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.”
- On the “public uttering” of what we’ve written—reflections from Jami Attenberg.
- One writer’s take on the short-story submission process (Benjamin Davis for Lit Mag News Roundup).
- “Tips for helping your students pitch their ideas — and themselves — in a freelance world,” featuring a handout by Jacquie Marino, as presented by Poynter’s Barbara Allen. (Hat tip: Mandy Hofmockel.)
- I’ll confess that this overview of the past quarter-century in book publicity left me overwhelmed—and a little sad. (Hat tip: The Literary Saloon.)
- And of course, you’ll find a new set of Jewish literary links posted over on the My Machberet blog.
Wishing everyone a good weekend.