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Links: Winter Break 2009 Edition

Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 8:18 AM Category: Books, Links, Marketing, Meryl's Notes Blog, Social Media, Tech 2 comments

Wanted: Missing Gingerbread Pal (click for story)

Ah… kids get out early today as we begin winter break. We don’t have anything planned except a couple of trips to Grandma’s in Fort Worth for the younger set. Maybe play some board games. 5th grader has to work on his science project. I imagine there will be movies and board games happening during the break. What about you?

Please vote for your top 25 books on writing.

Brain food…

How to Track Freelance Job Leads Via Spreadsheet: Excellent and simple set up.
Top 100 PR Websites and Resources Part 1: News websites, business, PR & marketing and social media [Link: Sarah Evans]
Top 100 PR Websites and Resources Part 2: PR corporate sites, PR newsletters, news distribution, PR software and communication misc.
36 Twitter Tips for Book Publishers: “Tweet your way to successful title and author promotions.”
Flashlight Worthy: “Handpicked books on hundreds of topics.” I could spend hours on this site.
Reflections on, Takeaways from #eBookSummit: Guy LeCharles Gonazlez has done a lot of reporting from conferences and we stay-at-homers appreciate it.

And for fun because we’re allowed… FailBlog edition (most links from the I Can Has a Cheezeburger crew)

Very Demotivational: When you need to get off your high horse.
This is Photobomb: Where photojackers of the world unite.
Autocomplete Me: “Feeling luck just got weirder.”
Poorly Dressed: Note to self, stick with sweats and tees. Can’t go wrong… can you?
10 Real Houses Inspired by Cartoons: Simpsons, Flinstones, Hobbit…

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2 comments

Posted by Andrew on December 19th, 2009, 6:47 AM
Meryl,

I sure hope that you and your kids enjoy those games and trips to see their grandma.

Christmas holidays were absolutely the best time of year when I was a kid (they still are) – not least because it is summer during at that time in the southern hemisphere, or because this was when we had the longest school break of the year.

We always used to go for beach holidays. Melbourne (the south-eastern city in Australia where I live) has some wonderful beaches on the Mornington Peninsula to the south-east and also a famous stretch of coast in the south-west. It’s wonderful at this time of year down here.
Andrew’s blog …Niger Delta Crisis – Big Oil’s Big Lesson
Posted by Meryl / @merylkevans on December 19th, 2009, 8:10 AM
Andrew, that reminds me! I need to take out a jigsaw puzzle. My family spent many a winter break doing lots of puzzles. Once, we stayed up until a late hour just to finish a 5000 piece puzzle only to find one missing. Good times. Good times.

Ah… I’d love to go to Australia.