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Back In the (Blog) Saddle
I know. I’ve posted this before. And no one likes an excuse. Tedious, really, and ultimately who cares? So I’ll just say: I’m back. Thanks to Meghan Ward (of Writerland), I’m sitting down this Friday morning to post here. “Are you still blogging?” she asked me yesterday at lunch at the Writers’ Grotto. “Every time I go to your blog, it’s the same post.” (She said this in the nicest of ways, really.) It is, indeed. Imagine having a friend repeatedly drop by for a visit and never being there! That’s a little how I felt. Plus, I realized that Meghan’s … Continue reading
Coming Out of Traction
First, a few announcements this first Friday in June: Summer writing classes at the Grotto are now open for enrollment. I’m excited about teaching a weekend workshop in August, on using existing models to craft short fiction. Check out all upcoming classes here. I’ve started planning on another new class, Developing the Memoir, at UC Berkeley Extension this fall. Watch for details. We’ve extended the deadline for the Summer Fiction Intensive at UC Berkeley Extension! Get that writing sample out this weekend to make the 6/10 cut-off! (Yes, the online catalog says 6/3, but it’s really 6/10 .) What a … Continue reading
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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: meager grocery budget; desperation for payment, any payment, for one’s words. I’ve been thinking a lot about that shirt. The spirit behind it seems both sincere—a willingness to do what it takes—and ironic. Food? You kidding me? What about free? You kidding me? The debate sprouts up on Facebook, professional writers’ list servs, and heated email chains: when is it … Continue reading
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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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On Deadline
I’m on deadline. I’ve written that before, many times, for the most part about a self-imposed deadline. Even this blog, which I try to keep posting to every-other-Friday, is a voluntary act. As much as I hope that some of you enjoy reading what I write here, I’m under no delusions that anyone waits with baited breath to read these words. Still, I do it, just as I sit down at the keyboard every weekday morning for a minimum of four hours to work on a novel that no one, as yet, clamors to publish. We need our discipline, our … Continue reading
