From the Pale Writer of the Apocalypse Piper Bayard – The Bayard & Holmes Free Speech Peace Initiative where her and her writing partner Holmes tells us just what we should do with the likes of the Westboro Baptist Church and Rev. Terry Jones.

Nancy Curteman shares the finer points of the level of detail you put into your mystery novel – Questions to Ask Before Adding Details to Your Mystery Novel.

Paranormal Author Jami Gold asks Do You Have A Muse? She does.

Are you a writer that doesn’t blog, but you still want to maintain a presence on the web? Social Media expert Kristen Lamb has an idea – Be A Blog Booster.

I’m a fat ass so I should take to heart more of her posts, but this past Tuesday I was featured on M.E. Anders Fit Mystique talking about the books I like and other writerly things. If you’re a fan of cults and/or fitness (yes, she is a master of blending those two topics) poke around for more great posts by M.E. She also did a guest spot for this blog a while back – check it out here.

Over at Maggie Madly Writing, she talks about being idle vs being busy and how we might need to slow down.

Manon Eileen wants to know how you feel about losing your emotions. Would you fight to get them back?

My writing partner Terrell Mims talks about the Glee villan Sue Sylvester over at his blog Terrell Mims University.

Lisa Killian’s blog just turned 6 months old. Go congratulate her and become eligible to receive:

• A critique on ANYTHING (blog post, pitch, story, poem) not to exceed 10,000 words
• A free evaluation of your blog and how [she] might be able to make it MORE AWESOME
• A guest post on [her] blog

And how about you check out these music selections that I’ve been digging this past week:

Check out Julie-O by Mark Summers – but played by the beat-boxing celloist Kevin Olusola. Beat-boxing aside, I like the way he plays it versus the actual composer…

And for something completely different Peach Plum Pear by Joanna Newsom. If you like that, pick up her album The Milk-Eyed Member. Her voice isn’t conventional, but I can dig it, can you?

Welcome to the first edition of the Sunday Smash Up where I shut my mouth and link you to other, awesome blog posts my friends have written this past week. I have a wide variety of interests, so expect to see a lot of different kinds of posts here. Well, that’s all I’m going to say, shall we check some of these posts?

Armageddon and Intervention: Europe Intervenes in the American Revolution – brought to you by my friend Piper Bayard, the Pale Writer of the Apocalypse

Fiction Critiques: How To by Liz Hellebuyck

7 Story Structure Weaknesses That Will Collapse Your Mystery Novel – an excellent post by one of my newest friends, Nancy Curteman

Would you cross the road to avoid them? A problem with flawed characters – by Nail Your Novel author Roz Morris

Antagonists–The Alpha and the Omega of the Story – by my WWBC buddy and author of We Are Not Alone: The Writer’s Guide to Social Media, Kristen Lamb

The Novel Make-over: HoWW we revise the ugly into spectacular – by Jenni Holbrook-Talty

Six Signs You’re Not Ready To Make A Living As A Professional Writing – by Chuck Wendig. This dude brings the serious funny and a good bit of advice.

The Easter Bunny – by my friend and personal character shredder Terrell Mims

Chad’s Oracles Chapter 11 – by the guy who inspired me to start writing again, Al Bruno III of RPGnet fame

Apocalypse Diet Plan – by Zombie Apocalypse expert Albert Berg…this dude is seriously funny

Unearth the Diamonds – great post by inspirational blogger Marilag Lubag