Please note that many of these blogs have LiveJournal feeds.
ImPRESSions Extra: Keep up-to-date on press news. May be read on LJ by friending username impextra.
Writerly Persuasions : My Writing Journal on LiveJournal. LJ username is nycshelly. My more generic Writing Blog is Write Stuff.
Jersey Lion: Joyce's Personal Journal on LiveJournal. LJ username is jersey_lion.
Cyber Chocolate: My Main Blog . Musings on books, movies, TV, crafts, sports, and anything else that catches her attention. Updated almost daily. May be read on LJ by friending username cchoc.
- Lists and Miscellany: The Best of the Blog. Various Lists and Essays from Cyber Chocolate archived here on the ImPRESS Books site. No longer updated.
- Chocolate Links: My favorite chocolate foods, chocolicious links, a malted recipe, and more.
Creative Endeavors: My Crafts & Photography Journal. Updated regularly. May be read on LJ by friending username creativeend. More of my photos may be seen on flickr.
Shelly's Book Shelf: My book reviews, updated whenever I finish reading a book, hopefully monthly. Also includes book memes. May be read on LJ by friending username shbkshelf.
Shelly's Comic Book Shelf: Where I discusses her favorite comic books. May be read on LJ by friending username shcomics.
Alternate Reality: A blog that consolidates sources of information and my thoughts about Mars, as well as commentary on science and science fiction. Updated infrequently and has been mostly a link source for Mars. May be read on LJ by friending username alterreal.
The View from Here: Where I blog about blogging and discuss issues of the day. May be read on LJ by friending username shview .
Impish Delights: My Clip Blog and Blogroll on Bloglines.
Please note that these links are to sites that I have found useful, informative, and / or entertaining, covering more than twenty subject categories, ranging from general reference to tools for writers, from health and public interest organizations to a wide variety of entertainments. While I haven't used all the sites listed, I was impressed enough with their potential usefulness to include them. For example, I have not personally used all the blogging services linked to, but I have looked over their features, options, site layout, and usability, etc. and only added links to those I thought were good. Links on most of these pages are annotated and I note any limitations I noticed. This website does not participate in link exchanges. I link to good sites in the same manner I would recommend sites to friends or include them in a reference book. (--Shelly)
The links on the pages below do not include all the sites I enjoy. Others are listed on Shelly's del.icio.us page.
Art & Crafts (including museums)
Blogs & Blogging (Blogging Resources & Directories, Web Design help, and a sampling of blogs)
Books: Reading & Reviewing (Includes Book & Publisher sites and Book Review sites.)
Charities & Non-Profit Organizations (Includes Museums, Disability-Related Agencies and Issues, Conservation)
Chocolate
Comic Books & Cartoons (With a bias to what I enjoy, also comic book online review and news sites and message boards.)
Crafts & Art (Mostly Decoupage, a few other craft sites, and some general Art sites, including some Museums.)
Dollhouse Miniatures (Mostly artisan sites, and a couple for Miniatures Shows.)
Downloads (Wallpapers, Screensavers, Clipart, Backgrounds, Fonts, Web Resources, and some Sounds.)
Fannish (Fan fiction on the web, print zine publishers, fan sites for a few shows, general interest and links.)
Film & TV: Media Talk (More links on SF/F and Mysteries)
Food & Nutrition (Included on the Health & Medicine page)
For Fun (Includes Humor and Time Wasters.)
General Reference (Library sites, dictionaries, history, calendars, miscellany, and the sort of thing most people ask Reference librarians.)
Health (Includes Disabilities, Food & Nutrition.)
Libraries and Librarians (Includes Library Humor and Blogs.)
Music (Sites for listening, sites for song info, and lots of Rock 'n' Roll.)
Mystery & Suspense (Includes reviews and resources for writing mysteries.)
New York City (Where to stay, what to do, history, and things you might need to know when setting a story in NYC. More info can be found on some of the other pages, mainly Charities and Crafts & Art for more museums, and Sports for NYC teams.)
Science (The focus is astronomy and Mars, but there are some general science sites and one on measurements.)
Science Fiction & Fantasy (Includes SF/F Writing, Reviews, Author sites, and Webzines.)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Art and Blogs (The overflow from the Science Fiction & Fantasy page.)
Shelly's Favorites (Sites that don't fit elsewhere, including non-writing Blogs.)
Shopping Sites (My Favorites, a selective list.)
Sports & Games (Mostly Baseball and Hockey, also Rules for Sports and Games, NY- area Teams.)
Writing in General (Resources, Copyright info, webzines for writers, online communities, and more.)
