Much inspiration and a chuckle or two

I'm all about the links today.

I guest posted at Dreaming in Books about that age-old question: is blogging good or bad for your writing? (Of course, I could really only answer with respect to my own.)

Kelly Fineman posted this link, which I shamelessly stole so that you can read Tanita S. Davis on why we need the Coretta Scott King award. Preview: "I wanted to hear a story where my people lived. I wanted to see African Americans make history."

Tanita Davis won her award for the book Mare's...