►Copyblogger
recently
listed Ten Terrific Creative Writing Blogs.
►On
the Los Angeles Times' Jacket Copy blog, 25 authors
note New Year's resolutions, some funny, some quite serious, many about
finding more time to write and to read.
►Three
new blogs I recently discovered that you might like: Three
Guys One Book, The Memoir
Project (Marion Roach Smith) and Literary Writers Network.
► Every
independent bookstore needs to take this
message to its "shoppers" (notice I didn't write
"customers".
►And
while on that subject, though I couldn't find a video of a performance, some equally good lyrics, to the John McCutcheon song, Closing the
Bookstore Down.
►Duotrope, a highly usefil site that lists
literary journals and offers multiple excellent submission stats, tools and tracking
systems, is planning to branch
out into nonfiction.
►Creative
writing teachers (and students too) what do you think? Is the idea of
teaching one writing skill at a time at odds with the workshop approach and
does it matter?
►At
Terrible Minds, Charles Wendig wrote my favorite kind of writing advice post: the
no B.S., no spin, not nicey-nice kind: 25
Things Writers Should Stop Doing. Head over, and brace yourself.
►Finally,
I'll be sending
out daily Writing Prompts again beginning Friday, January 20, for six
weeks.
Have a great weekend!
3 comments:
Hi, Lisa
I am delighted to be listed here in your recent discoveries. Many thanks.Looking forward to reading you and getting to know one another.
Best,
Marion
Great news about Duotrope and nonfiction. Glad you included it in your list. I read Marion Roach Smith's memoir book and loved it. I'm doing five pages a day, a week. Today, I finished page 50. It's a vomit draft as she calls it. The key for me is that I'm writing and moving forward. Then, I'll revise and repeat.
Marion - Glad you stopped by!
Stacy - That is such good news about your rough draft progressing along. More reason to listen to Marion!
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