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Last week, I pointed out a tidbit about Google Alerts. Another cool article to read by Heather von Doehren , that really breaks down the basics of RSS Feeds is Why Writers Need to Subscribe to RSS Feeds.

One of the RSS Feed Readers she mentions is Google Reader. Let me tell you, I LOVE Google Reader. Reading RSS Feeds can be just as addictive as reading email, but even better. Why? Well it’s just pure reading.  Soaking up good info.

Here’s a peek at  my feeds in Google Reader. 

Usually in the morning I scan the headlines from my iGoogle page (yes I have a definite obsession with Google – doesn’t everybody?) and any blog post titles that look interesting, I will read if I have time. If I don’t have time. I will “star” it for later reading.  Many times, I will “Mark All as Read” for the ones I’m not really interested in ever reading for one reason or another.

It can get ugly sometime with the number of posts that come through, but I like the simplicity and ability to read all my favorite blogs in one place. Being the organizational nerd that I am, I make good use of the categories or what Google Reader calls “labels”.

For example, some of my labels (and some of the blogs stored within the label) are:

• Agents
  BookEnds, LLC — A Literary Agency
  Chip MacGregor .com
• Mystery-Suspense
  Craftie Ladies of Suspense
  Forensics & Faith
  Keep Me In Suspense
  Suspense Novelist
• Publishers
  CBA Industry Blog
  Zondervan Blog
• Writers
  Advanced Fiction Writing Blog
  Story Sensei

So basically instead of keeping all these blogs as bookmarks – which I have way too many of anyway – I just keep up with the RSS Feeds or blogs posts through Google Reader.

Check it out.  Oh yeah and don’t forget to read Why Writers Need to Subscribe to RSS Feeds.

Related posts:

1. Google Alerts
2. Show vs. Tell
3. Carnival of Christian Writers #20 – May 2008