I found a link to this series at Evangelical Outpost. It’s called Fifty Witing Tools by Roy Peter Clark. I tend to write on the fly because of the time constraints and interruptions involved in being the mother of eight urchins. However, I plan to use these “writing tools” too improve my writing style as I have the time and attention span to do so.

At Collected Miscellany the guys are hosting a Short Story Contest and discussing whether or not books can be dangerous. Sorry, folks, I don’t keep dogs, and I don’t write about them.

According to at Mere Comments, Mars Hill Audio recently did an interview with children’s literature expert Patricia Owen. Here’s her list of favorite Newbery Award winners.

MMV celebrates Bloomsday. No, I’ve never read Joyce. I had to have a guide (college friend) to begin to appreciate T.S. Eliot, and I’m sure Joyce would be more than I could fathom at this point in my life. Let’s just say there are a lot of books that I’ve not yet read that rate much higher on my list than Ulysses.

Cindy Swanson interviews Schindler family attorney David Gibbs III

Christian Carnival LXXIV is at DaddyPundit this week..

Via the Carnival, David from All Kinds of Time talks about food:

. . . a Christian should consider it no small thing to be quick to offer the gift of food. It is a simple, easy, and clear way that we can show Christ to the world, and the doors that we open to sharing spiritual food with the truly starving are essentially endless, when we have garnered favor by first offering the real thing. Let us endeavor to be gracious hosts and good cooks

And, with that, I go to help Engineer Husband put a brisket in the oven to share with our fellow campers at this weekend’s camping trip. Yes, this hothouse plant is venturing into the great outdoors. I’ll tell you how it went when I get back.