► Over at Shelf Awareness Pro, young adult novelist Mal Peet talks about the necessary musicality of prose and how reading one's work aloud can help a writer develop rhythm. "A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind," he notes.
►NPR Books has a short interview with Marion Roach Smith and an excerpt from her new book, The Memoir Project.
► Kerry Cohen's helpful article from The Writer, "Not Hurting People With Your Words," is now available over at Gotham Writers' Workshop.
► At HTML Giant, Blake Butler shares "22 Things I Learned From Submitting Writing." He's blunt.
►A puzzle constructor whose creations often appear in the New York Times, talks about his craft. Puzzle lovers, follow the other links in the piece to more great stuff, too.
►Tired of glare on your computer screen while writing outdoors? (You do write outdoors sometimes, don't you?) Not sure if you can buy this computer sun shield in the U.S., but it looks interesting. (And I'm betting you can also rig up something similar for a lot less.)
► Consulting editor Alan Rinzler with some new thoughts on – yes I'm going to write that dreaded word: platform.
►When that "complementary" hotel newspaper isn't really free. Yikes.
►Finally, what ensues when a college journalism class attempts to put together a newspaper 1970s style, sans computers, digital cameras, etc.
Have a great weekend.
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