contest! links! vacation!!!

Okay, so the video for this is pretty dorky (it is me, after all), but I think this contest is a fun one:




In case the video gets stripped out of the feed, here's the link to the contest info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoU_vt...

And of course I have some links to share:

Elizabeth Bear on writing and when something is good enough -- interesting because it talks about something I know I wrestle with, which is self-doubt: "See, the thing is, your average writer, every day, is a failure. She is