Welcome to Huki Links – highlighting some of our favorite literary links and more over the past week from across the ‘net! For more about Huki-Links, check out our inaugural post.
The best part of the “huki” is that we all pull together, if you find any fun or interesting book related links/articles please feel free to share them via comments or contact us!
[gn_divider]Hawaii Literary
-A July Goodreads Giveaway for a newly released book from Watermark Publishing! [Watermark Blog]
-‘Leaving a secure job to be a writer–is there a diagnosis for that?’ by the author of Blood Orchids. [Toby Neal]
-Volcano Renshi Workshop: ‘Ama’uma’u Renshi. [Bamboo Ridge]
-Short intro and a nice excerpt from Tom Coffman’s new biography about Edward H. Nakamura, I Respectfully Dissent. [Honolulu Weekly]
-And here’s a review of I Respectfully Dissent from political writer Chad Blair. [Civil Beat]
-“Appropriate” Uses for “Inappropriate” Words, or “Fuck” as a Literary Device. From local writer Donald Carreira Ching. [Bamboo Ridge]
-Interview With Sisters in Crime/Hawaii’s Dawn Casey. [Gail M. Baugniet]
-Watermark Publishing’s July 2012 Newsletter. [Constant Contact]
-The fourth volume in the Hannah Vogel series, A City of Broken Glass by Hawaii-based author Rebecca Cantrell, is now available! [macmillan]
-Very nice promo video for Bear Woznick’s book Deep in the Wave. [YouTube]
-In stores August 2012…pre-order Last Lawyer Standing, the third book in the Kevin Corvelli legal thriller series. [Douglas Corleone]
-A culture’s family album…promoting Hawaiians in Los Angeles from Arcadia Publishing. [Examiner]
-Autograph copy of Toby Neal’s Blood Orchids is available. [B2CHawaii]
-Meet Author of “The Kahuna and I” at Pearl City Library on July 22. [Hawaii News Now]
General Literary
-Grammar Tips: 7 Words You’re Probably Misusing. [Huffington Post]
-Pithy Literary Posters Perfect for Writers’ Salons. [Flavorwire]
-17 Famous Literary Characters Almost Named Something Else . [mental_floss]
-Writing Series: The Cliffhanger Dilemma. [Pub(lishing) Crawl]
-Goodreads list: ‘Not Bestsellers Yet, but Readers Think They Should Be’. [EW’s Shelf Life]
-25 Awesome DIY Ideas For Bookshelves. [BuzzFeed]
-“Is This Meaningful Dialogue?” She Asked. [Glass Cases]
-Is Kickstarter the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher? [PW]
-The 13 Trickiest Grammar Hang-Ups. [Writer’s Digest]
-The Book Truck: Mobile Library Hits Mexico City’s Streets. [GOOD]
-The 50 Most Creative Bookcases. [Complex]
-How a Shift in Your Vocabulary Can Instantly Change Your Attitude. [Michael Hyatt]
-Famous Meals from Literature Captured on Film. [Flavorwire]
-Block to 2K: Writing Flow. [Lindsay Smith]
-Karl Lagerfeld teams with Wallpaper for scent Paper Passion: The scent of of ‘freshly printed books’. [NY Daily News]
-10 Famous Literary Characters Based on Real People. [mental_floss]
-Texts from Jane Eyre. [the hairpin]
-Borders closure leaves mark on downtown retail environment one year after bankruptcy. [Ann Arbor]
-25 Bad Writer Behaviors. [terribleminds]
Non-Literary Links
-An Appreciation: A trailblazin’ Kitty Wells. [LA Times]
-At 100, Woody Guthrie Still Resonates. [NPR music]
-The Fourteen Best Forgotten Woody Guthrie Covers. [Riverfront Times]
-Spreading the ‘Five-0’ aloha…a new Hawaii Five-0 article by local writer Wendie Burbridge. [Five-0 Redux]
-Emotional days in exile for Hawaiian princess. [this is Kent]
-The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors: Ending “Game of Thrones” (the HBO series). [Pajiba]
-“Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai‘i” comes to Bishop Museum. [Hawaii News Now]
-Analysis: Mickey, miniskirts and military changes signal Kim Jong Un leading NKorea in own way. [Washington Post]
-Portals of Positivity to Your Home by Alice Inoue. [Hawaii Renovation]
-40 Awesome Tributes to Breaking Bad. [mental_floss]
-Opinion: Video games and Male Gaze – are we men or boys? [Gamasutra]
-22 Reasons Why Design Was More Awesome in the 80’s. [BuzzFeed]
-RVing on Hawaii’s Big Island. [MotorHome]
-The Biggest Winners and Losers of Comic-Con 2012! [io9]
-What’s Comic-Con without cosplay? 30 Great Geeky Examples… [UPROXX] …and 50 Great Feats in Pop Culture. [1]
-Special Elvis Week fan club event to spotlight plight of USS Arizona Memorial. [Examiner] [gn_divider]
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