5 Lots of Possibly

July 31, 2009 · by Joanna Paterson · in

I’ve got a few bits and pieces I wanted to pass on, so here’s a round up post for the end of the week.

Seeing as how I love both numbered lists and linking things back to a theme, I’ve come up with 5 lots of possibly.

1. Possibly the Best Addition to a Blog I’ve Found in a Long Time: Apture

I mentioned the other day I’d added Apture to the blog.

What can I say?  It’s beautiful and wonderful (sorry, I’ve been having a geeky week).

It’s the best and easiest way I’ve yet found to add links and embed content.  It also lets you, the reader:

  • see what you’re getting or going to in another site
  • explore that site without having an irritating preview box
  • view pdf downloads before you download them
  • explore (and follow if you want) a Twitter profile from a mention on this site…

Oh I can’t do justice to it with my words.  Have a look at their site for bloggers and try it for yourselves.

2. Possibly the Answer to Integrating Twitter and Blog Comments

Thanks for your suggestions on how to integrate Twitter reactions into the blog.

I’ve experimented with BackType Connect and so far so good – it was easy to install, seems to capture all the content from Twitter, posts the material at the end (so the reading of comments doesn’t get too confusing) and it imported all the back tweets too.  All without breaking the blog (she says, knocking loudly on wood.)

You can see how it works in practice if you scroll down to the end of the comments sections in some of the recent posts here.  What do you think?

3. Possibly the Blogging Challenge You’ve Been Waiting For

Did you think I’d forgotten? Mission (Im)Possible Group Writing Project runs throughout July and August.

Could it be time to break out of your blogging comfort zone?

4. A List of Useful Blogs for Fiction Writers (Possibly: You Tell Me?)

I mentioned in the post on the things I don’t blog about that there were other sites that offered tips and suggestions on writing fiction.  A reader asked if I could list some of those sites, which seemed like a fair enough question.

I’m probably not the best person to ask as I’m not that interested in fiction, but here are some that I’m aware of.  It includes some ‘general’ writing blogs where the authors also dip into fiction writing.

A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye

Covers range of writing, editing and publishing topics, including fiction.  For example, Lillie Ammann (the author) is currently running a series on Creating Fictional Characters.

Writing Forward by Melissa Donovan, includes sections on creative writing and fiction writing.

Write to Done also includes a fiction writing category.

As do the renegades at Men with Pens.

You’ll find some posts on creativity and fiction writing courtesy of George Angus @ Tumblemoose (and who could resist a post called Vintage Typewriters and Deviled Ham?)

Iain Broome at Write for Your Life has a lot of productivity tips for writers, including those of you writing novels.  His most recent experiment is well worth a read watch: How CCTV can help improve your productivity

Finally, you’ll find posts (and from there, new blogs) from the aggregate site The Write Network.  Here’s a link to their section on novels

Please do let me know of other blogs that should go on the list and I’ll update it.

5. Possibly The Strangest Thing I’ve Seen in Scotland for a Long Time

It’s a love bomb. Possibly the strangest – possibly also the most wonderful thing I’ve seen in Scotland for a long time.

Found at Jupiter Artland.  If you’re in Scotland this summer, I thoroughly recommend you check it out.

That’s enough for me for this week I think, have a great weekend and I’ll see you back next week for another explosion of wild possibility.