Finds for Writers
Most Fridays the Practicing Writing blog shares writing and publishing resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend. But it’s been an excruciating week for so many of us. And frankly, I’ve paid next-to-no attention to garden-variety news from the writing and publishing spheres.
On Wednesday, however, I received an email from Facing History and Ourselves, a Boston-based global nonprofit organization that I’ve admired for many years. The email introduced a “mini-lesson” titled “Processing Attacks in Israel and the Outbreak of War in the Region.”
The resource isn’t perfect. (What resource is?) But one of its segments impressed me as something that, though intended for educators and students, could be clarifying for writers as well, in our work and in the rest of our lives. It’s a section titled “Avoiding Antisemitic and Islamophobic Tropes in Discussing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”
- “Writing While Black in Times Like This” by Nancy Johnson (via Writer Unboxed).
- “Stepping into Your Characters’ Shoes” (when those characters endured a pandemic in their time) by Rachel Kadish (via Slate).
- A profile of the Study Hall site for freelancers by Luke Winkie (via Nieman Lab).
- ICYMI: The September issue of The Practicing Writer 2.0 went out to subscribers this week. In addition to the usual array of fee-free (and paying) calls and competitions listed therein, this issue also features a very special resource especially for cnf writers. Check it out!
- And, as always, you’ll find this week’s Jewish Lit Links posted over on the My Machberet blog.
Have a great weekend, all.