Erika Dreifus

Each week (typically Fridays), the Practicing Writing blog offers writing and publishing resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend.

• This week has brought news about (some?) ebook availability on the Bookshop platform, but I have to tell you that I do not quite understand what is going on. (What I can say: If you want the ebook version of my short-story collection—there is not, currently, an ebook of my poetry collection—you won’t [yet?] find it on that platform.)
• “Submission Fees and Their Discontents”: a guest post, by Marc Alan Di Martino, on Stay Curious. (Serendipitously, this week I’ve also encountered some of Di Martino’s poetry, via Judith magazine.)
• “In a Deeply Divided World, Can Anything Unite Us? Perhaps a Comma Or Two.” Intriguing Q&A with grammarian Ellen Jovin (by Josie Cox for The Persistent).
• In which freelance writer Debra Johanyak “shares six situations when it might make sense to turn down a writing opportunity (even when there’s money involved)”—via Writer’s Digest.
• And among the latest Jewish Literary Links on Machberet: an episode from the new Jewish Crossroads podcast, acclaimed author Nicole Krauss shares, among other things, “her deep concerns about whether, in today’s literary climate, it is still possible to publish books that explore Jewish identity and Israel—and why a young Nicole Krauss wouldn’t stand a chance in today’s world.”

Wishing everyone a good weekend. If you’re a subscriber to The Practicing Writer 2.0, you should expect the February issue to arrive in your mailbox today! And if you’re not yet a subscriber, it’s never too late to join us and receive this free, opportunity-laden resource yourself!