Friday Fare is where I post links to the random articles that have resonated with me during the week. Sometimes they make me smarter, sometimes they make me hungry … sometimes they have to do with writing and sometimes they are just plain random.
The Interwebs have been ripe with damn good articles this week:
I’ve made no secret of my adoration of J.T. Ellison. Her (adopted) hometown paper wrote an awesome article about her path in the writing world and her recent successes. And so yeah, I’m biased because I’m a fan of Ms. Ellison’s, but considering how the newspaper industry has gutted their editorial staffs and the tendency for “quantity over quality” I was gratified to see that the reporter did their work and contacted more than Ms. Ellison and one other person for a quote.
Brian Freeman is a Minnesota author who has a cultivated quite a following with readers through his Jonathan Stride novels. While I always joke that I’m usually about 10 years behind when it comes to following trends, I actually hopped on the Stride zeitgeist in 2005/6 when his first novel “Immoral” came out.
If my local writers group, the Rochester Literary Guild, had a patron saint; it would be Bob Dylan. I think a pilgrimage to Tulsa is in my future …
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Listening to: I’m still kinda obsessed with the Dave Rawlings Machine and I’m going to be damn unapologetic about it. This song slays me and has been added to the soundtrack list for at least one of my writing projects.
Reading: Read another Alexandra Sokoloff book. And it was good.
Fiction Update: It’s been a crazy work week with some daunting deadlines. I did make it to the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime meeting where I got to hang out with some of my tribe members and do burgers and beer with my writer friend Emily. But for the sake of sanity, I’ve been focusing on work and trying to be a decent family member this week. I’ll spend some time this weekend working on finalizing my short story for submission. That deadline’s March 15th and I’m feeling pretty good about my story and the edits I’ve gotten back from fellow writers.
Wherever you’re reading from, I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!
michellekubitz 