my favorite links*

Current Featured Blog

RIGMAROLE: Jodi Paloni reads and writes at Rigmarole, where she has just begun a 365-day challenge–every day in 2013 she will read and post a short review of a story that can be read online.

*I am constantly adding new blogs, and as I feature a blog, I will add a short description of it. So click here often : )

Writing: Writer Blogs

• A Design So Vast: One woman’s journey to right here. Lindsey Mead’s blog about her struggles to be as present as she can in her life and with her two children.
• Annie N Murphy: Through a Literary Lens
• Another Loose Sally:  the Hunger Mountain Blog, anchored by Claire Guyton, about writers and writing-check in every Thursday for a new post! 
• Behind the Words at BiblioBuffet: Lauren Roberts’ behind the scenes blog for the literary journal Bibliobuffet–Writing worth reading; Reading worth writing about.
• Between
• Bird in Hand
• Candle Fight
• Daily Field Notes: Cherry Willow’s place to write and remember, to (be) inspire(d), to ignite creativity in her life. Honest writing. Stunning photos.
• Daily Shorty: Claire Guyton is drafting a short story everyday for a year!
• Darrelyn Saloom
• Draft No. 4
• In This Light
• Jennifer Neri’s Blog
• Kim’s Craft Blog–Fiction, Memoir, Creative Writing
• LASUZA: Susana makes things: stories, theatre, pictures, collages, meals and sounds. Her posts are à la française and petite. Delightful.
• Muse
• Christina Rosalie
• Oink and Away
• Out of My Mind
• paris (im)perfect
• Poetic Aperture
• Rigmarole: Jodi Paloni reads and writes at Rigmarole, where she has just begun a 365-day challenge–every day in 2013 she will read and post a short review of a story that can be read online.
• Sarah Laurence Blog
• Sarah Seltzer: Ramblings on writing, reading, radical feminism, & randomness. Sarah quotes Colette:”Writing only leads to more writing.” And reading Sarah’s blog will lead to more of everything.
• Sub Rosa
• The Word Cellar
• thematically fickle: the blog of aaryn belfer, a freelance writer and photographer, who has opinions on just about everything.
  Tricia Sutton’s Blog
• What not to do as a writer
• When one line drops from the sky
• woodbird
• Writerhead
• Yell Softly

Reading: Book Blogs

• Confessions of a Book Lush
• Evening All Afternoon: Emily Johnson writes the coolest reviews on a most intriguing assortment of books.
• Powells Review-a-day Blog
• Readiac

Life: Appreciation of Life Blogs

• Alphabet Rodeo
• Daily Routines
• Dwelling Here Now
• Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard)
• Shameless Self Promoters
• The Family Trunk Project: Emily Johnson is designing one item of clothing for each member in her family tree. 
• The Hysterical Mommy Network

And Everybody Needs a Little Poetry

• Kimberly Davis/poems
• Me, in.com.plete
• The Chocolate Chip Waffle
• the rain in my purse
  

And a Little Art

• Heather Horton Artwork
• Holly Friesen
• Steve Stone Abstract Art Blog
• Walt Pascoe Studio

Multi-Author Blogs

• Contrary’s Blog: has a mind of its own. It’s an independent being, engaging with the wide scope of ideas under the broad umbrella of arts and letters. Be contrary…
• Beyond the Margins: offers essays on the craft of writing and the business of publishing. Interviews with authors, editors and agents. Many of its contributors have taught at Grub Street.

Online Literary Journals

• Clapboard House
• Contrary Magazine
• Freight Stories
• Six Sentences
• Storyglossia
• The View From Here

Online Magazines

• Bibliobuffet
• Blogcritics

Author Blogs and Websites

• Abigail Thomas
• Adam Braver
• Alexander Chee
• Connie May Fowler
• Dani Shapiro
• David Jauss
• Diane Lefer
• Douglas Glover
• Hannah Tinti
• Michael Maren
• Pam Houston
• Paul Lisicky
• Robin Black
• Shaindel Beers
• Sheri Reynolds

Writing Workshops I’ve Attended

• Chattahoochee Valley Writers’ Conference
• Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
• Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
• New York State Summer Writers Workshop
• Sirenland
• Tin House

For Fun

• Freshly Pressed: A checker board sampling of the best posts at wordpress.com.
• Little Shavings from My Ration of Light: Am delighted to discover Victoria’s blog with its Tuesday Trifles and its 482 Reasons Why She Needs a Trust Fund. Check it out and you will be delighted too.