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Links: Thanksgiving 2009 Edition

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 9:13 AM Category: Business, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Writing No comments

I hope all my American friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’m, of course, thankful for you, you and yes – you! And yes, anyone who lives outside of the US. My first grader had Pioneer Day where the kids did different activities: make butter, make soap, cloth dying, etc. My fifth grader had Colonial Day where they made Jonnycakes, cross-stitched, worked with tinfoil, etc.

Not going anywhere for Black Friday. Staying right at home away from the crowds and enjoying family time. Besides, got most of my holiday shopping done.

Congratulations to Nicole Bernier for winning a copy of Thirsty!

Please vote for your top 25 books on writing. Let others know to vote, too.

Brain food… not too much this time… enough food this week, eh?

Wordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness List: Words you can remove from your writing [Link: Esther Schindler].
“Seg-Book-Gation” in Publishing: 1950 is calling, it wants segregation back. I read a book because it’s good — not because of the author’s race, religion, gender, etc. etc. The only time authors matters is when I like their book that I want to find more from the same.
Writing Pay-How Low Will You Go? It all depends on experience, locale and workload.

And for fun because we’re allowed…

World’s Strangest Monuments: Hail, hail reef ecosystems! [Link: Andy Hayes]
12 Strangely Painted Homes: You can’t help but wonder if they were Photoshopped.
15 Most Bizarre Boat and Yacht Names: Some not safe for work.
12 More Insanely Titled Books: Many not safe for work. Yes, Oddee is on a roll this week. Or rather, many of us took a break from blogging this week.