Friday Finds for Writers
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)
Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
A Lovely Lunch Chez Lilith
One of this past week’s highlights was my lunch last Thursday at the Lilith magazine offices. At the invitation of Editor-in-Chief Susan Weidman Schneider, I stopped by the book-filled space and, over some delicious food (including super-yummy mini-hamantaschen pastries for the Purim holiday), chatted with Susan and Managing Editor Naomi Danis.
Part of our discussion focused on Fig Tree Books (I’d brought along a galley of Jessamyn Hope’s Safekeeping), and some exciting possibilities for collaboration between Fig Tree and Lilith. Susan and Naomi also expressed a great deal of interest in my own writing, which I appreciated. Lilith occupies a fond place in my heart, since it was one of the first venues to publish a short story of mine—and the most recent to publish, on its blog, one of my poems.
Plus, I left lunch with a gift! Check out my nifty new tote bag! (more…)
Monday Markets for Writers: No Fees. Paying Gigs
Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction). (more…)
Sunday Sentence
In which I participate in David Abrams’s “Sunday Sentence” project, sharing the best sentence I’ve read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”
It was held in the municipal hall, and on that day there were snow flurries as fine as wedding lace.
Source: Stephen King, “A Death,” in The New Yorker. See also this interview with King about the story.
Friday Finds for Writers
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)