Blogs that made me stop: 1 December 2012

I spent most of the week not looking at my computer. It was good to catch up on blogs and authors and bits and pieces. Here are the ones that I read through to the end. I’ve divided them up into areas of interest, but ‘Other Stuff’ contains a fun airline advertisement revolving around characters from ‘The Hobbit’. Enjoy.Craft:http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/11/27/how-chuck-wendig-writes-a-novel/http://fantasyhandbook.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/how-not-to-open-a-short-story/Publishing:http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2012/11/claire-ryan/http://www.thepassivevoice.com/11/2012/selling-my-book-on-amazon-vs-selling-on-my-own-site/http://www.thepassivevoice.com/11/2012/indie-authors-need-to-become-great-publishers/http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/smashwords-ceo-mark-coker-indie-authors-need-to-become-great-publishers/http://accrispin.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/guest-blog-post-mustering-courage-to.htmlhttp://www.thecreativepenn.com/2012/11/25/ebook-publishing-kobo-mark-lefebvre/Life:http://www.jlake.com/2012/11/26/personalcancer-why-i-write-about-cancer-so-much/http://wahoocorner.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/daddy-wars-episode-i.htmlFodder:http://www.geekosystem.com/guineafowl-may-be-spreading-ticks/http://www.geekosystem.com/child-tracking-quadcopter/http://www.geekosystem.com/fox-steals-cell-phone/http://www.geekosystem.com/how-to-throw-a-riot/http://www.geekosystem.com/finnish-girl-gets-new-laptop/http://www.geekosystem.com/virtual-girlfriend-real-wedding/http://www.geekosystem.com/social-media-epidemic/http://www.geekosystem.com/cambridge-professors-team-up-against-robots/http://www.geekosystem.com/hotel-lock-burglars/http://www.geekosystem.com/jurassic-fly-imitated-plants/http://www.geekosystem.com/saturn-polar-vortex/http://www.geekosystem.com/prehistoric-150-pound-wombat/http://www.geekosystem.com/parrot-stabbing/http://www.geekosystem.com/candle-powered-electric-candle/Other Stuff:http://www.thepassivevoice.com/11/2012/air-new-zealand-the-worlds-coolest-airline/