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Links: Finals Everywhere 2011 Edition

Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 4:54 PM Category: Books, Language, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Writing 1 comment

My older two kids have a quirky schedule in the next week as they start taking final exams in 6th and 11th grades. The 2nd grader gets to have fun with an end of the year party and no finals. But 3rd grade is going to be serious business as it’ll be his first year of taking state tests. It won’t be long before he won’t get to do the fun stuff and not have finals.

Then summer begins. I’m not a fan of summer break because of the inconsistent schedule and work disruptions as camp and activities start later and end earlier than school. Of course, I’ll spend time with the kids — I just can’t spend it the entire summer and I like my quiet time and consistent schedule.

Brain food…

Why I Don’t Count Followers, Mentions, Google Alerts, or Blog Hits Anymore: I try to ignore stuff like this and Klout scores. But sometimes you can’t help it and you wonder what you’re doing wrong.
Getting Ready for “The Help”: Storyfix deconstructs “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett. I loved the book especially since it changes points-of-view and the main character wants to be a writer. Just a great example for writers even nonfiction ones.
Why I love writing: my 25 reasons: Did this guy peek into my life? Good reminder especially on rough days.
5 Free E-Books Every Writer Needs: A great selection from Jane Friedman.
Taken to the Cleaners: Clients hire you for your expertise. For example, I’m a writer — but I share expertise beyond general writing advice. It’s up to the client to decide whether to take the advice. Key is to explain the why, don’t just say “I recommend doing this.”

For fun because we’re allowed…

The Period Table of Storytelling: Wow! If you’re busy — don’t click on this until you have lots of time. You can order this as a print.
Periodic Table of Swearing: Speaking of periodic table… obviously, NSFW. [Link: Bitrebels]
20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World: Know a luftmensch? [Link: Michelle Mangen]
Take the World’s Hardest Vocabulary Test: My brain is tired after studying the first few.

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1 comment

Posted by Brad Shorr on May 31st, 2011, 6:15 AM
Meryl, I hope the test didn’t spoil your holiday weekend … Those words are mostly ones I came across in my reading and had to look up.