Google Reader Roundup

• Carrie Heim Binas gives us the inspiring fail quote from Samuel Beckett.

• Rachelle Gardener answers the question of whether age matters for writers (young or old).

• John Scalzi has a great post (via Anne Allen) on de-Koutifying, or the process of ditching the morally questionable Klout. This post follows on Meghan Ward's great post about Klout losing clout. I have a longer reaction to this on Monday.

• Kristen Lippert-Martin tells us how "you can live quite happily without your dreams ever coming true, but you can’t live happily without pursuing your dream at all."

• Bookends' Jessica Faust weighs in on what constitutes women's fiction.

• Yay! Congrats to Roni Loren for another two books sold!

• Kristan Hoffman's blog crashed when a post of hers appeared all over the tinterwebs--by agents and highly read bloggers. Go see what the hubaloo is about!

• Jody Hedlund tells us why every story needs a zombie. (Yeah!)

• Janice Hardy's plot points Friday addresses character goals.