Today, for Techie Tuesday (and the #AtoZchallenge), I’m borrowing “CrackleSauce” from Tameri Etherton.
(A) Because I LOVE that word.
(B) Because it reminds me of the homemade chocolate sauce my grandma used to make that you pour over ice cream and it hardens until you crack it with your spoon…it was all chewy and YUMMY!
These links had to be special to live up to that. We’ve got everything from Undies to Babies, from Psychology to Writing. Enjoy, and feel free to share a link of your own in the comments section. (As long as it falls in the CrackleSauce category. 🙂 )
I’ll start by taking a page out of Gene Lempp’s book with a Featured Posts area.
10 of the Most Surprising Findings from Psychological Studies by Jeremy Dean from PsyBlog ~ I got this from the site where I find my favorite Daily 1o. I can get lost in this site for HOURS. Example: 10 Times Batman Acted Like An Absolute Lunatic.
Laughter and Inspirational Magic:
- It’s never too early to shop for the holidays! Here’s some fun holiday Undies. 🙂
- I Want My Kids To Fail by Rochester Sage
- Video from Kasey Mathews – PBS The Secret Life of the The Baby’s Brain
- On the other end of the spectrum, Marcia Richards SWEARS you have the Best Sex of Your Life in Midlife. You’ve gotta read this post!
Writing Magic:
- 7 Things I Learned Last Week From Stephen King by Victoria Mixon (you can never go wrong with Victoria or Mr. King).
- The Power of Incubation – writing inspiration from a guest at Bridgette Booth’s site.
- Tawna Fenske’s post on The Importance of Sucking for Awhile is the pick-up you need for those days when everything you write looks like crap.
- The Four-Letter Word Every Author Must Know and Use by Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
It seemed like Characters were the hot topic in March. Here’s the posts that helped me the most:
- Fantastic excerpt from Les Edgerton on Character Actions.
- 7 Keys To Unforgettable Characters by Bob Mayer (on Karen McFarland’s site).
- I’ve never read a less-than-amazing post at Janice Hardy’s The Other Side of the Story – these Tips on Character Motivation are no different.
Publishing Magic:
- Bob Mayer’s post on Digital Book World this month, Was March 2012 the day Traditional Publishing Died? is pretty much a must-read for today’s author.
- In the above post, Bob references a fantastic post by Kristine Rusch on Scarcity and Abundance. Another author must-read.
- What Agents Want To Know by Lynette Labelle
Social Media Magic:
- Dino Dogan, co-founder of Triberr – 5 Ways To Improve Your Blog Today
- Are You Using the Social Media Strategy That Will Never Hurt You? I LOVE this post by Rachel Ann Poling. Social media is about connection and kindness.
- Jody Hedlund wrote about How Modern Writers Can Become & Stay Visible.
March title most heaped with CrackleSauce:
Chicks With Dicks by The Romance Man (Thanks to Shannyn Schroeder for sending me to him).
One last amazing tidbit:
Advice from legendary film-maker, Billy Wilder – here are 10 sage pieces of writing advice. My three favorites?
- Grab ’em by the throat and never let ’em go.
- If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
- A tip from Lubitsch: Let the audience add up two plus two. They’ll love you forever.
OK, there’s 20+ links from me on this fine Techie Tuesday. Do you have some Crackle-worthy posts to share?? Enquiring minds always want to know here at More Cowbell!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Winners of the Dirty Fighting Contest will be announced this month!
- Winners of the Life List Club Milestone Party will be announced Wednesday when we unveil our new blog!!!
Jenny
Love this post, Jenny.. I love it when you get all these links and squish ’em into one fantastic post!
The A – Z Challenge is so much fun! There are so many great blogs to read.. I wish I could read ’em all!
CrackleSauce.. Made from real Crackle-Saurs?
Have a great day! 😉
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Thanks, Darlene…I save ’em up for you, you know. 🙂
I’m working my tail off today but I had to pop on and say “hi!”
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Jenny *whining voice* – how am I going to get any writing done this morning? I’ll be too busy visiting all of these links. There isn’t one I don’t want to read! Gotta get to it ….
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You can follow Tameri’s plan…she has it down on how to write AND surf the web. I was completely impressed. 🙂
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LOVE it!! I can’t wait to read through all the fabulousness! Squeeee…
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I’m finally going to get on over to Hubby’s Corner today and see what sort of rambuctiousness he got up to.
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I love the term cacklesauce, and I love this great mash-up. Can’t wait to check out some of these links 🙂
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Thanks, Marcy! But the name is all Tameri. 🙂
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Thanks for the great links, Jenny! Definite cracklesauce to my morning. 😉
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LOL. I think everybody could use some o’ that!!
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Thanks for including my Sex post, Jenny! It’s true, you know…just wait til you’re in midlife! Great mashup. I love it when mashups include blogs that aren’t on everybody’s radar…great discoveries!
