Mind Sieve 12/28/15

Monday is here! Boo!

Fan Fun

Snow Cat - too cute!

Deadpool Red Band Trailer #2 (Not for the kiddos!)

Storks Official Teaser Trailer - this looks like it will be too cute! heh heh

Independence Day: Resurgence Trailer - dang!!!

Social Media/Author Platform

Facebook Takes on Yelp With New Service: This Week in Social Media by Grace Duffy at the Social Media Examiner. Lots and lots of changes going on. Ugh!

3 Essential Tips to Running Your Own Blog Tour [Updated] by Beth Barany at Writer's Fun Zone.

Writing Advice

Does Our Story Have Everything It Needs? by Jami Gold. Great points on her list! :)

FiYoShiMo Day 23 – Worldbuilding and Characters by John Adamus at The Writer Next Door.

Have a great week! 2015 is about over. Eek!

Mind Sieve 11/16/15

Hope you're having a great morning!

Fan Fun

Ice Age: Collision Course "Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe" - so cute! Scrat is baaaaacccck!

Warcraft Movie Trailer - they really are making an actual movie! Looks cool!

Finding Dori Official Trailer #1 - the fish are back!

Social Media/Author Platform

Facebook Retargeting Spend Increases: New Research by Suzanne Delzio at the Social Media Examiner. So that's why I see replicated ads of places I've been to! DOH!

Writing Advice

NaNoWriMo Triage Center: Helping You Get To 50K by Angela Ackerman. She shares some neat ways to get out of the NaNoWriMo Funk! :)

The Truly Dramatic Plot—Shakespeare, Instagram, & Why Macbeth is STILL Awesome by Alex Limberg at Kristen Lamb's Blog. Very catchy blog post title, no? :)

Last week was weird. Hoping this week is FUN! Here's hoping it's great for you as well. :)

Mind Sieve 9/14/15

Morning all!

Fan Fun

Tale of Tales Official Trailer - Ooooh dark fairy tales!

Dr Who Series 9 Prologue - can't wait!

iZombie Season 2 Promo - I do like this show, So cute and so dark.

Social Media/Author Platform

6 Tips to Improve Your Facebook Posts by Ishita Ganguly at The Social Media Examiner. Not all of this is applicable to authors, but some of it is definitely good to know.

Social Media For Writers is a Misunderstood Opportunity by Chuck (NSFW) Wendig.

Writing Advice

9 Ways to Improve Your Dialogue by Kristen Lamb. Pay super attention to the second half of #3!!!!!

Editing Mistakes: How Forgiving of a Reader Are You? by Jami Gold. Huh, a quite interesting discussion! RARE is definitely how I'd like to keep mine if at all possible. :)

Have a great Monday!

Mind Sieve 5/11/15

Happy Monday!

Fan Fun

Sense8 Trailer - Oh, this looks sweet!

Magic Mike XXL Official Trailer - yowzah! 

Fantastic 4 Official Trailer #2 - Booyah!

Jurassic World Trailer 2 - SWEET! Yeah, cause making a creature bigger and more intelligent than a T-Rex can't possibly go wrong. lol.

Ack, almost fell into the trap of endless previews again! Nooooo!

Social Media/Author Platform

How to Partner With Influencers for Social Media Giveaway at the Social Media Examiner - article by Jim Belosic. He makes it sound so easy! Waaahhhh.

7 Ways Your Facebook Page Can Help Your Business at the Social Media Examiner - article by Kristi Hines

Writing Advice

What Should We Do If We're Sick of Our Story by Jami Gold. Awesome advice! This hits us all at some point. :)

Anatomy of a Best-Selling Story—Structure Part One by Kristen Lamb. Let there be...Structure!

Have a great week!!!!!

Mind Sieve 7/14/14

Happy Monday!
(Yes, I realize that may be an oxymoron, but to survive me must fool ourselves where we can. :P)

Fan Fun

Exodus: Gods and Kings Official Trailer #1 - This should be cool. Haven't had Egyptian stuff in a while. Sweet!

Unbroken Official Olympics Trailer - will be a definite tear jerker.

