Monday Markets for Writers
Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction). (more…)
Sunday Sentence
Another Sunday in which I participate in David Abrams’s “Sunday Sentence” project, which asks others to share the best sentence(s) we’ve read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”
“For dying people, past and present run together like chalk drawings in the rain.”
–Jessica Handler, “On the Pain Scale,” for Full Grown People
Jewish Book Carnival: September 2013
My Machberet is proud to serve as September 2013 host for the Jewish Book Carnival, “a monthly event where bloggers who blog about Jewish books can meet, read, and comment on each others’ posts.” The posts are hosted on a participant’s site on the 15th of each month.
Herewith, this month’s goodies-which also mark the first Carnival of the new year 5774! (more…)
Friday Finds for Writers
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to read over the weekend. (more…)
Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat
Please be sure to come back here to My Machberet on Sunday, when the September Jewish Book Carnival will be posted. In the meantime, Shabbat Shalom. And a good fast!