Blogs that made me stop: 5 December 2012

Are you ready? Here they are. Enjoy.Craft
Chuck Wendig on a different way of thinking of, and representing, characters in story: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/12/03/in-which-my-toddler-helps-me-think-of-character-in-a-new-way/Katharine Britton on the line between fiction and non-fiction: http://authorsoundrelations.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/katharine-britton-buttercup-principle.html
 Publishing
Dean Wesley Smith on the six routes to publishing and why there is no ‘right’ way any more: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8272Alex Mutter on a new mobile independent publishing platform launching in Russia: http://publishingperspectives.com/2012/12/mobile-self-publishing-platform-xinxii-launches-in-russia/Andrii Degeler on self-publishing platform launched in Russia: http://thenextweb.com/2012/12/04/self-publishing-platform-xinxii-enters-russian-market/
 Fodder
Paul Sawers on John McAfee in Guatemala: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/04/john-mcafee-confirms-he-is-in-guatemala-after-all-and-is-planning-a-press-conference-tomorrow/Dinosaurs: http://www.geekosystem.com/earliest-known-dinosaur-discovered/Spider: http://www.geekosystem.com/nefertiti-the-spidernaut-dies/Reclassification of mental disorder: http://www.geekosystem.com/aspergers-declassified-as-mental-disorder/