It’s time for another edition of Weekly Link Love The last few weeks we focused on Twitter and Instagram accounts we love and follow. This week we’re turning to cool websites of friends and more we want to be sure get the recognition (and love) they deserve.

You may have heard of none, some, or all of these sites. And yes, we know we’ve featured a few of them in previous Weekly Link Love posts, but they’re worth your time, so we’re link loving them again!

And, of course, there’s so many more we follow and love. We can’t list them all. This post would be way too long. Instead, here’s a taste.

As always, don’t forget to spread the love. Now, on to the links!

Baronfig – Tools for thinking. These folks make some of our favorite notebooks and more. 

BoingBoing – A site full of interesting and mostly wonderful things. An internet staple for so many years.

CBR – The place for comics, movies, and other news. Old school, but still one of the best.

DnD Beyond – If you play D&D, this site is a must. Try it and you’ll never play without it again.

Engadget – The OG of tech blogs. Still one of the best.

Field Notes – Our other favorite notebook company. Can’t get enough of their stuff. 

GeekDad – Are you a geek or nerd? Are you a Dad? This site is for you. 

Jason Lee – Actor and amazing photographer. Jason Lee is the real deal. Check out his work. It’s pretty amazing.

Kottke – Hard to describe, but if you’re a nerd/geek, or just like cool, quirky stuff, this site is a must. 

LAist – Our favorite website about Los Angeles. Still going strong after all these years. 

Lifehacker – You know this one. Want to get better and, well, everything? You need to read this. 

Pencil Revolution – We love pencils, so this is a favorite. Lots of great info, reviews, terrific zines, a podcast and more!

Pen Addict – The site that pretty much kickstarted/re-ignited our love of pens, pencils, notebooks and more.

RPGBot – A great source of knowledge to help you optimize characters for D&D and other RPGs. 

Tabletop Hero – Your library of adventures, monsters and encounters for D&D 5e. Plus, D&D kids club. Great stuff. 

Terribleminds – The site where author Chuck Wendig offers “gentle” writing advice, rants and more. Well worth your time. 

The Typewriter Revolution – If you love typewriters like we do, this site is a must. So much great info for fellow enthusiasts.

Whatever – Author John Scalzi’s website where he talks about, well, whatever. Love his work? You’ll love this site. 

Wirecutter – Our go-to site for reviews & recommendations for pretty much everything from TV’s to toasters, and more.

That’s it for this week. Did we miss any of your favorite websites or blogs? If so, let us know in the comments or hit us up on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. 

Until then, happy linking and don’t forget to spread the love!

It’s time for another edition of What We’re Reading. This week What We’re Reading is Chuck Wendig’s apocalyptic novel Wanderers.

To us it seems sorta appropriate to be reading a novel about the downfall of society during a pandemic. Heck, we’re gluttons for punishment most of the time and watch/read and enjoy all sorts of stuff some may find distasteful. To each his or her own, right?

Fortunately, at least in the case of Wanderers, it’s so good and so consistently entertaining we can actually forget about real world issues and instead concentrate on the issues of the characters in the novel. That’s no small feat and we have Chuck Wendig’s excellent writing to thank for it.

So, thank you Mr. Wendig. Chuck . . . Can we call you Chuck? Anyway . . .

Wanderers grabs you from the first page and never lets you go. It’s the kind of book you’re tempted to read the last few pages of because you desperately want to know how it ends, who’s gonna survive and what the hell is going on, but you don’t dare.

Even though you really want to know, you also want to follow the story to see what happens and not spoil anything. Such a tough (and great) predicament to be in.

In short, as you can probably tell, we loved the book around here and can’t recommend it highly enough. And we’re not the only ones.

It was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, The Guardian, NPR and Publisher’s Weekly. Not bad. Give it a read, you’re sure to enjoy it too. 

Get your copy of Wanderers wherever awesome books are sold. We got our copies at Amazon and BookPeople, our local bookstore here in Austin.

The novel is also being developed as a television series by Walking Dead and The Shield producer Glen Mazarra. So, that’s pretty cool. Lastly, look for Wayward, the sequel to Wanderers, hitting bookstores in 2022.

