Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend.
We spend a lot of time talking about the craft of opening lines. In this piece, Ron Charles gives some attention (and praise) to closing ones.
Loved this profile (and accompanying video) of Harvard senior Ruben Reyes Jr. and Palabritas, the new Latinx literary magazine that he has launched. (Via Juan Siliezar/Harvard Gazette.)
Freelancers may want to check out this analysis of pay rates (using Who Pays Writers? for the data) from Kevin McElwee/Columbia Journalism Review.
Super-useful advice on how to grow a newsletter subscriber list, from Christina McDonald, on Jane Friedman’s site.
And of course, there’s a new set of Jewish-lit links on the My Machberet blog.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
You have to pay to read the Ron Charles piece.
I’m sorry–I thought that WaPo permitted a certain number of articles per month to non-subscribers. Is that no longer the case?