Blogs Noted: Julie Zickefoose, Nicholas D. Kristof, Mark Monlux, Alan Weber, Steven Hart, Numero Cinq, Lewis Lapham, Gayle Brennan Spencer

Several blog posts for writers are in line: one on my notes from the Writer's Center's Leesburg First Friday lecture about "Staying Focused: Writing and Researching the Longer Book Project," also a note about the fabulous panel at the recent Virginia Book Festival in Charlottesville and-- more!-- the jaw-dropping "Writing the Future" conference at the Writer's Center with Lee Gutkind and company. That one, truly, changed the paradigm for me and I'll be blogging about that soon. But I'm on deadline (past deadline, actually) to turn in some translations, so today's post is brief.

Julie Zickefoose
Artist, writer, Boston Terrier and Macaw person

On the Ground
Nicholas D. Kristof writing for the New York Times

Now Smell This
A perfume person. I'm interested to learn more about scent-oriented blogs.... anyone?

Mark Monlux's Poohabspiel
(Don't you love that blog title?)

Alan Webber Rules of Thumb

The Path of the Bookseller
By Joseph Zitt. We had an amusing exchange over at Steven Hart's blog recently.

Steven Hart
Author of The Last Three Miles and newbie bookseller (go, go, go!!)

Numero Cinq
Aphorisms wanted! Wit and arrogance appreciated (so they say..) My own aphorism about bagels and death masks seems to have shut down the contest, however... (TR Hummer, O poet of tweets, are you there???)

Bobby Byrd
Motto: "It's a good time to be a poet, I think, although the pay is shitty." Author of White Panties and Dead Friends

Lapham's Quarterly
Some foie gras for this world o' Whoppers.

Postcards from San Antonio
By Gayle Brennan Spencer

More anon.

NUMERO CINQ APHORISM CONTEST

An announcement from novelist Douglas Glover:

THE FIRST EVER NUMÉRO CINQ APHORISM CONTEST

Submissions March 15-31, 2010

Submit by commenting on the following post:
http://dgvcfaspring10.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/first-ever-numero-cinq-literary-contest/

Submissions must be no more than 150 words in length

Do not enter a submission unless you have figured out what an aphorism is first.

Wit and arrogance appreciated

Contest open to everyone including employees of Numéro Cinq, their significant others, children, and small pets

First Prize — Instant Worldwide (e)Publication w/ commentary

Plus honours & laurels

Blogs Noted: Mammoth, Numero Cinq, Wisebread, Rancho Gordo, 10 in 10 Diet, Nick Gilman, Jeri's Decluttering and etc

Mammoth

Numero Cinq
By Canadian novelist and short story writer Douglas Glover et al.

Wisebread
Words to the wise indeed.

Today at Lynn's House
What's cooking that is superduper cheap and healthy. (You, too, can survive financial Armaggedon!)

Rancho Gordo
For los verdaderos bean aficionados.

Good Food Planet: Culiary Musings from Around the World
By Nick Gilman, the Mexico City food expert.

Jeri's Organizing and Decluttering News