Debbie Ridpath Ohi's Blog, page 179

Bob Learns The Importance Of Proofreading

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Lit Drift

Lit Drift is a new blog, resource, and community dedicated to the art & craft of fiction. Inkygirl readers should esp. check out the Writing category on the site.
From JK Evanczuk:
Besides editorial content, we've got daily creative prompts, daily short stories, and a weekly FREE book giveaway called Free Book Friday. This week, we're giving [...:]

Brad Meltzer's brilliant take on his bad reviews

Editor at a Chinese restaurant

Thanks to Francesca Amendolia for inspiring this comic!
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Many thanks!

Yay, Inkygirl was named as one of the 25 Best Writing Blogs by Editor Unleashed. Thanks to everyone who voted for my site.
Do check out the full list of winners.

1000/500 Words a Day Challenge Check-In

Fergus Neff has posted about taking on the 500 Words A Day Challenge in his blog. Congrats to Fergus for publicly committing! You can follow him on Twitter at @chillyspoon.
So how have you all been doing with your challenges recently? Any productivity tips to share?

Why I opted out of The Write Network

I've removed the "Proud Member of The Write Network" badge from this site as well as writing to Chung Nguyen-Le to ask that he remove all references to my site. Here's why:
Back in May, Chung wrote and asked if I'd like to join the network. He said he liked my cartoons and even included a [...:]

Editorial Meeting: The Book Title

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I was inspired to create the cartoon above after reading this post by The Intern. Thanks to The Intern for giving me permission to turn her post into a comic.

Inkygirl Nominated for Best Writing Blog :-)

Thanks so much to those who nominated INKYGIRL in the Creative category of the Editor Unleashed 25 Best Writing Blogs 2009.
I feel especially honoured, considering the others nominated in my category. Please do check them out:

Procrastinating Writers
Collective Inkwell
Write For Your Life
Roughly Speaking
Six Sentences
Lisa Romeo Writes
Word Nerd Army
LeftBrainWrite
Kim's Craft Blog
You can vote here.

Twitterfeed added!

I've been posting about useful online resources for writers in my Twitterfeed more often than Inkygirl, so I figured it's about time I included my most recent tweets to the site. You can find my Twitterfeed in the second column of this page.