Hey, everyone. Happy first Friday of March. When Bob Dylan wrote The Times They Are a Changin, he spoke the truth. Changes are inevitable. Some good, others not so good.
But change is in the air. We are moving from winter into spring (for which I am happy).
When the weather permits, I enjoy sitting on my front porch. It’s quite and peaceful – a great place to relax, read, or just sit and think. But my view recently changed.
Our new neighbors cleared out the underbrush from their property line and trimmed trees. So now, I have an even better view than before. I took this photo of the sunrise early last Saturday. A few months ago, I wouldn’t have been able to see the sun peaking over the horizon. This is a good change.
Speaking of change, are you ready for Daylight Saving Time? I don’t mind the extra light in the evenings, but it means once again I’ll be leaving the house when it’s still dark. Not only that it takes my body weeks to adjust to losing an hour.
Why can’t more states be like Arizona and refuse to participate in the change? In reality, we’re not “saving” anything. There’s still the same amount of light and darkness each day.
But enough of my ranting. Are you ready for this week’s links?
On this site:
On Story Empire
- How to Publish With KDP Part 6 – Harmony Kent
- A Special Announcement from Story Empire – Group
- Welcome and Brief Introduction – Marcia Meara
- Character Archetypes: The Herald – C S Boyack
On Other Sites:
- How a Career Can Reveal Your Character’s Deeper Layers – Writers Helping Writers
- Using Visuals to Inspire Scenes – Writers in The Storm
- Fiction Writing Contests Worth Your Time – Writer Unboxed
- What’s The Best Way to Discover Your Story? – Kill Zone
- Clueless Advice People Give Writers – Anne R. Allen
- Fantasy Writing Tools for Paranormal Authors – Just Publishing
- Self Publishing: How Much is it Going to Cost – The Book Designer
- 5 Reasons Why Audio Book Usage is Up Among Students – Nicholas C Rossis
- Outlining in Reverse – Kill Zone
- Synopsis Writing Made Easy – Writers Helping Writers
- Instead of Promotion, Try Participation – Writer Unboxed
- The Puzzling Prologue Problem – A Writers Path
- 3 Ways to Prevent Amazon Reviews From Vanishing – Writers in The Storm
- Characters of Personality: 7 Concepts for Richer Stories – Now Novel
- How Can Writers Pay it Forward – Jami Gold
- The Importance of Backstory – Fiction University
- Coloring With Words – Writers in The Storm
- 3 Reasons Why That Perfectly Good Scene is Boring Your Readers – Fiction University
- Separating Yourself from Your Characters – A Writers Path
- The Evolution of Blogging – Nicholas C Rossis
- How to Use Amazon Key Words to Improve Sales – Just Publishing
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I had forgotten about the time change. Strewth…
Thanks for the links! Sharing 🙂
Yes. One less hour before I have to return to work on Monday! LOL
Reblogged this on Nicholas C. Rossis and commented:
Joan’s writing links of the week
Thanks for sharing, Nicolas.
🙂
I’m with you on the daylight saving, Joan. I hate when the clocks change–forward or back–because it takes my body forever to adjust, and that seems to get harder with age, lol. As you say, it just means doing everything in the dark until the evenings pull out more. And I rely on the sunlight to help wake my brain up of a morning. Putting the clocks forward just prolongs the morning darkness.
Thanks for the links. That’s a gorgeous view! Have a lovely weekend.
Well, I kind of hate to mention age… And I’m a lot older than you! But yes, it does take longer and longer to adjust each year.
Hope you have a wonderful (and restful) weekend.
Idaho has a bill circulating right now that might establish one time for the entire year. We’ll see if it goes anywhere, but it would be for next year. That is a lovely view, and thanks for the links.
Texas had (or has) one of those but I’m not sure it got anywhere. Guess I shouldn’t complain but I hate the adjustment period.
I love the view from your porch, Joan. It looks so peaceful and serene.
I actually like the time change, despite giving up that hour of sleep. I’m so excited that it’s going to be lighter longer in the evenings. I am soooooo ready for warm weather and longer days!
Thanks, Mae. I don’t mind the daylight in the evening but I hate that adjustment period. Plus, when they moved it up to the second week of March, it’s too early. Kids are waiting for school buses in the dark and that’s not safe. But I’m loving the fact that winter is almost over. I hate cold weather.
Arizona doesn’t do DST, but they do change time zones from Mountain to Pacific, which is even more confusing for me somehow. The whole thing is absurd. If you make your living based on when the sun rises and sets, why does what the clock says matter?
I’ll stop before my rant amps up.
Lovely view, Joan.
Tell me about it! The company that owns a software we use at work is located in Tucson. It’s so confusing to have to think if I’m one or two hours ahead of them.
You have a lovely view, Joan – seems like a good place to settle in with a book.
It is, Teri!
Thanks for this round up, Joan. Have a great weekend.
Thanks, Robbie. You too!
Once again, a gorgeous photo accompanied by some splendid links! Thanks for the round-up, Joan. I’ll be sharing it various places today and on The Write Stuff tomorrow. And just for the record, I hate Daylight Savings Time! It’s just messin’ with your mind. High noon is high noon, and everything else is just semantics. For me, it would make more sense to have summer hours and winter hours, if people want to leave work before dark. That’s all that’s really happening anyway, no matter what it’s called. But I’ve given up on the idea that the silly mindgames will end, and we’ll go back to telling time as it really is and not as we wish it were. 😀 Oh, well! 🙂
That’s a great idea about summer and winter hours. But the people who want the daylight in the evenings are night owls and they’d never go for having to get up earlier for work!
As always, thanks for sharing and reblogging!
But that’s just it, Joan. They already do! If you move the clock back an hour for the evening, it’s moved back an hour for the morning, too. So you are essentially leaving work an hour early every day, and going in an hour early the next day. It’s just a psychological trick. That’s the part I don’t like. You can’t fool me with a clock that says 11:00 when the sun is directly overhead. Nope. It’s noon. And if you leave a watch set on standard time, you realize that when you leave work at 5, it’s really only 4. Same thing in the morning. Your clock my say you’re getting up at 7, but it’s really only 6. Mind games. Gah. Who needs ’em. 😀
Marcia, I haven’t had enough caffeine this morning to comprehend that! 🙂 Thank goodness for clocks!
Basically, if you are on daylight savings time and get up at 7:00, you are really getting up at 6:00. The clock lies! 😀 You can’t trust them during DST. Afternoon or morning, it’s lying to you by an hour. Same thing when you leave work. 😀
Reblogged this on Where Genres Collide Traci Kenworth YA Author & Book Blogger and commented:
Some good links here!
Thanks for the reblog, Traci!
You’re welcome, Joan!
Another busy week, Joan! And I agree about Daylight Savings Time!
I’ll be grumpy for the next few days! LOL
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Check out Joan Hall’s excellent Week in Review post! As always, she’s shared a ton of great links, and I’m so looking forward to spending some time today going through them. Be sure to pass the post along, too, so others can see if they’ve missed anything. Thanks, and thanks, as always, to Joan for doing such a super job of helping us stay up on things we may have missed. 🙂 <3
Thanks for sharing, Marcia!
Those are some great resources. Thank you for sharing.
Happy you found them useful. I post links each Friday. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you for sharing these great ressources. Best wishes, Michael
Glad you found them useful!
Thank you very much, Joan! Very appreciated information. Have a good and save start into the new week. Michael