Happy Friday Everyone and welcome to Friday Link Love. It’s a bit irregular but from time to time I love to share with you bits and pieces that I find interesting, useful or entertaining on the web. It’s a wild and wacky world out there. Have a great weekend!

July Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too) @ The Wandering Gourmand
Reading about others progress is a huge motivator for me. It’s nice to see people who have similar goals and ambitions and are working towards them. This is even more interesting when it’s someone who is still at the beginning of their freelance career. It’s a great way to learn from each other, from what works to what doesn’t, and everything in between. Bryan’s travel perspective is an interesting one that I can also relate to: blending the conventional life with travel.

10 Daily Challenges To Improve Your Life @ Making Sense of Cents
Michelle offers some great tips on improving your life with a few easy challenges you can do every day. I think most of the ten can be done on a daily basis and they will make you feel happier and more content with your life. Remember, it’s the little things that matter most.

The Unfair Truth About How Creative People Really Succeed @ Goins, Writer
What is your success dependent on? Unfortunately, hard work is not always enough Our environment and our social circles are also integral to our success. Check out Goins, Writer for an interesting perspective. What do you think are the key elements to your success?

Authors: 6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads @ The Huffington Post
Are you on an author? Are you a reader? Are you on Goodreads? You probably should be. The benefits of Goodreads stretch far and wide for both readers and authors. There are tens of millions of members and books and provides ample opportunity for discussion, debate and book promotion. Check out the 6 Reasons You Need to Be on Goodreads! I’ve recently started being more active on Goodreads and it’s been a learning curve. I’ve even set up a giveaway for my book Lethal Disposal and when I set it up I was a little bit worried it wouldn’t generate any interest because of my inactivity on the site but within twenty-four hours, I was pleasantly surprised.

Do you like to read author interviews? Here are five great authors I’ve interviewed over the past couple of months for your reading pleasure. 

Matthew Peters, author of The Brothers’ Keepers
Russell J. Perry, author of The Returning 
Meghan Breaux, author Perfect, I Love You
P.J. Webb, author of Prince of the Blood series
Pat McDonald, author of The Blue Woods Trilogy

Have you picked up Lethal Disposal yet? It’s available on Amazon for $2.99. Here’s a heads up, I’m running a free promotion over this weekend – Saturday and Sunday – only. If you like crime and mystery, pick yourself up a copy on Kindle for free! Check out this link over the weekend!