Start your morning with a poem. Houndbite offers poems from The Other Journal read out loud.

Ten Rules for Writing Fiction contains gems like: Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray. (Guardian U.K)

I’m excited: Neil Gaiman, PD James and Margaret Atwood are quoted. Do they mean sex and similes at the same time?

Look who’s coming to the Tri -Cities next week! Cavalcade of Authors is bringing Dia Calhoun, Patrick Carmen, Suzanne Selfors and other outstanding authors to the Red Lion hotel in Pasco. For once, we don’t have to travel to Seattle or Portland for an author event! Thanks to Michelle Lane for brainstorming this event!

And if that isn’t enough, Cavalcade is followed by RadCon the fantastic fantasy/Sci-Fi convention. Check out the site for the preview of authors–there are too many to mention. Who will wear the fairy wings this year? Will there be a Steampunk element?

So, Tri-Cities, dust off the red carpet; the authors are coming!!