Nothing like a weekly post to tell you how fast a week goes by. I’ve recovered from the flu which saw me sleeping for 10-12 hours a day, thanks to all the flu meds that seem to have so much sedatives in them. All that’s past me now and I’d much sooner forget being weak as a babe. This week saw me reading and loving the following posts.

1. The Renegade Writer’s Blog has an excellent post about distracted writers. It was like Linda was inside my head when writing the post. Of course, I was no where near as constructive about my lack of focus as Linda. Must learn.
2. Robust Writing tackles the problems of overstatements in writing.
3. Thinking of starting a freelance business? Freelance Folder has an excellent post that covers the basics of starting a freelance business.
4. I’ve been curious about e-books for a while. So it was a joy to read Confident Writing’s guide to compiling a free e-book. Joanna offers great resources that got her started. I’m thinking it will make for a great fun project!
5. This one’s my favourite. I love books and can never have enough of them! Allena Tapia has an excellent list compiled about writing books. Check out her top ten books to get your freelance writer for Christmas.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! And with these gems SLOD takes your leave. Till next Sunday! Before then watch out for a post about a certain stubborn muse I know.

As bloggers, our worst nightmare is waking up one day and finding out that our blog has disappeared. The mere idea is enough to make me break out in a sweat! There are quite a few online services that store back ups of blogs. I found Blogbackupr to be the most hassle free. A quick rundown of its important features.

• It runs over the Internet.
• Requires no installation.
• Stores media, template and images.
• Support WordPress and Blogger.
• Makes daily back ups.

To back up a blog, all it requires is an email address and the blog’s URL. The back up starts immediately after which an email is sent which contains the password. This procedure is as simple as it gets. For a service that’s still in its beta version, it works surprisingly well.

Note: For a blog to be backed up by Blogbackupr, it must have an RSS feed.

Not the best of names but I’m drowning in cough syrup. Why do they have sedatives in them anyway? I also have a killer flu and I do not have the energy to post anything that would take more effort than this.

When I did a post on ’5 things I’m doing wrong at the base’, one of the things I acknowledged I wasn’t doing was a weekly round up of links I loved. I’ve decided to remedy that. Therefore, every Sunday, I’ll be featuring (not necessarily) five links that I’ve found helpful.

Therefore, presenting you with my very first SLOD.

1. Blogger dad talks about going from a blogging newbie to pro in three months – A tongue in cheek post it may be, but he just described what I do as a blog reader perfectly. Well, except for the pictures bit. I never have any time to look at them.
2. You have to check out Rachael’s Words on Writing. She has excellent posts about Ten proofreading tips and 16 proof reading errors our brain doesn’t want us to see. I missed out quite a few all the errors except one! Be sure to check the comments. There were a few more mistakes that Rachael pointed out in them.
3. As a new freelancer, Davina’s post about fear closing in struck a chord. Right now, I’m scared of so many things regarding my freelancing that its making me mad!
4. Blogging without a blog has an interesting post about the unseen benefits of commenting. I hadn’t thought of commenting in quite that way but it’s certainly motivation to comment more!
5. A blog to read daily and over and over again is Daily Writing Tips. For some unexplainable reason…every time I comment on that blog my English goes out the window – literally! Want an example? Check out my two comments at DWT’s latest post about irregular verbs. Then come back and find the faults in the sentence I corrected. “Correction: I refuse to even imagine a time where such (bad) grammar was a norm.” Go on, don’t spare my feelings.

On a closing note, I added the word link to the title because the abbreviation of Sunday Overdose was SOD which might not be funny, but in my current state, I’m very amused by it!