- Open Yale courses. Free videos of lectures plus downloads of blackboard notes, exams, etc - allowing you to essentially audit Yale courses for free! I've been watching one on Game Theory to satisfy the econ nerd within, but once I get the books from the library, I'm looking forward to this one on The American Novel Since 1945.
- OpenCulture is a source for both those courses (and many more) and also free audio books, plus links to free classic films and movies. I usually read my online books at The Gutenberg Project, but it's awesome that there's so much out there!
- Pippi Longstocking was my childhood heroine (although I also loved the Emil books, also by Astrid Lindgren). In fact, if I were to ever get a tattoo? It might be of the girl with the iconic upturned braids. The New York Times highlights an interesting Pippi Longstocking/tattoo connection - the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson was originally created as the grown-up Pippi Longstocking. Check out the NYT article here.
- I think the Amazon Breakout Novel Contest is a fascinating thing, and I liked this article about their 2010 winner - who was rejected by 54 agents.
- The novella isn't dead. In case you were wondering.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Around the web in 5 minutes
Nifty stuffs on the interwebs:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Thanks for the links! And THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO a grown-up Pippi?! Whoa!
Thanks for the links - especially the Pippi/Girl with the Dragon Tattoo article! LOL!! Amazing.
Oh and I love the story of James King!! I love his journey into final publication - what a story - it's one that I find totally inspiring.
Take care
x
Great links! Good to know what's going on with novellas, and the Pippi Longstocking article is interesting!
Love the links!!! Your rock Guinevere!
Cool, thanks for the links. I like that last 1 about the novella. Glad to know it's still around & kicking!
Post a Comment