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.”
- “Is Your Poem Ready for Submitting?” Considerations gathered by Cincinnati Review.
- “Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know: Hybrid Publishing“: a guest post by Barbara Linn Probst on Jane Friedman’s site.
- Just updated: my own list of “fee-free writing residencies.” These are residencies that don’t charge fees for applications OR for attendance. (Some, though not all, actually provide stipends!) You’ll find (working!) links to 50+ residency programs here.
- Ever-reliable guidance from Allison K. Williams—this time, on “The 21st-Century Book Launch.”
- And there’s a new set of Jewish-lit links posted over on the My Machberet blog.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone.