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Today is all about Links!

First; from yesterdays post - Support our Blogging Community Artisans & Local Community Mom & Pop shops.

Then Literary Agent Nathan Bransford is having a contest on his blog - post your first paragraph of your WIP. I did it, just for fun. My first paragraph for my WIP, Secret Graces, is not the first paragraph for my chapter 1, but it's the first paragraph of the novel-if you've read TG, you remember the first pargraph is sort of like a surreal dream thing or voice(s) calling on the wind or whatever -it's the paragraph on the trailer. Anyway, it's just a fun thing to do even if you don't win!

Go by Gumbo Writer's blog - she has posted something for Vodka Mom for the Dove Self Esteem Fund --(In Tender Graces, Dove soap is almost a character itself in the book!)

Stephen Craig Rowe is struggling with cancer, but he still takes the time to say something nice about R&T, and me, and Angie....he and Barry of An Explorer's Life are in inspiration to me! Go by and visit his blog. He is a beautiful painter - and his link is included below in the community blog shopping!

And Brian of The New Author has a question and answer session with the co-editors/publishers of the Rose & Thorn - which is Angie Ledbetter and Yours Truly!

That's it for now . . . Y'all go do the day . . .

Namaste

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Obladee Obladah, links go on, yah, la la la la links go on..and on..and on...and on...

I know I said, "this blog is about the novel, etc etc etc!" But, sometimes a girl just needs a break! Right? So, last night I sat here on the red couch just looking around the net. Aimlessly. La Tee Dahingly. Sometimes one link will lead to another link to another. So, here are some of the places I ended up last night.

This is the cutest thing - Anyone who knows me, knows I love pigs - Petal Pus, Angie! laughing....

100 Incredibly Useful and Interesting Websites - Okay, I didn't get through the hundred, but maybe another day I want to goof off?

Say Cheese: 12 Photos that shouldn't have been posted online - whew, good - none of me were on there ...

Top 11 Lamest Blogs -- aww, that's mean...laughing...

50 of your favourite words - Poodle-faker? huhn.

And I just know you want to know: what kind of pancake are you? (I was buckwheat something or nother)

Even more compelling - what your belly button says about you...(mine says "You are Trusted")

And sent to me by a friend, Sponsor an Executive... laughing!

Are you an Eco-Friendly Eater - a quiz - I did pretty well :)

Huhn...well - how cheating ants give themselves away... ... ... huhn....

and last but not least- Angie had her "six things that make me happy..." that she was tagged by Wendy, Writes in the City... my six, in no particular order...

1. My friends and family
2. my writing
3. these mountains
4. the biscuits my hubbie is putting in the oven that I'll have with honey butter!
5. the Sunday comics waiting for me to read while watching Sunday Morning
6. the birds at the feeders - there are a lot of them this morning

PS - I took the "Are You Crazy Test" - laughing - here is what my results are (are you surprised?) (and I didn't join or register to get my results, they just sort of showed up some kind of way....): A.D.D. You have Attention Deficit Dis--um, hello!? Are you even reading this anymore? Yoo-hoo!? Hey! Look at this...shiny object...you like that right? That's right...Look at the--hey! Stop that! Look, your nose is on your FACE, you can't *chase it*. It doesn't work that way...oh forget it.

(ha! my 'scope: Pisces
February 19 - March 20
You just can't do everything at once, dear Pisces. How do you expect to recuperate and reduce your stress while at the same time continuing to be a superstar performer in every area of your life? Don't pressure yourself to "perform" today. If you do, you are likely to deplete your reserves even further. Take it easy, rest and relax! You've earned this little break! )