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.”
- “11 Querying Mistakes I Didn’t Know I was Making Until I Worked at a Literary Agency”—by Erica Davis for Pipeline Artists.
- Yes, I play Wordle. No, I don’t habitually share my scores. But I do want to share this fun item from Writer’s Digest/Robert Lee Brewer: “What Is Your Favorite Starting Word in Wordle?”
- As per usual, there’s a fresh batch of Jewish-lit links posted over on the My Machberet blog.
- Happy 16th birthday to Writer Unboxed.
- And we’re just about to celebrate a major milestone ourselves! If you’re already signed up for The Practicing Writer 2.0, expect our 18th anniversary celebratory issue to arrive on Monday. (And if you’re not yet signed up, please join us!)
Have a great weekend, everyone.