Ping Pong Summer Trailer - comedy set in 1985 - might be cute. :P

The Identical Trailer - what's truly funny about this is that though it is not Elvis Presley, it's definitely treated as if it were. Which is super cool and creepy since Elvis seemingly had a twin that died at birth! So you could look at this almost as a what if. Go Seth Green!

Social Media/Author Platform

From Facebook for Business - New Direct Response Features: Multi-Product Ads and Enhanced Custom Audiences from your Website - man, I really, really need a clone. So little time...

How to Schedule and Edit Facebook Posts Using Facebook - from Ravi Shukle at the Social Media Examiner. Ooooh, schedule ability! Nice!

Writing Advice

Want More Conflict in Your Novel? Go DM & Balance the Party by Kristen Lamb. Hah! Using ye old D&D alignment rules to help figure out characters. Heh. Being a gamer does have some advantages. Nice. (Though a few of the alignment examples I could argue with. But this is a subjective thing. Heh.)

Sycophants and Stockholm Syndrome: More Publishing Rhetoric, YAY by Chuck Wendig.

See ya!

Picture Kaleidoscope 10/2/13

Can you believe it's OCTOBER?!?!?!?

Fairyland by Floris van Breugel at Earthshots.org. Look at all the awesome fireflies!

Some truly awesome stuff at Floris van Breugel's site, too! Time sink! :)

Mind boggling! Faces of Facebook Image Shows All 1.2+ Billion FB Profile Pics in Arranged Chronologically - article by DL Cade over at Peta Pixel.

Bold Coast Meteor by Mike Taylor at Earthshots.org. Doesn't it look like the sky is spitting? Heh heh. He's got some amazingly colored pics at his site as well. Nice!

Godafoss Ice by Phillips Eaglesfield. Man Earthshots.org had some greta pics this week! Phillips has some eerie aurora borealis pics at his site too. 

Squadron of Devil Rays by Alex Tyrrel at Dive Photo Guide. Neat!

Have a great one!

Mind Sieve 9/16/13

Morning!

Supernatural Season 8 Gag Reel and a cute article by Michelle Carlbert on it at SheKnows.com.

Homefront Official Trailer - Man, talk about something getting way out of hand. Eek!

Grudge Match trailer - oh yeah Rocky 30 lol. Actually this looks really cute. A ton of Rocky jokes and more too. Stallone vs DeNiro. Heh heh heh.

Escape From Tomorrow trailer - this one look WEIRD!

Facebook AD Changes: This Week in Social Media by Cindy King at Social Media Explorer. The part about Google and Wordpress.com will probably make a lot of you very happy. :)

Why I don't Like to Negatively Review Other Authors' Books by Chuck (NSFW) Wendig. I have to pretty much agree with this!

And he's on a roll too! For here's his 25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out of Your Story from Chuck (NSFW) Wendig. Great stuff. I've had to set aside crits for weeks before I dared look again. It's always when you think the 'baby' is good that 'BAM - Surprise!' you find out it had giant holes all over it. Waaaahhhhhh!

Mind Sieve 7/22/13

Greetings!

Last Vegas Trailer #2 - this looks hilarious!

Only God Forgives Trailer #3 - I believe this may have just been released. Looks interesting - a surreal mafia movie. 

Austenland Trailer - this looks like a hoot! lol.

The Fifth Estate - Benedict Cumberbatch! Film about Wikileaks

ComicCon Trailer - Metallica Through the Never - looks funky!

There really is a Godzilla movie coming 2014! Listed at IMDB. Sweet.

From Kristen Lamb - The Power of Facebook, Friendship & Why We Shouldn't Use A Nail Gun To Slice a Pot Roast.

9 Creative Ways to Use Social Media to Launch a Product by Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner. (Some of these can definitely be used for books! Ooo! Need me a plan for "Jewel of the Gods" for next year! Woot!

From Jami Gold - 5-1/2 Steps For Making Feedback Work For Us. Good stuff!

The Single Largest Cause of Writer's Block Might Not Be What You Believe from Kristen Lamb.

Writing Resources 20 July 2013 from Gene Lempp.

Hope your Monday ROCKS!