How Do I Know What I Think Until I See What I Say?

1. Heh. Carrie Ryan, in addition to being the author of a kickass post-apocalyptic story ( The Forest of Hands and Teeth -- what a title, right?), also has a great post here about what should and should not be in books written for children. 2. Elmo is still awesome. Really awesome. And red. ZOOM ZOOM! 3. Editorial Ass has a nice post about when to take someone else's advice on your writing. Long story short: it depends. But she gives some good general guidance. The most recent piece of advice I'm listening to is the advice I heard last week that my male main character is coming across as too much of a coward. Duly noted, Twinsburg. Duly noted. :) 4. I was fully prepared to dislike the show The Sing-Off. It was billed as the awful mutant baby of American Idol (which I hate) and Glee (which I love), like the Alien Baby in Alien 4*. But it's actually more like America's Best Dance Crew , but with singing. One of the things that's nice about it, l