Mind Sieve 2/22/16

Greetings!
I started this early to get a full post out this week!

Fan Fun

Dare Devil - Season 2 Official Trailer 1 - enjoyed 1st season so looking forward to this! :)

Game of Thrones Season 6: Hall of Faces Teaser - so creepy! Eek!

Midnight Special - Trailer 2 - now this looks quite interesting! Nice!

Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice: Final Kick-Ass Trailer - booyah!

Social Media/Author Platform

Medium for Business: The Complete Guide for Marketers by Kristi Hines at the SocialMediaExaminer. Ack! More stuff to setup and learn! :P

Writing Advice

How to Make Beta Reading Work for Us by Jami Gold. Good things to keep in mind here! 
 
Scream it until Their Ears Bleed: Pay the F****ng Writers! by Chuck (NSFW!!!) Wendig. (Don't read if offended by strong language - though I have to say the topic definitely deserved some choice words! :P)

Have a great week!

Mind Sieve 3/11/13

Going to see OZ Thursday has botched my prep schedule! Doh! (Been at AllCon all weekend.) Plus found out Saturday I am losing an hour. No! I was counting on that hour! Oh the humanity!

So no idea how far this post will go this week. Heh heh.

Survivor Trailer for the upcoming new Tomb Raider game. Looks rather good.

Tor.com has the full set of the new promo posters for Hunger Games Catching Fire film.

New Oblivion Trailer 2013. Looking forward to this one!

Iron Man 3 Trailer 2. Oh yeah!

After Earth Trailer 2. SF Year of movies Woot!

Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer!

Talk Human To Me: 20 Tips to Humanize Your Brand from Pam Moore. This is aimed at businesses, but a lot of the principles work for us smaller fish too! :)

9 Consumer Media Trends That Could Impact Marketers by Patricia Redsicker at the Social Media Examiner. Again, written for bigger fish than us, but still chuck full of useful info.

7 Tips for Making Your Blog a Content Marketing Magnet by Heidi Cohen at the Social Media Examiner.

Resistance is Futility by Gene Lempp.

25 Things Writers Should Beware by Chuck (NSFW) Wendig.

Oh my goodness! I actually made it! YAY!!!!!!

Mind Sieve 7/4/11

More links than you can shake a stick at! Heh

Also, Happy 4th of July!  Yay for Independence!!!

FanOfMovies shared a link from TotalFilms for an article with the first images of Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins for the film The Hobbit!

FanOfMovies also shared the third preview trailer for Cowboys vs Aliens. (Dying to see this movie!!)



From AJ Walker is this cool post on old ways to keep the spirits out of your home on Medieval Mondays.

Shared by Torbooks - Game of Thrones Muppets. Too cute! And so EVIL!

Jami Gold shared this fun quiz by Angela Scott to determine if You're A "Real" Writer. Very cute.

Kristen Lamb talks about Blogging in Themes. Weirdly enough my author tagline can also be my theme! Unveiling the Fantastic!  YES!

Jody Hedlund tries to break down How Much Time Writers Should Devote to Social Media. Sadly my ratios are totally out of whack. :(

EduClaytion shared a post on 3 Keys to Managing Your Life.Hah! Like that's ever gonna happen. Hee!

Jami Gold shared a post by GalleyCat on 5 Twitter Profile Mistakes Writers Should Avoid. Hah! I only missed #4. :P

Tony Eldrige shared a resource - Open Clip Art Library! Now I just need to make time to go troll what they have. lol.

Jason Boog gives us some goss on Google + and Authors. Could be very interesting!

Nathan Bransford shares 5 Openings to Avoid for your novel. (Hah! He didn't have "It was a dark and stormy night. :P)

Kathy Sullivan discusses POV at the Obscure YA Author's blog.

Kristen Lamb talks about Failure - the Forge of Excellence. 

Jami Gold shared a link to a post by Sue Ellen about 10 Things I've Learned About Writing by Walking My Dog.  Nice list. Lots of wisdom in there. :) (And cute doggie pics!)

Another blog post shared by Jami Gold from Jill Kemerer - Minor Adjustments for Major Impacts. Great post as these are great points!

Chuck Wendig shares 25 Things You Should Know About Revising and Rewriting. (NSFW!) Much wisdom amidst colorful language as usual. :P

Janice Hardy talks to us about Crafting Subplots. Definitely things to keep in mind. I always have a second document to track peeps, chapters, items. Must maintain control! Bwahahahaha

Kristen Lamb talks about Developing Your Unique Writing Voice (and Boundaries!). Some good stuff in here.

Strangling Mermaids - where Chuck Wendig explodes some more writing myths. (NSFW)

Okay, that should do it for another filter week. Have a great one!  And Happy 4th!