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You’re most welcome, Marcia! It was a fantastic post and I’m going to incorporate some of those tips NOW! *waggles eyebrows at Hubby*
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Thanks for including my re-post of Daphne’s tips. 🙂 And, you’re right – cracklesauce is a great word!
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You are absolutely welcome, Bridgette! I love all your posts, but I agree that she is hugely motivating.
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Wow – I just subscribed to two more blogs I have NO time to read!
Thanks – I think…
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OK, at critique tomorrow night, I’m going to try to guess which two… Good times!
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Great links! I’ll set them aside for later. I’m writing today! Woot! BTW, LOVED the tip: “Let the audience add up two and two. They will love you forever.” I had to learn that when I wrote novel #1, and had to go back and fix a LOT of stuff!
Thanks, Jenny!
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Good for YOU, writing today! I adore Billy Wilder’s tips…it was hard to just pick 3. 🙂
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OMG. I need to be editing this morning! These links are way too cracklesauce. Thanks for the shoutout ~ best word ever!! Okay, I’m going to edit for an hour, read one of these posts, edit for a half hour, read a post, edit for fifteen minutes, read a post. See how that worked? I got some work in and got to read some posts! When I’m down to editing no minutes I just get to read posts! Win-Win. Kind of.
You are 100% pure cracklesauce, my friend!
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Definitely the best word ever!! I like your plan. You’ll have to let me know how it went. Read, edit, read, edit, read, edit…
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I love everything my grandmother used to do. So, I am all for Crackle Sauce!
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LOL, Em. The last post I did about my grandmother had us all rolling in the aisles!
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Happy Techie Tuesday to you Jenny! Thanks for including that wonderful post by you know who. That seemed to be a timely post for most of us, so I’m glad it worked. Off to check out the others. Enjoy your day! It’s a beautiful SoCal day! 🙂
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Thanks, Karen! It was indeed a pretty day today, and I actually was able to get out and walk 2 miles in it during my lunch hour. I LOVE it when that happens. 🙂
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Wow, lots of linky goodness, Jenny! I was about to use Billy Wilder”s list as a blog post as well (from “Conversations with Wilder”). He’s a genius–one of the best directors AND screenwriters of all-time.
Marcia’s post is a must-read for people of any age!
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I agree on both these statements, Fabio! And I think you should use the Billy Wilder list anyway…it will make a tremendous blog post. I was thinking of doing something like that but will defer to you, my friend. 🙂
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LOL Cracklesauce. I pictured something like the tooth-pulling coating on a candy apple. Chocolate is nice but dangerously addictive.
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OMG, you made me start dreaming about caramel apples. Curse you, Tom! Curse you…
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I try.
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Cracklesauce…fabulous 🙂 Thanks for all the links! I’ll definitely hit the ones I missed.
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Wish I could take credit but that is 100% pure Tameri. 🙂
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Way too many great links to read at this moment, but I’ll be coming back! Thanks for some great reading suggestions!
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LOL…have fun, Lara!!
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Your “gotta have more cow bell” caught my eye and I had to click on over for a visit. “CrackleSauce”!!!!! I love it and think I need to incorporate the word in to my life at least once a day! : )
I love your zany writing style and will be back for more. Happy A to Z to thee!!! : )
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Thanks bunches!! I love your user name (I sense a story there)! I’m going to have to follow your link too. Happy challenge to you. 🙂
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Jenny –
Your links (or mash-ups? – still learning the lingo!) are always so helpful. You included some from sites that I would never have noticed, for example Rachel Ann Poling site. I learn so much from reading blogs from different areas of interest. Thank you for the exposure and for keeping me informed of the blogosphere! I’ll definitely be going back to some of these; and I signed up for a few of them , including Tawna Fenske’s site.
Monique Liddle
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Thanks, Monique! I tend to have to go kind of far and wide because I’m usually looking for my day job too. I love Rachel’s site! Really great stuff there, and I like her spirit.
Warning: put down your beverage before reading most of Tawna Fenske’s posts. She’s AWESOME!!!
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Wow! That’s one information packed post! And homemade chocolate sauce–my mother used to make it.
Lee
An A to Z Co-Host
Tossing It Out
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Thanks, Arlee! I’m totally impressed with all you A to Z co-hosts! I can’t wait to go explore over there this week. Mon/Tues are my roughest days but I’m on it tomorrow.
I would love to know if your family’s chocolate sauce is the same as my family’s chocolate sauce. 🙂
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Jenny, I am so honored to have been included on this list! Now I gotta get reading! Lots of good stuff here! Thanks!!!!
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okay… now I have to go out tonight and buy some hot fudge. LOL! LOVE this list. Thank you 🙂
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By the way, what the Daily 10??
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