Friday Finds for Writers
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)
Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
Vive la France!
Before I earned my MFA, I earned a PhD. In history. In French history.
In fact, ever since my first middle-school French class, France and its language, literature, culture, and history have been a significant part of my life. So last week was hard. It was hard on Wednesday. And as a Francophile Jew who—to be completely honest—has been a little frightened of traveling in France as reports of anti-Semitic incidents have filtered back here (mainly in the Jewish press) over the past year or two, I found Friday very hard, too.
Rather than write anything “new” on last week’s events, I’d like to highlight a few of my past France and French-related writings. (A few, at any rate, that have a presence—if not complete accessibility—on the Internet.) (more…)
Monday Markets for Writers: No Fees. Paying Gigs.
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
In which I participate in David Abrams’s “Sunday Sentence” project, sharing the best sentence I’ve read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”
I need my mother.
Source: Lesléa Newman, “Sitting Shiva,” a poem in Newman’s new collection I Carry My Mother.
Friday Finds for Writers
Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend. (more…)