906dd06faa793caf&showforum=609 (Every now and then I like to wallow in my hatred of the show, even though I've been "Noiscotting" all season)

Fugly: http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/ (Because I probably am, but I still visit every day)

Hair clip craft idea: http://www.hair-hardware.com/pages/how-to-line-an-alligator-clip (My kids both have very fine silky hair that won't cooperate with regular hair clips and God forbid I try to get a rubber band in there.)

Mama Writers: http://mamawriters.com/blog/ (A new blog I found for romance writers who are actively parenting small children)

Flying Spaghetti Monster: http://www.venganza.org/ (I like to catch up on all the new sightings of his Noodly Appendages once a month or so)

Suvudu Free Book Library: http://www.suvudu.com/freelibrary/ (They've got several really great ebook downloads right now.)


These aren't even half the pages in my history for today, either! Sheesh, it looks like I sit around and surf the internet all day long, but I don't. I just read really fast in between feeding, bathing, reading to, playing with, cuddling, wiping the noses of, forcing medicine down and threatening my children.

Jody W.
http://www.jodywallace.com
A SPELL FOR SUSANNAH--In Paper, Samhain Publishing
LIAM'S GOLD--In Electrons, Samhain Publishing