Friday Find: Home Thoughts from Abroad

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No, I’m not about to point you to some resource about Robert Browning. But I am about to leave shortly on a long-planned trip out of the country. And I won’t be blogging while I’m gone.

So if you’re looking for something to help with your writing practice while I’m away, I hope that you’ll find enough right here on our home site, erikadreifus.com, to keep you busy. If you haven’t yet taken a look around, here are some of the resources you’ll discover:

That should keep you busy for awhile! I’ll look forward to catching up with all of you later in the month!

Thursday’s Pre-Publication Post: Progress!

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Back in June I wrote here about the necessary task of arranging events to help readers meet and get to know my soon-to-be-published short story collection, Quiet Americans. Lots of you shared sage advice in comments (and via backchannel), and I remain very grateful for that.

I’m happy to report that within the past week, I’ve scheduled the first post-publication event! I don’t want to say too much about it quite yet, because we’re still ironing out a couple of details, and I’m neurotic enough to think that if I start promoting this before the venue does it will somehow all fall apart, but suffice to say that if you’re going to be in D.C. area around the time of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in early February, you should consider yourself invited to a Sunday afternoon event (February 6)! More details to come.

Jewish Women’s Theatre Culture Klatch Seeks Submissions

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This announcement comes from the latest Women Arts Theatre Funding News:

**Jewish Women’s Theatre Culture Klatch** (2011 Season, Los Angeles, CA) – Gathers women in homes to listen to new stories and share thoughts, while enjoying coffee and dessert! Seeking submissions of plays, monologues, poems, essays, stories, songs, etc. that have an element of Jewish resonance and feature women or a woman’s point of view. Works may be of any length, but short one-acts and monologues are preferred. Plays should be topical for the 21st century and have small casts. Previously produced or published work is welcome (include production and/or publication history). Submissions should address the season’s themes: February 6-8 – “Jewish Women Do Men” – what Jewish women have to say about the men they love and the men they love to hate; April 4-6 – “World Premiere: Eden According to Eve” – reinterpreted and reimagined classical Jewish folk or bible stories from a feminine perspective with a female main character set in today’s world; one-acts no longer than 10 minutes; monologues or poems no longer than 5 minutes. Submissions should be in Word, PDF, or Final Draft format; include cover letter with brief bio and history of the material (if applicable). NO FEE. Jewish Women’s Theatre, 521 Latimer Rd., Santa Monica, CA 90402, info(at)jewishwomenstheatre(dot)org, www.jewishwomenstheatre.org. Deadline: October 30, 2010

Meet the Authors: Beyond Matzoh and Pogroms

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This NYPL (Bloomingdale branch) event is slated for October 26:

Meet the Authors: Beyond Matzoh and Pogroms

What to do when your best friend is throwing a party of the day of your Bat Mitzvah? Can you give up being Jewish for Lent? Authors Margie Gelbwasser, Jenny Meyerhoff, Sarah Darer Littman, Nora Baskin Raleigh, & Laura Toffler-Corrie talk about Judaism in fiction: past portrayals and today’s issues. For ages 12 and up.

More info here.
(via the Association of Jewish Libraries)

The Wednesday Web Browser

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  • Weren’t able to attend the Lorrie Moore/Deborah Treisman event at the New Yorker Festival? Me neither. Thankfully, Elissa Bassist was there.
  • New York Magazine‘s current issue includes a super article on Lydia Davis and her new translation of Madame Bovary.
  • David Abrams reflects on tech developments and their impact on his reading and reviewing.
  • Speaking of reviewing, I meant to share this list of HarperCollins copy contacts earlier. (Thanks to @BethFishReads for the tip.)
  • Looking for some writing prompts? Take a look at this collection from author and professor Daniel Nester.
  • Writer’s Digest interviews my teacher and friend Sage Cohen about her upcoming book, The Productive Writer (which I have already pre-ordered), and the writing life.
  • Over on my other blog, you’ll find a recap of Sunday’s Jewish Authors Conference.
  • And in case you’re wondering, dear freelancer, why the editor said “no,” here are 10 possible reasons.
  • I know, I haven’t been linking much to two things you’re probably seeing a lot of everywhere else lately: Jonathan Franzen and MFA programs. What can I say? I get tired.