Dustin M. Wax of LifeHack fame has launched a great new site for writers.  He says, “I’ll be posting software and hardware reviews, tutorials, marketing tips, writing advice, and whatever else I can think of-all focused on how writers can make their tools work for them.”  Check it out!  Welcome to the Writer’s Technology Companion

Here are some other great posts by writers focused on genre fiction (Writer Unboxed) and freelance commercial writing (The Renegade Writer).  Enjoy!

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Time to Write: Why You Should Be Unreasonable

A General Theory of Productivity | Personal Productivity and Development

How to edit your resume like a professional resume writer » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk

http://unclutterer.com/2008/02/22/unclutter-your-writing-with-self-imposed-limitations/

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  The Happiness Project: This Wednesday: 20 very easy tips for lowering your daily stress level.  Gretchen’s friendly style gives this list a fresh vibe.

Epictetus’ Top 7 Timeless Pearls of Wisdom at The Positivity Blog.  Here, Henrik goes back to basics - way back.

Habits that Will Prevent Your Success at Dumb Little Man.  Half of success consists of not doing things that we shouldn’t do.  What things?  Check out this post.

 I hope you are having a great weekend.  Enjoy this week’s links!

7 Reasons My Life is More Fulfilling | My Super-Charged Life:  Realigning the definition of “happiness” and “success” is a great way to start any week.  In addition, Jeff writes in a appealingly enthusiastic, energized tone.  His blog’s title, “My Super-Charged Life,” is apt.

Review: On Writing Well | Life Optimizer:  Zinsser’s book is helpful indeed, and it’s not one that we hear about in the blogosphere as much as some others.  Check out this review if you’re interested in learning more.  (Note: yes, I noticed it too.  Donald misprints the title of the Strunk and White book in his post.  But I still liked the review.  No one’s perfect.)

10 Ways To Make Time For The Important | Jonathan Mead:  How do we fit in working on our writing when we have all of these other things to do?  Jonathan Mead has an answer (ten, in fact).

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http://lifelearningtoday.com/2008/02/08/the-seven-steps-to-simplicity/ A lovely take on simplicity.

What makes you come alive? | Awake At The Wheel | Personal Growth | careers | entrepreneurship | health & happiness  If you want fire-in-the-belly, go-big-or-go-home, you-only-live-once type of advice, this is the place to go.

Decimate Those “Someday” Projects with Triangulation at LifeClever Tips for Design and Life  I love the idea of “creative triangulation” - it gives a geeklicious twist to the creative process.

Online Resources that will Improve your Vocabulary and Grammar  at Dumb Little Man.  A nice round-up of resources.

Each Sunday, Writing Power presents links that we think you might like.  Enjoy!

“If You Don’t Do It Now, You’ll Regret It Later” by David B. Bohl at Slow Down Fast.  This post is a great reminder of the ways living in the future can work against both productivity and peace of mind.  On a writer’s note, I am a fan of David’s straightforward, honest tone.   http://www.slowdownfast.com/blog/if-you-dont-do-it-now-youll-regret-it-later/  

“Gradual Organization: How To Go From Slob To Productive” by Scott Young for I Will Change Your Life.  I believe that writing is a habit you develop and work on, much like productivity and organization are habits that can be developed and improved.  Scott’s post is a great reflective overview of how he changed some significant habits in his life.  I think that these tips can easily be applied to “the writing habit” or, failing that, they can be used to help you get more time out of your day for — what else — writing!   http://www.iwillchangeyourlife.com/2008/02/15/gradual-organization-how-to-go-from-slob-to-productive/

“Does Your Brain Need An Oil Change?” by Alvaro Fernandez on Pick the Brain.  Alvaro argues that we should concern ourselves not only with our body’s fitness, but with our brain’s fitness as well.  The post explains the theory behind this assertion and ends with some helpful tips.  http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/brain-fitness/

“How To Grow Your Idea (While Staying Out Of Its Way)” at LiveDev.  Ideas are fragile things in their infancy: they can easily be killed by fears and doubts.  Whether it’s the idea for a novel or for a business, this post will help you keep your head on straight and give your idea a chance to thrive.   http://lifedev.net/2007/05/how-to-grow-your-idea-while-staying-out-of-its-way/

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How to double your productivity (series) at Personal Development with The Positivity Blog - This is a solid collection of basic productivity advice.  I’m not saying it’s new information: you’ll find much of the same advice across a variety of personal development blogs.  However, it’s great to review this information in one clearly organized place.  As a bonus, this blog has a nice, congenial tone that makes it a pleasure to read overall.

50 Ways You Can Be The Change: one of the bedrock posts at http://www.wethechange.com/.  I love the way We The Change puts a conscious living/environmentally aware spin on the personal development niche.  I hope you’ll check it out.

How to Cope with More of Those Pesky Distractions - Lifehack.org  Distractions and procrastination: the bane of every aspiring writer’s existence.  This amusing and helpful post breaks distractions down into six levels, each of which requires a different strategy to overcome.  The post can apply to any work-related situation where distractions plague you, but it seems well suited for defending designated writing time.

The Simple Dollar » Little Steps: 100 Great Tips For Saving Money For Those Just Getting Started  Personal finance is indeed outside this blog’s purview, but good writing isn’t.  This post is a great example of audience-driven writing.  It is also detailed and organized, two things we’ve been thinking about at Writing Power a lot recently.

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 Sunday is a great day to look back over the past week and plan for the week ahead.  With that in mind, I am introducing a new weekly feature here at Writing Power: Links to Love.  Each week, I will share a few links from blogs or other websites that I think you’ll find useful.  Let’s get started:

10 Steps to Create the Habit of Writing from Leo Babuta’s new blog Write to Done.  Leo has built a great reputation by replacing the idea of life goals, which are often amorphous and vague, with the idea of habits, which are measurable and concrete.  This post applies his successful formula to writing, with insightful results.

12 Techniques to Help You Live a Happy and Fulfilled Life a guest post by David B. Bohl for Dumb Little Man.  A well written review of principles to live by.  If you’re tired of living through your paycheck, check it out.

What’s YOUR Sticking Point? by Dustin M. Wax for Lifehack.  A great resource to help you think through what may be blocking your project’s progress.

The Ultimate Student Resource List is not just for students!  This post contains a wealth of online resources for research, writing, citation, online organization tools, and productivity apps.  It also gives students an easy recap of Lifehack’s student-centered posts.  For anyone who writes regularly, this is a goldmine written by Dustin M. Wax.

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