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Being a Canadian it is easy to gauge commitment to an activity by ones willingness to brave a snowstorm in it's pursuit.
I realized this as I trudged up the snowbound paths towards my local library.
Yesterday it was +10 and I had no chance to go. Today it is -10 and the wind + snow makes for poor visability and maximum slippage on sidewalks that are ice fields hidden by sudden snowdrifts.
I made it, luckily, but for those of you who lack the stamina - or perhaps the stubborn will-to-read, there are options that will not result in frostbitten noses and booger stained gloves.
First off there's Librivox:
LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then we release the audio files back onto the net (podcast and catalog). Our objective is to make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet. We are a totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project.
More power to them. Next time it snows and I have no reading material I am downloading Psmith in the City or 5 Children and It, hitching up the old Ipod in bed and curling up with a cup of hot cocoa.
If bedtime stories are seriously what you're after, there's also Miettes bedtime stories. This week she's posted a story called the rain collector by K. Ungeheuer.
What's extra nice is that Miette has a generic slightly british possibly a little scandinavian euro accent, an accent that spells sleepy time for this chilly canuck. Thanks Hugh, what a great reference.
Quick gear change here.
For those of you who's taste runs more to indy publishing from zines to small press catalogues I just found No attention on our blogrolls.
Self described as;
Writing, indie publishing and a whole bunch of other crap you don't care about.
Unless of course you do. Check out her update on third coast press articles.
Via No Attention I came across Ms.Snark, the literary agent. Kind of like a Ms.Manners for aspiring authors, she responds to writers queries about the vagaries of the publishing industry with a soupcon of wit and slug of snark.
Okay I should get back to my day job - which should I should probably call my afternoon job since that's how long it takes me to get it in gear...
xoxox my lovelies keep reading.
