Debbie Ridpath Ohi's Blog, page 158

Comics for writers: Bo's Cafe Life

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For those who enjoy comics focused on the writing life: check out Wayne Pollard's Bo's Cafe Life, which follows the adventures of Bo, an aspiring novelist. Thanks to Wayne for giving me permission to post the comic above!

YA Author Rock Band: Tiger Beat

The members of Tiger Beat (I remember reading Tiger Beat magazine when I was a teen!) are all YA (Young Adult) authors, and they apparently rocked the house at Books of Wonder during a Sourcebooks launch party. From Mediabistro:

Libba Bray wailed on vocals, Daniel Ehrenhaft played guitar, Natalie Standiford played bass, and Barney Miller handled drums. The band headlined the launch party for Sourcebooks Fire, the publisher's brand new YA imprint. GalleyCat missed the party, but Sourcebooks...

Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day

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Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway?

Check out the challenges below:

250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day

So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in?

"Motion magazine" demo on iPad

VIV Mag Interactive Feature Spread – iPad Demo from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

14 days until I pick up my iPad. Not that I'm counting or anything, of course.

Anyway, thanks to James Huskins (@groovymystery on Twitter) for pointing me to the demo above, which was included in an AppleInsider article.

And so now I'm even MORE excited about the iPad's potential, and look forward to seeing how book and magazine publishers take advantage of colour tablet devices like the iPad.

Lovely Blog Award + 15 sites to visit

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Thanks so much to Anita Nolan for giving me the Lovely Blog Award! If you write for young people and aren't familiar with Anita's blog, you should definitely visit her website.

Here's my list of blogs that I check regularly because of their excellent info and inspiration. I've tried to avoid blogs that have recently been given the award, but I strongly suspect there may be overlap.

Congrats to all! If you write about the award on your blog, I encourage you to award 15 more, and let them know...

Hey, I'm "Blog Of The Week" at Profwriting!

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You can follow Profwriting on Twitter.

Finding one's niche

Inspired by last night's #kidlitchat.

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iPad anticipation cartoon

To see a bigger version of this comic, see My Life In A Nutshell.

Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day

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Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway?

Check out the challenges below:

250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day

So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in?

Taskpaper: minimalist note-taking PLUS other favorite organization/writing apps

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I'm a big fan of lists, and have been experimenting with various To Do list systems for quite a few years. Recently I've been using Culturedcode's Things, which syncs between a desktop version and my iPhone. While I like Things, in the past year I've found myself relying more on a plain text file.

I suppose part of it is feature overload — there are SO many great apps out there with all kinds of cool features, but sometimes I find myself spending way too much time fiddling with the settings. ...