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WEEKEND LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Becoming A Parent Looks Like Falling In Love

in Reads on Writing & Self-Publishing on 09/01/15

Photo Credit: Etsy Ketsy via Compfight cc

Photo Credit: Etsy Ketsy via Compfight cc

Quote of the day

Becoming a parent looks—at least in the brain—a lot like falling in love.

~RUTH FELDMAN, brain researcher.

 

CREATIVITY

Easy things you can do every day to improve your creativity, Creative Something | Tweet

‘A man becomes creative, whether he is an artist or scientist, when he finds a new unity in the variety of nature. He does so by finding a likeness between things which were not thought alike before.’ Jacob Bronowski.


BUSINESS

How Lego became the apple of toys, FastCo | Tweet

After a decade-long slump, Lego has rebuilt itself into a global juggernaut. An exclusive look inside the company’s top-secret future lab.

 

Firing Dick Costolo from Twitter would be a huge mistake, Calacanis | Tweet

There has been a lot of rumbling about firing Dick Costolo from Twitter … on Twitter. While the company continues to become more and more culturally important (think: police protests) and their revenue soars, they’ve had a bit of a problem with user growth.


MARKETING

Logo vs. Brand [Permission Marketing], Seth’s Blog | Tweet

Spend 10,000 times as much time and money on your brand as you spend on your logo.


TECHNOLOGY

How Flipboard is the epitome of web 3.0, Arc.Applause | Tweet

Flipboard is more than just mobile first. It is the essence of the new generation of apps.


FOOD

How Apple pie became ‘American’ [America in So Many Words], Priceonomics | Tweet

Samuel Sewall, distinguished alumnus of Harvard College and citizen of Boston, went on a picnic expedition to Hog Island on October 1, 1697. There he dined on apple pie. He wrote in his diary, ‘Had first Butter, Honey, Curds and cream. For Dinner, very good Rost Lamb, Turkey, Fowls, Applepy.’ This is the first, but hardly the last, American mention of a dish whose patriotic symbolism is [abundantly] expressed.


SOCIAL SCIENCES

What happens to a woman’s brain when she becomes a mother, The Atlantic | Tweet

From joy and attachment to anxiety and protectiveness, mothering behavior begins with biochemical reactions.


CULTURE

What people asked the New York Public Library before Google, Hyperallergic | Tweet

Why do 18th century English paintings have so many squirrels in them, and how did they tame them so that they wouldn’t bite the painter?


WRITING

The only rule about backstory that matters [Structuring Your Novel], Helping Authors Become Authors | Tweet

Backstory is a crucial part of any book because it’s what creates a broader view of your story, a deeper context. In many respects,backstory is what will bring your characters to lifeand convince readers they’re living, breathing people who have a dimensional existence even outside of the story itself. So never discount backstory.

 

Five stupid writing tricks starting…now [500 Ways To Write Harder], Terrible Minds | Tweet

Writing a novel is a game of charades — I’m trying to tell you something without ever telling you something.

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