Have you read Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers? If so, what di you think of it? Let us know in the comments or hit us up on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

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Artwork: Del Rey / Penguin Randomhouse

Last time on Weekly Link Love we featured some YouTube creators who’s work we enjoy watching and learning from. This week we’re switching it up a bit and giving you a heads up about cool Twitter accounts we enjoy reading and think you’ll enjoy too.

That’s right, it’s time for another edition of Weekly Link Love. As we’ve done before, this is place where we highlight websites, blogs, videos, socials (including cool Twitter accounts) or other people & places we think you should know about.

Sure, Twitter can often be a shitty place filled with meandering “hot takes” and people who’d rather argue than make an actual point, but it’s got some good things going for it too. It’s not all bad, especially now that certain people have been asked to vacate the premises. That means more cool Twitter accounts left to follow!

You may have heard of none, some, or all of these Twitter users. And yes, we know we featured a few of them in previous Weekly Link Love posts, but they’re worth your time so we’re link loving them again!

So that’s that. As always, don’t forget to spread the love.

Now, on to the links!

Alex Segura – We love Alex’s work, especially his Pete Fernandez series and recent Poe Dameron: Freefall book, but it’s his positive attitude and how he helps the community of writers that we’re especially fond of. Alex is good people. 

Alison Martino – We love Alison’s look at Los Angeles from the past. That town has changed (in some ways not for the better) and it’s great to see it during the “glory days” when anything seemed possible.

Ashley Warren – Writer, content creator, teacher and all-around cool person, Ashley is a great writer herself and can help with your writing too. Plus, she makes some great D&D stuff. We love that.

Chuck Wendig – Another one of our favorite writers on Twitter. Chuck’s novels, especially Wanderers (which is our favorite) are great and his writing advice, gentle or otherwise, is top notch. Follow him and you won’t be sorry. Plus, you just may learn something too. 

Deborah Ann Woll – We first noticed her because of her amazing work as an actress on True Blood and Netflix’s Daredevil. Now we follow her for great D&D tips and adventures and because she’s just really cool. 

Dyson Logos – This guy draws some of the best D&D maps we’ve ever seen and he shares his knowledge freely. We like that.

Gail Simone – One of the best writers working in comics today. Also, one of the funniest and nicest too. Definitely worth a follow.

James S.A. Corey – We love The Expanse books and TV series, so this account is a must follow for us. Plus, his info and opinions on science, writing, space, life and more are first rate. And, he doesn’t suffer fools. We appreciate that.

Javier Grillo-Marxuach – A terrific writer and television creator who also takes time out of his day to help other writers be better at their craft. What’s not to like?

John Scalzi – We can’t highlight people to follow on Twitter without mentioning Scalzi. We love his books, his blog, his Twitter account and his no-bullshit attitude towards certain topics and individuals. Definitely worth your time and a follow. 

Jon Enge – One of our favorite creators and a damn fine Dungeon Master too. Check him out (along with our own Chris Ullrich and John Carle) on Twitch every Sunday night.

Keith Ammann – Author of some of our favorite D&D books about monsters, characters and how they fight.

Scott Weinberg – We know a lot about movies, but Scott kinda puts us to shame, especially in the horror genre. Plus, he’s pretty funny too.

Seth Rogen – You may not love him or his movies (we do, btw). We think he’s funny as hell, especially when he’s proving just how dumb certain other Twitter users are. You know what we’re talking about, right? Of course you do. 

Swear Trek – If you ever wanted to see what various Star Trek characters really think, follow this account.

The Spaceshipper – Do you love cool space ships and more from classic sci-fi shows, movies and more? This is the account to follow.

That’s enough for today. But don’t worry, we’ll do this again soon. We follow a lot of cool people on Twitter. 

Did we forget one of your favorites? Who do you enjoy following on Twitter? Sound off in the comments or hit us up on Facebook, Instagram or, magically, on Twitter. We’re there too. Amazing, right?

Happy Twittering!