Why Am I In This Handbasket?

LJ WAS screwed up yesterday and I couldn't post much beyond a link. When I tried to edit to put in a missing word I couldn't even do that but now it's working again so I'm editing this to include the full post.

I was home sick most of the week so I have a lot of good stuff.

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First a word from our sponsor rant

WHY DO THEY KEEP "UPDATING" MY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES TO MAKE THEM HARDER TO USE????

/ahem/

Seriously. I haven't posted here in a month and I came in to find that it's different and I'm not seeing how it's in ways that fix previous problems. I've stopped posting to Tumblr since their last update made it too frustrating to deal with. When my queue runs out that's the last I'm reblogging there until the next update at least. I'll probably still post a link back here when I post because that's not as hard as doing a whole post but I was really loving Tumblr. :(

So, assuming I can get the page break to work clicky for many and varied links of goodness

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I've been trying out a useful writing motivation tool for the last couple of weeks called 750 Words. I waited to blog about it because I've jumped the gun in the past and thought something sounded incredible but then found that it didn't live up to its potential. Last year it was a site that let you share the book you were reading with others and everyone could comment on it. Fantastic idea but the site itself was so very badly done that just trying to use it as intended was an exercise in frustration and I ended up feeling bad about dragging my friends into trying it.

750 Words is as simple as its name. When you sign up there you get an email every day at the time of your choosing that reminds you to go write. You can opt out of the email if you want but I find that it's very motivating to have it sitting there until I do something about it.

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