I have a few internet stops that help start the day off on the right foot. My favorite two are…

Nathan Fillion’s Twitterfeed

Is Nathan Fillion the BEST person to follow on Twitter? I think so. Today, the topic du jour is Double Rainbows (you don’t need to watch the whole thing, just enough to get the idea… there is no “punch line” at the end or anything. :) Then watch:

(Warning: This video is not as cool if you haven’t seen the original Double Rainbow video I linked to above.)

Slush Pile Hell

What will we wacky writers think of next to insert into our query letters? Even if you don’t write, this is dang funny.

And here’s a one off I found from SPH’s twitterfeed, but it’s worth a look. Ever wonder which famous writer your style most emulates? Find out with I Write Like. With various pages of my manuscript, I got Dan Brown twice, Harry Harrison once (Soylent Green was based on one of his books), and  a writer who shall not be named a fourth time  (wildly popular, but not my favorite author…um…). (But for various blog entries, I got David Foster Wallace (2xs), Jack London, Margaret Atwood, Arthur C. Clarke, H.P. Lovecraft, and… Dan Brown. Twice (including this very post).)

(Update! With the addition of the list of authors my blog looks like, the writer analyzer has changed the post to be more indicative of H.P. Lovecraft’s style.) (And with the addition of that update, it has reassigned me to Harry Harrison.) (OK, back to David Foster Wallace… I really need to quit doing this and send out query letters.) (Yup, we’re consistent with DFW; query letter time.)

On a personal note, I finished edits for Angel of Air and Earth and sent my first query yesterday! Double  rainbow all the way across the sky!!