The 7 Link Challenge

In which I choose 7 interesting links to posts that are important to me in one way or another.

I Think I Can

I’m trying to make my blog better. It’s true. And part of the way I try to improve is by reading other blogs about how to improve my own blog. One of these, ProBlogger Blog Tips, recently issued a challenge to readers to write a post containing 7 specific links. I’m not usually big on “challenges” but this one looked fun, and I thought it might be something you all enjoy as well. So, here goes…

The 7 Links

1. My first post: Craphound by Cory Doctorow, which I wrote on December 19, 2007 after reading his book of collected short stories A Place So Foreign and Eight More.
2. The post I enjoyed writing the most: Hooves And The Hovel Of Abdel Jameela by Saladin Ahmed. There are a few reasons why I enjoyed writing this post so much. First is because I tried to put a bit of my personality, and a few hints of my past, into this post – which was fun because, like most people, I enjoy talking about myself. Also, it was the first story I read from this author and I was blown away by how good it was, which made me want to share it. Finally, because I had such a good time writing this post I actually contacted the author and told him how much I liked his story, which lead to an enjoyable conversation about some of the things we had in common.
3. A post which had a great discussion: Which Science Fiction Stories Would Make Good Films? Because of the nature of my web site I don’t usually get a lot of comments, which is okay. However, when I asked for input on this occasion I got some outstanding responses.
4. A post on someone else’s blog that I wish I’d written: The noticing of SciFi Strange by Jason Sanford. Jason writes some incredible stuff – not only in his stories but also on his blog. It was in this article where he came up with a name for some of my favorite types of stories.
5. My most helpful post: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov. This was kind of difficult to determine because I’m not really in a position to judge how helpful my posts are to my readers. Anyway, I ended up choosing this one because it consistently gets the most views of any page on my web site, and hopefully it has helped a lot of people experience a famous, classic SF story from a great author.
6. A post with a title that I am proud of: Discover How Archaeologists Translated Secret Martian Writings! Again, the nature of my site kind of dictates the titles of my posts. Oh well, I know that at least once I went out on the ledge of creativity by giving my post an interesting title… not sure how helpful it was though.
7. A post that I wish more people had read: Nine Secrets For Finding Your Favorite Science Fiction Short Stories Online. What can I say? I love reading SF stories online, and I wanted to share my “techniques” with others so they could find the stories they are looking for. Even if this post doesn’t get read very much, I still point it out to many people that email me looking for some long lost story.

There. What did you think of that? I would love to hear any comments.

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