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Writing Music Survey follow-up

Yesterday, I asked: “Do you listen to music when you write? If so, what’s your favourite work music these days?”

Thanks to everyone who replied yesterday! I gave you credit under my latest Will Write For Chocolate strip.

Here’s a selection of the responses:

Mel: “Absolutely! I find it difficult to write without it. There’s one local artist that I favor named KC Clifford because so many of her songs mirrored the experiences of one of my characters. While editing one novel, I created a playlist for e

Writing music survey

Do you listen to music when you write? If so, what’s your favourite work music these days?

Morning tune: You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover

Roll-up e-reader launch on hold

Apparently Polymer Vision’s “Readius” is ready for launch but stalled because of financial difficulties. The device has a five-inch monochrome display which can be rolled up into a package about the size of a cellphone.

Intriguing. It also has built-in 3.5-G wireless data connectivity and a microSD card slot to accommodate additional memory. But can it compete with the Kindle and Sony E-Reader?

Here’s more info, if you’re interested.

Comic: Too many exclamation marks!!!!

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Cartoon: The Big Favor

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Interview: Jilly Kidd (aka Adele Ward) of Written Word on Second Life

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When I first began investigating writers’ resources on Second Life, Jilly Kidd’s name seemed to be everywhere. In addition to running the Written Word group with Hastings Bournemouth, Jilly is involved with an astonishing number of other literary-related projects.

How does she do it? Read on to find out…

In RL, Jilly Kidd is known as Adele Ward, and is a poet and fiction editor. Her first full collection Never-Never Land was launched by Bluechrome Publishing, and she’s working on a novel.

Adele say

Persistence pays off

Kathryn Stockett stopped counting her rejection letters from agents after 45. Agent Susan Ramer finally saw its potential, snapped it up, and sold it within a few days. Publisher Amy Einhorn chose it to launch her own imprint at G.P. Putnam’s Sons. See SFGate.com for more info.

I’ve added this to my Writers and Rejection: Don’t Give Up! page.

Comic: Easter Bunny Gets Rejected

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Emerging from the depths…

The previous two weeks have been much crazier than I would have liked because of my music group being guests at a local convention as well as a bad case of the flu (from which I am just now recovering). Augh.

Apologies for the lack of Inkygirl posts, but I will start posting more as I begin to catch up. For now, feel free to listen to some songs I’ve posted online; I’ve been looking for a place where I can occasionally post music where (1) I won’t be charged for extra bandwidth (2) users don’t ha