Friday's Interesting Links

For those that are curious, my links come from a variety of sources. I get some on Twitter, others from the various forums and listservs I belong to, still more from emails and newsletters, not to mention the ones pointed out by friends and family, as well as those discovered in my own meandering through the web. These are only an excerpt of the volume I read and assess, but these are the ones I thought others might find interesting. By the way, though I categorize, just because you might not be a writer, for example, doesn't mean the things I am bringing to your attention are without interest to a broader population. Give it a try, then tell me what you thought in the comments.

Science

What does Alaska and the Moon have in common?
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/03apr_lunarlifestyle.htm?list868465

Writing

Client perspective on agents
http://kellygay.blogspot.com/2009/04/agent-win-agent-fail-clients.html

Positive fallout from queryfail/agentfail
http://litsoup.blogspot.com/2009/04/nameless-faceless.html

http://gretchenmcneil.blogspot.com/2009/04/agentfail-response-from-non-failing.html

A look at how a publicist works
http://heydeadguy.typepad.com/heydeadguy/2009/04/whats-a-publicist-worth.html

Laura Anne Gilman on outlining for editors
http://community.livejournal.com/fangs_fur_fey/471769.html

What Dollhouse can teach
http://theswivet.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-joss-whedons-dollhouse-can-teach.html

Insight into editors' interest
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/04/2009040601c.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Agent's thoughts on book doctors (mixed into the post)
http://queryshark.blogspot.com/2009/04/108.html

Unpublished romance novel contest
http://www.charteroakromancewriters.org/contests.html

What an agent's job actually is
http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/06/agents-and-rejection/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/apr/08/literary-agents-use

First Novels
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/first_novels_belong_in_the_basement_against_self_publishing/C39/L39/

Social Networking

Thoughts on blog audience
http://acewriters.com/?p=122

Twittered out?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2009-04-08-sociability-fatigue_N.htm?csp=DailyBriefing

Reading

Article about the impact of fiction in life
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123880307592488761.html

Thoughts on eReaders and the future
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/22/kindle-oreilly-ebooks-technology-breakthroughs_oreilly.html

General
A blast from the past
http://www.timeagan.com/MT/Subconscious%20Comics/

Sharing Chores?
http://necktiesandtattoos.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-june-and-ward-cleaver-might-have.html

Deadly Pancakes?
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/pancake.asp

Whether you agree with the political bit at the end, I think the overall social message here is a critical one:
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/bregman/2009/04/harness-the-power-of-apology.html?cm_re=homepage-031909-_-body-middle-tert-_-voices

The Not To Do List
http://michaelhyatt.com/2007/01/the-not-to-do-list.html

YouTube Education
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-04-09-college-youtube_N.htm?csp=Tech