Fall cleaning
...of the blogroll, that is.
Maybe due to the tireless efforts of Miss Snark, or the fact that I have an agent of my own and a book deal of my own (and therefore have learned firsthand the brutal, brutal realities of publishing... no, I'm kidding), but suddenly I've noticed that the RSS "new post" counts of certain blogs have gone way up. Meaning I don't check them very often. Meaning, I guess, I've kind of let them go.
So in the interest of keeping my bookmarks obsessively organized in a way that of course doesn't carry over into real life, I've removed them from my many RSS feed folders (especially "pub" and "grogs", and most especially the folder "not sure", which contained blogs I was never really sure I found interesting at all).
The good news is, these people probably never knew I read and probably will never know I no longer read. As per usual (I wish there were a way to spell "yoozh", so I could say "as per yoozh"), anybody who reads and comments here or who actually responds to comments on their own blog is nowhere near that category.
It's just amazing to me how indifferent you can come to feel about blogs that only serve to advertise new book releases, or only serve as the author's sounding-off board and never feature any interactivity.
Am I kvetching again? Oh well. Sorry.
The bad news is that I'm sure I'll still miss some good info that would have been useful to me, by cutting agents and editors off my to-read list (I'll leave the links in the sidebar and on my Publishing Resources page). A few of them, like Nathan Bransford and Kristin Nelson, routinely prove not only informative but also entertaining, so they get to stay. And of course the many fabulous blogs focused on YA and children's publishing aren't going anywhere.
In other news, I'm just writing, writing, writing. Some interesting developments project-wise (nothing actually related to publishing), and tomorrow I'm going to this restaurant that seems AMAZING -- called Opaque, where you eat your entire meal in pitch-black darkness , served by a literally blind waitstaff. The very thought of it makes me feel all fluttery and kind of nervous. I just think it's going to be so cool. I'll definitely blog about it. (If I can't be at Robin Brande's Kidlitosphere Conference, I might as well do something cool in my hometown.
Happy Friday, everyone! Have a great weekend.
Just for fun, here's a picture of Winston in his cone. Who can resist a dog in a cone? (This is from a day a couple of weeks ago when his eye was bothering him and he wouldn't leave it alone.)
PS - 30 Rock was sooooooo good last night! And so was The Office. NBC, you should be so proud of yourself.
Maybe due to the tireless efforts of Miss Snark, or the fact that I have an agent of my own and a book deal of my own (and therefore have learned firsthand the brutal, brutal realities of publishing... no, I'm kidding), but suddenly I've noticed that the RSS "new post" counts of certain blogs have gone way up. Meaning I don't check them very often. Meaning, I guess, I've kind of let them go.
So in the interest of keeping my bookmarks obsessively organized in a way that of course doesn't carry over into real life, I've removed them from my many RSS feed folders (especially "pub" and "grogs", and most especially the folder "not sure", which contained blogs I was never really sure I found interesting at all).
The good news is, these people probably never knew I read and probably will never know I no longer read. As per usual (I wish there were a way to spell "yoozh", so I could say "as per yoozh"), anybody who reads and comments here or who actually responds to comments on their own blog is nowhere near that category.
It's just amazing to me how indifferent you can come to feel about blogs that only serve to advertise new book releases, or only serve as the author's sounding-off board and never feature any interactivity.
Am I kvetching again? Oh well. Sorry.
The bad news is that I'm sure I'll still miss some good info that would have been useful to me, by cutting agents and editors off my to-read list (I'll leave the links in the sidebar and on my Publishing Resources page). A few of them, like Nathan Bransford and Kristin Nelson, routinely prove not only informative but also entertaining, so they get to stay. And of course the many fabulous blogs focused on YA and children's publishing aren't going anywhere.
In other news, I'm just writing, writing, writing. Some interesting developments project-wise (nothing actually related to publishing), and tomorrow I'm going to this restaurant that seems AMAZING -- called Opaque, where you eat your entire meal in pitch-black darkness , served by a literally blind waitstaff. The very thought of it makes me feel all fluttery and kind of nervous. I just think it's going to be so cool. I'll definitely blog about it. (If I can't be at Robin Brande's Kidlitosphere Conference, I might as well do something cool in my hometown.
Happy Friday, everyone! Have a great weekend.
Just for fun, here's a picture of Winston in his cone. Who can resist a dog in a cone? (This is from a day a couple of weeks ago when his eye was bothering him and he wouldn't leave it alone.)
PS - 30 Rock was sooooooo good last night! And so was The Office. NBC, you should be so proud of yourself.
posted by Katie Alender at
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Oh, look: it's a puppy with a halo. Dog lovers will go nuts over the angelic baby doggie.
(Sorry, I'm not too much of a dog lover anymore. The neighbors on both sides of me have 2 huge beasts a piece, as do 2 more sets of neighbors across the street. I am subject to tons of loud barking and large piles of droppings continually. That kind of thing can really kill off canine worship fast. My sister-in-law, though, LOVES her dogs....)
Aw, Katie, he is SO CUTE! Almost cute enough to rival my cat! (Joking, of course.)
All of the sites you list are useful and interesting, and I will be visiting them if I haven't already done so, but I will be honest with you: I don't know what RSS feed folders are, and the only definitions I have for pub and grog are surely not the right ones...
I do share your interest in interactive blogs. Why blog if you can't exchange ideas or stories?
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I just managed to send you a double post. Gee...
Three comments from Mary! It's a sunshine day! ;-) Mary, good point about the pub and grogs. It speaks sadly of my heightened level of boringness that I never thought of them that way. "Pub" is publishing blogs (agents, editors, etc., but not writers), and "grogs" are group blogs
PBW, I was a cat person my whole life, so I understand. Then came the dog show, and the rest of that story is obvious!
Thanks for keeping my blog in your blogroll! I'm flattered.
Are you kidding? You have a reserved seat!
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