Gillian Anderson eating a burger whilst in the tantalizing glow of a computer screen.

Sometimes, you have to eat at your desk while working or writing or reading blogs (except for that one potential employer who warned me that eating at your desk — lunch or snacks* — is not permitted). Gillian Anderson approves.

This week: Writing links and a fond farewell to fellow writing blog, Beyond the Margins.

• Ready to write that novel? Randy Susan Meyers has you covered with her (Impossibly Condensed) Checklists for Beginning a Novel.
• Becky Tuch reflects on what we all know to be true. Writing is hard. 
• So, there was that whole Salon article from Ann Bauer on “sheltered” writers. Here’s a different viewpoint: Susan Straight on learning to write without a room of one’s own.
• Celeste Ng shares her top five writing tips. Shameless plug: You can catch Celeste LIVE at our next Craft on Draft event in April at Trident Booksellers in Boston.
• And finally, a list of blogs after Friday Feasts’ hearts: Literary Food Blogs: An Introduction.

Also, a fond farewell to the Boston-based writing blog, Beyond the Margins, whose content was consistently excellent and compelling. May the archives live on to inspire writers for many years to come!

* You may take my freedom, but you’ll never take my snacks!