> Running out of ideas of where to write away from your house/office? Read Shaun Levin's two-part guest post at Aerogramme Writers' Studio: "Taking Your Notebook for a Walk," an A to K (and L to Z) of interesting places to write. I thought I knew them all, but many of these surprised me (mostly in a good way).
> Writer Jac Jemc shares her acceptance/rejection stats for applications to writer residencies.
> Judy Blume has joined the growing list of bestseller authors who have opened independent bookstores.
> Check out Brooklyn Magazine's "50 Fictional Women We're Obsessed With."
> Planning a blog tour to promote your book? Women on Writing has a few tips.
> At the blog of The Writers Circle (where I teach locally), founder and co-director (and historical novelist) Judith Lindbergh recently posted Part Three (finding an agent) of an excellent, detailed series on getting published. Part Two tackles "the dreaded synopsis," while Part One focuses on the elevator pitch / query letter.
> Interesting, short interview by Debora Black with Mira Ptacin (about the writing, and the difficulty of selling), her memoir, Poor Your Soul, at Bill & Dave's Cocktail Hour. (For a bonus, follow the link at the end to Ptacin's lovely post on her journey to E.B. White's writing shed--and her own move to a Maine island.)
> Finally, enjoy this Yankee magazine essay about a quirky bookstore customer, by my Bay Path University MFA teaching colleague Kate Whouley.
Have a great weekend!
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