Daily Archives: April 6, 2012

13 Simple Steps To Get You Through A Rough Day

Learnlets » Reimagining Learning

Helpful for teachers?

WKU’s “Toppers On Tour” to Make Seven Stops in Late April and Mid-June – Western Kentucky University Official Athletics Site

“On the road again”

’50 Shades of Grey’ author on ‘Hunger Games’ | Shelf Life | EW.com

Have you read “The Hunger Games” or seen the movie based on it? What do you think of James’ thoughts on it?

Business & Technology | Live chat with Richard Russo about Amazon, publishing | Seattle Times Newspaper

Google Docs spell-check: How autocomplete can improve your spelling. – Slate Magazine

I’ve always found this helpful, so never considered whether or not it would affect our ability to spell. Thoughts?

Help write the next great Nicholas Sparks book with USA Weekend – USATODAY.com

Read Nicholas Sparks? Take on this group story!

A class act / Features / Home – Morning Star

• Poetry can help us to perceive our situation and surroundings differently.

   

  Sometimes as a catalyst to change, sometimes as a way of seeing our own lives and connections in a deeper way.

   

  Don’t wait to be heard. If you’re waiting to be asked, you never will be.

   

  Our voices are again being marginalised, and working-class cultural life is being turned into pornography for cultural tourists.

   

  Technology is often the poor man’s friend. The internet is alive with poetry.

• After porn it’s the biggest thing on there. And like porn, much of it is awful.

Ruth Franklin: Why The Literary Landscape Continues To Disadvantage Women | The New Republic

Ladies and gents, pay special attention to this one.

Writers: What To Do When You Get Stuck – Writer’s Relief, Inc.

Help with writer’s block.