Daily Haunts

• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Some incredible, humbling photos!

• Bent Objects - Terry Border's art.  Delicious fun!

• Cartoon Brew - Animation News

• Confessions of a Pioneer Woman - A citygirl tranformed by rural living, plus Photoshop lessons!

• Forever Geek - For all of us geeks out there.

• Gurney's Journey - James Gurney's daily blog for fellow artists.  An excellent resource!

• Presentation Zen - Everything you need to know about presentation.

• Sci-Fi Chick - Full of reviews and news!

• Seth Godin's Blog - Everything you need to know about marketing and presentation.

• xkcd - No explanation can do this one justice.

Archived Haunts

• Drawn! - The Illustration and Cartooning Blog (transitioned to John Martz website)

• EntreComics - Another good site for artists

• Lakeshore - Author Jay Lake's Blog

• Militant Platypus Blog (unsecured archived) - Full of quirky finds and some gaming info.

• SF Signal - A science fiction blog. Lots of Ads.

• Shoebox Blog - Often twisted...always funny!

• the Art Department - Irene Gallo's Blog

What am I reading or re-reading?

• The Illusion of Life Disney Animation - Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson

• Spirit Gate - Kate Elliott

• The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

• The Time Traders (1958) - Andre Norton

Some of my favorites…

• Writing Tools - 50 Essential Strategies for every writer - Roy Peter Clark

• The Golden Compass - His Dark Materials Book 1 - Philip Pullman

• His Majesty's Dragon - Temeraire, Book 1 - Naomi Novik

• Grendel - John Gardner (Told from Grendel's perspective.  Excellent!)

• Mainspring - Jay Lake (A quest set in a clockwork world.)

• The Psalms of Isaak - Ken Scholes

• Grass - Sheri S. Tepper (The planet Grass conceals horrifying secrets in endless pastures.)

• Changlings - Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Anne Scarborough (Return to Petaybee.)