Expansion Joints

Expansion Joints started life as EXPANDERS! over at Porky's Expanse, but has since been taken-over by the Nine Worlds, Ten Thousand Things blog. Expansion Joints is a 15-word-limit Flash Fiction project open to any and all comers.

Burning Zeppelin Experience

Burning Zeppelin Experience
This blog provides creative prompts for creative writing that have been quite interesting. We kind of got derailed in our efforts along these lines due to the A-to-Z Challenge, but as that craziness has passed, we're planning on returning to this site for a few more good prompts, like This One, and the micro-story that resulted HERE.

It Is Pitch Dark

We just discovered a wonderful blog that delivers some great gamer-oriented humor. It is called It Is Pitch Dark and it is very, very funny and we recommend it highly. The link: http://itispitchdark.blogspot.com/

2011 Support Your Library Challenge

Thanks to Book Scorpion for pointing out the 2011 Support Your Library Challenge which is being hosted at the Book Junkie's Bookshelf blog.
Here are the rules:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. Just create a post for the challenge and link to your challenge post in the linky at the bottom of the Challenge post at Book Junkie's Bookshelf.

--Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post at the Book Junkie's Bookshelf.

2. There are four levels to this challenge...Pick your poison:

--The Mini – Check out and read 30 library books.

--"Fun" Size – Check out and read 40 library books.

--Jumbo Size – Check out and read 50 library books.

--Mega Size – Check out and read 51+ library books.
(Aim high. As long as you read 30 by the end of 2011, you are a winner.)

3. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Young Reader – basically any book counts just as long as it is checked out from the library. Books MUST be checked out like with a library card, books purchased at a library DO NOT count.

4. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

5. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

6. Challenge begins January 1st 2011 and goes thru December 31 2011.

So what are you waiting for?

Grandmas Goulash

Grandma's Goulash: Succinctly Yours
Can you write a story in 140 words or how about 140 characters? That's what the prompts at this site are intended to help you accomplish. We'll be trying our hand at this off and on in the coming months.

Four (6?) Fun-to-Read Blogs

Beyond the Black Gate is one of the blogs that I truly look forward to reading.  The author has now compiled an index of all of his rather extensive and very informative articles on Megadungeons to make this high-quality stuff more accessible.  Here's hoping that he does a PDF compilation of all of this ultra-good stuff!

Mandragora is another blog that I've only just discovered from a recommendation at another blog, it's by an old-school veteran returned to the scene and it's well worth a visit.

I'm also a big fan of Warlord Wednesdays over at The Sorcerer's Skull.  If you remember Mike Grell's sword & sorcery comic-epic, check it out.

Last, but not least by any means, is Vaults of Nagoh, a fellow-traveler in weirdness and post-singularity outre ideologies certain to make the average iconoclast quake in their boots.

And yes, Planet Algol & Bite the Bulette are right at the top of my list of personal favorites.  I just wanted to plug a few others this time around.

Six Minute Story/Six Word Memoirs

Six Minute Story
This is another creative writing challenge that is based on writing a story in six minutes or less. We're planning on scheduling a few of these in the near future.

Six Word Memoirs
An intriguing site, and a wonderful project. Can you sum yourself up in six words?