Finds for Writers
Each Friday, the Practicing Writing blog shares writing and publishing resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend.
- Historic news from the Library of Congress: “We’re thrilled to announce that Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Ada Limón for a two-year second term.”
- Giveaway subscriptions! Apparently, I can offer three of you the equivalent of one month’s paid access to Christine Sneed’s excellent Bookish on Substack. Please leave a comment below if you’d like one. The first three who do so will get ’em. UPDATE: ALL THREE SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN (BEFORE 9:30 AM!) Stay tuned, though. I’ve found that sometimes, I do receive follow-up freebies to give away.
- I’ve been pretty impressed by the work of Chill Subs from the moment I discovered it. But reading about their team this week has increased even that (not-inconsiderable) respect, exponentially. A sampling: “Some weeks Karina, who is Belarusian, will have to take time away from Chill Subs not for an ill grandparent or an emergency doctor’s appointment, but because the developer helping her on other projects was arrested in Belarus for protesting Lukashenko’s crackdowns. Or because a coder helping us update our submissions tracker was hospitalized after being beaten on the streets of Poland where they live. Both of these events happened in recent weeks.”
- There are some pretty big names featured on the My Machberet blog in the latest Jewish literary links, where you’ll find items by or about David Grossman, Howard Jacobson, Nora Ephron, Harry Belafonte, Bernard Malamud, & more.
- And this weekend will bring the May issue of The Practicing Writer 2.0, which I expect to distribute sometime on Sunday. (We are <5 subscribers away from the 8,000-subscriber mark, so if you haven’t yet joined us, please do!) And check the archive for the April issue to make sure you haven’t missed any opportunities that are still open and a potentially good fit for your work. You’ll find everything here.
Have a great weekend.
Book wish! 💗
Karen, I’m assuming that you mean you’d like a subscription to Bookish. I will process now–please check your email in a few minutes. Enjoy! It’s a great newsletter (even in its free form) with some cool resources behind the paywall.
Is the last subscription taken? If not, I would like it. Thank you. Leslie Neustadt
Yes, all three have been taken! Maybe next time!
Leslie, I’ve just received another few subscriptions to give away to BOOKISH. I’ll process yours now!
What an intriguing discovery of you & your writing considerations to inspire!
Thanks, Jeannie. Just to clarify: Are you interested in one of the subscriptions to Christine Sneed’s Substack?
Yes. Yours as well. Just learned about both. Want to continue learning about writing ✍️ intentionally & purposefully.
I’ll subscribe you to Christine’s so you get the paid-access benefit for the next month; but please just go to the link I provided for mine and subscribe yourself there. Thank you!
Hi! I’d love a subscription if there’s one still available.
Coming your way!
Thank you for gifting me a subscription.