Nice is as Nice Does

Wow, a lot of you have opinions about being nice! Thanks so much for all of your comments. There were several with roughly the same message. Nice is accepted as long as it's sincere. I would tend to agree that I prefer sincere nice people around me in my world. While my friends are quirky and fun, they are very generous, kind, gracious gals who put me to shame in the nice department!

But I want to throw a monkey into the works.

Top Blog Articles for the Week!

Even though I need to take part of the weekend off, I hate skipping a day on my blog! Especially while I have the time to work on it. Once Volleyball season starts, all bets are off!

So this week as I browsed various blogs - and BOY do I browse - I linked a few onto this post.  These were my favorite posts for the week. I started to do a top ten, but it would be just too tough to choose between some of these!

  Sacred Cow-Tipping–Why Writers Blogging About Writing is Bad

Posted by Author Kristen Lamb in Blogging, Social Media Platform on June 7, 2011 from WarriorWriters.wordpress.com

  How to Build an Online Platform That Will Last
Posted by Author, Jody Hedlund on Wednesday, June 8, 2011

  Preslaysa Williams’ Thin Place: Cutting
Posted by Author, Mary DeMuth on Thursday, June 9, 2011

  Notes from the Beach
Posted by Agent, Rachelle Gardner on Wednesday, June 8, 2011

  E-xcited?
Posted by Jess Lourey at Inkspot on Friday, June 3, 2011

  Frivolous Friday: Quirky Is The New Normal
Posted by Jessica R. Patch on Friday, June 10, 2011

  5 Tips for Staying Encouraged During Querying
Posted by Author, Elizabeth Spann Craig on Friday, June 10, 2011