Erika Dreifus

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

• Reminder: By this time next week, the August issue of The Practicing Writer 2.0 will have gone out to all subscribers. Now’s a great time to review the July issue (and intermediary posts) to make sure that you haven’t missed any of the fee-free and paying calls for submissions and other opportunities listed there. And it’s also a great time to subscribe, if you haven’t done so yet.
• “The Secret to a Writing Career May Boil Down to Sheer Grit.” Reflections from Amy L. Bernstein over on JaneFriedman.com.
• In which Jonathan V. Last discerns and dissects the “death” of The Washington Post.
• “Does Legacy Media Sell Books?” Insights from Kathleen Schmidt over on Publishing Confidential.
• And icymi: this week brought the release of my conversation (about the newsletter, and my writing, and a lot more) with podcast host Jonathan Rosen. You can find that cross-posted, along with a lot more, within the latest post on My Machberet.