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Category Archives: agents
Will Write for Food
A guy I knew in grad school used to wear a T-shirt with those four words on the front. Every time he wore it, the rest of us gave knowing chuckles. The statement aptly captured two assumptions of student life: … Continue reading
Posted in agents, teaching, writing
Tagged blog posts, blogging, bloodbath, Conde Nast, Facebook, Facebook followers, grad school, grad students, Huffington Post, HuffPo, Lindsey Crittenden, magazine writing, social media, The Water Will Hold You, Twitter followers, Writers@Work, writing for free, writing for pay, writing income, writing profession
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Excitement, please
It’s that time of year for making resolutions or—as some prefer—setting intentions. Don’t worry. I’m not leading into a list of what I hope to achieve in 2013, at least not in terms of pages written, pieces published, books read, … Continue reading
Posted in agents, craft, reading, spirituality, teaching, writing
Tagged "Roman Fever, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Constance Hale, costume parties, costumes, enthusiasm, grammar, Halloween, Joan Didion, Lindsey Crittenden, New Year's resolutions, passion, Phuc Tran, schoolyard humiliation, subjunctive, TED talk, verb tense, Vex Hex Smash Smooch, writing
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The Next Big Thing: Her Current Project
Today I’m happy to host my friend and colleague Monica Wesolowska on this blog. Her answers show her gift for startling imagery, emotional acuity, and just darned good writing. Her book, Holding Silvan (publication March 2013), is gorgeous. Also, today, … Continue reading
Posted in agents, community, craft, writing, writing groups
Tagged agent persistence, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Arroyo Literary Review, book titles, death, death of a child, Elizabeth McCracken, Genevieve Jurgensen, grief, Hawthorne Books, Holding Silvan, Isabel Allende, letting a child die, loss of children, medical complications during childbirth, medical ethics, memoir, Monica Wesolowska, naming children, Paula, Peggy Orenstein, Pisgah Review, Romeo and Juliet, story submissions, talking about death, The Disappearance, Watiting for Daisy
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The Next Big Thing: My New Project
Thanks to Meghan Ward for inviting me to participate in this blog chain. Meghan is the prize-winning author of a memoir titled Paris On Less Than $10,000 a Day. She blogs at Writerland.com and teaches social media classes at SF … Continue reading
