The prompt part of this? The Unexpected Letter - I didn’t expect to get this, it was tagged to me at random, so have something random delivered to your lead character then enjoy the fun of this little game. Read on for how to play…
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If you were recently tagged by someone named Sandra (me), here are the rules for the game which I got from Jacob (Thanks Jacob! I needed this blog fodder):
- Link to the person who tagged you.
- Leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours.
- Post the rules on your blog.
- Share the seven (7) most famous or infamous people you have met. Or go with the original 7 weird things about yourself.
- Tag 7 random people at the end of your post.
- Include links to their blogs.
- Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
You’re a private person, you say? Well, someone switched it up to the seven most famous people you’ve met.
Seven weird things about me? Hmm… I’m sure my friends can come up with that, but not sure I can. As for seven famous people… I didn’t actually meet Robert Redford, but he did sleep on our couch.. don’t think that counts… how about I scramble this up a little more from the normal and, since this is a writing prompts blog, give my seven favorite writing websites? Listed in no particular order:
1) The Black Hole - I found this years ago, great resource telling you what to expect on time for replies from magazines.
2) Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
3) Project Gutenberg - While not really for writers, this is a great site for anyone looking for the classics to read. I included it because all writers are, by nature, readers.
4) Holly Lisle - I have been a fan of Holly Lisle’s website since it started as Forward Motion back in the late 1990’s. Hers was one of the first actual writer’s websites I found when I decided to start looking for other writers websites online. A must visit site for any writer in my humble opinion.
5) Writer’s Digest Top 101 Best Websites for Writers
6) Stock.xchng - A wonderful community for the sharing of pictures, great resource for those in need of a picture to accompany a story or blog post or for a novel cover or… whatever.
7) yWriter - yWriter is a wonderful writing program made by a writer for writers. It’s free too! Check it out, I think you will love it as much as I do.
I’ve randomly tagged (Okay, not so *random* I used Technorati to look for blogs relating to writing) the following blogs are ones that I found fascinating. My one requirement (other than that they be something my readers might like) was that they all seem to be ones that, on browsing, looked like they might not mind my tagging them. So, enjoy some great new blogs that you might not otherwise have found! I know I might not have found them if Jacob had not tagged me:
1. Mind the gap
2. Write From Karen
3. Writing Aspirations
4. The Unemployed Writer
5. In The Trenches
6. HED’s Writing Mission
7. A Writer’s Journey
As I said, I went through Technorati picking out seven random blogs that are by, or for, writers and looked like they would enjoy being tagged. There is no requirement to participate, this is just for fun and I enjoyed it so much I think I’ll do another random blog spotlight on The Writing Office some time. And, as the fellow that sent me this said - don’t feel bad if I left you out, just take it as an open invitation to join in on this if you feel the need or need the post fodder.
