Monday, March 12, 2007

My Favorite Links

By C.L. Beck
© 2007

To set the stage for this poetic piece of nonsense, imagine you have a voice like Julie Andrews, and you're in an Austrian castle during a thunderstorm, singing this song to a group of writers.

Publishers’ blog sites
And writers’ home pages,
Magazine guidelines
And stories in stages,

Places that all help a writer to think,
These are a few of my favorite links.

Agents who guide us
And answer our questions,
Authors who listen
And give us suggestions,

People who just help a writer to think.
They are a few of my favorite links.

When the “no” comes,
When my mind blanks,
When I’m feeling sad,
I simply go click on my favorite links,
And then I don’t feel … so bad.


The links below are some of my favorites. Please note that I am not endorsing them in any way, they just happen to be a few of the sites I like to visit and that I think you might enjoy. In addition, please check out the links for our bloggers, listed at the right, under LDS Writing Links.

Links Related to Writing:
http://pubrants.blogspot.com/ (Agent—Kristin’s blog page)
http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/ (LDS Publisher’s blog page)
http://anwafounder.blogspot.com/ (American Night Writers’ Association blog)
http://www.shirleybahlmann.com/new_page_1.htm (Author Shirley Bahlmann—writing tips)
http://www.tristipinkston.com/ (Author Tristi Pinkston)
http://www.suite101.com/readingandwriting/ (Experts who offer advice on everything to do with reading and writing)
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/index.html (Poets’ Corner)
http://www.m-w.com/ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, on line)

Links for Fun:
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/ (Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer)
http://www.flylady.com/ (Fly Lady—cleaning and decluttering tips)
http://www.families.com/ (Good, clean blogs on almost every topic)
http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp (Internet connection speedometer—to check out the speed of your DSL line)

4 comments:

Tristi Pinkston said...

Love the song!!

Marsha Ward said...

What a great song!

On behalf of American Night Writers Association, thanks for the link! We enjoy doing our blog.

Marsha Ward
ANWA's Founder

Cindy Beck, author said...

Tristi,
Thanks for reading. Glad you liked the song. Now if only I could sing like Julie Andrews!:-)

Cindy Beck, author said...

Marsha,
Thanks for the nice comments. I enjoy visiting your site, so I was happy to include you in my 'list of favorite links'.