Tuesday's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts

On Saturday, March 29, I ran the Run the Bluegrass Half Marathon. It started raining around the 5-mile mark and the temperature dropped into the low forties or maybe high thirties. The race became an endurance test. Without a poncho (I left it in the car), I got soaked. After I crossed the finish line, I had moderate hypothermia (slurred words, stumbling, confusion, and irrational behavior). Some would argue that I had irrational behavior before the start of the race! You're doing this in the cold and possible rain because. . . ?

I’m not sick now because I had started antibiotics two days earlier for a sinus infection. I pushed my body to its limit. I wish I could say I learned something that I wouldn’t have learned otherwise, but I can’t. Sometimes we do crazy things simply for the challenge. I thought at sixty-four I was over that. Evidently not! If I hadn’t at least made the effort to run the race, I would have been very disappointed. 

Twenty-four hours after I crossed the finish line, I was on a plane to New York City to visit my grandchildren. 

I’m tired and sore and moving slowly, but I love to race and that’s why I run. Now, to get back to writing my story. I didn’t make my word count last week and it doesn’t look good for this week either.  

I wish I could push my mind to the same limits I push my body.  But if I did, the words would be gobbledygook! 

I have another race on the 17th and between now and then a weekend wedding in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Spring! I’m glad it’s here, but I did a lot of writing while hibernating during the godawful winter. 

Here’s to spring. Hip-hip-hooray!

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets the last few days, here they are again:

1. 3 Most Common Complaints About Agents by Scriptwriters | WritersDigest.com http://ow.ly/vbDlo
2. What To Do When You Have Writer’s Block | Thought Catalog http://ow.ly/vbDIT
3. Kindle Publishing guide - Before You Publish: Amazon's Requirements ← Infolite http://ow.ly/vbDOh
4. The Write Conversation : Dollars & Sense for Writers— Guidelines on Where & When to Spend Your Money—Part Two http://ow.ly/vbEu3
5. Book Blurbs Revisited « http://ow.ly/vbESy
6. Anne R. Allen's Blog: 8 Tips for Writing that Killer Blurb http://ow.ly/vc0TL
7. ProBlogger Blog Tips – The Blog : @ProBlogger http://ow.ly/vc13q
8. 3 Steps for a Better Critique Experience http://ow.ly/veb3Z
9. Dollars & Sense for #Writers - how to tell which books to buy and which to borrow - via @EdieMelson http://bit.ly/1lLKgdx #amwriting
10. When You Are Your Own Publisher | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/venR7
11. Writer Unboxed » 10 Tips about Process http://ow.ly/verm4
12. The Intentional Writer: Finding the Time, Space, and Inspiration You Need to Write | The Creative Penn http://ow.ly/verAU
13. How Women Entrepreneurs Can Never Take No For An Answer Again | Fast Company | business + innovation http://ow.ly/vet1k
14. The Jennifer (Author) Diaries: Anatomy of a Book Jacket http://ow.ly/veuRy
15. Fiction University (The Other Side of the Story): What Changes in Your Scenes? http://ow.ly/vfaI9
16. 5 Valuable Charts That Show How Publishing Is Changing | Jane Friedman http://ow.ly/vfbuO
17. How Boolean Search Improves Your Social Media Monitoring | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/vfeo6
18. 8 Things You Should Know About BookBub Subscribers - BookBub Unbound http://ow.ly/vfGyU
19. Why Your Work Never Feels Good Enough | Goins, Writer http://ow.ly/vffgS
20. Writer Unboxed » 10 Tips about Process http://ow.ly/vfIy2
21. How to Keep Your Fiction Marketing Lean and Focused by Jason Kong — The Book Designer http://ow.ly/vfIGg
22. How To Use Twitter Lists To Grow Your Blog | Molly Greene: Writer http://ow.ly/vfIVx
23. How to edit a PDF document in Word 2013 - TechRepublic http://ow.ly/vfJsG
24. One Crippling Mistake Businesses Make on Facebook All The Time! http://ow.ly/vgbxm

Happy writing and running, Kathy