Blogs for Writers--making it easier

Since Bethany will soon announce the resurrection of the Pocatello Readings blog, I wanted to let readers in on an easy way to check it regularly. Did you know that you could make all your blogs go to one place, and then you only have to check once for all new items? If you establish a free account with Bloglines, you can do that. (Don't be perplexed like I just was by the closeness of the two site names, Blogger and Bloglines. I just went to the wrong site twice.) Bloglines will bring together all of the blogs that you want to look at regularly. It's easy to sign up for a free account, and then if you just check it once or twice a week, you can stay current with all the new material. I'd recommend establishing the Bloglines account first, because many of the blog pages will have an easy way to add it to to Bloglines--though cut and pasting isn't that hard either.

I have several suggestions and a mega-site for blogs you may want to connect with. You can look at them and then just copy and paste the web site into the add feeds section, if you like them.

Pocatello Readings is #1!
http://pocatelloreadings.blogspot.com

There's also a Minnie Howard Writer's group in Pocatello that has some interesting posts.
http://pocatellowriters.wordpress.com

Oboler Library has Library News with some interesting items
http://libpublic2.eol.isu.edu/blogs/ln/wordpress/

Marshall Public Library also has one--look for information about their upcoming used book sale.
http://marshallpl.blogspot.com

I like One Poet's Notes, a blog by poet and editor Edward Byrne
http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com

A great website for finding more creative writing blogs is "Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs"
http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2009/02-05/top-100-creative-writing-blogs/
This site got me into adding the Academy of American Poets blog
http://feeds.feedburner.com/PoetsOrg

If all this work leaves you feeling a little stressed, check out Zen Habits. They recently had a great article on how simplicity can help creativity
http://zenhabits.net

If you know of any other good blogs for creative writers, please send in a comment about it.