Erika Dreifus

A week ago I told you about five things I was looking forward to. Here’s an update:

“–Seeing dear friends who are coming to NYC this weekend. Always helpful and inspiring for me to spend time with them.”

They were here! It was great!

“–Posting (soon, I hope!) another author profile I’ve written up for my “day job.” Can’t wait to point you to it.”

And here it is: a profile of John Matteson, this year’s winner of the Pulitzer for biography.

“–Receiving (also soon, I hope!) the next issue of TriQuarterly, which includes my story, ‘Matrilineal Descent.'”

Well, we’re getting there. The check arrived this week, so I’m hoping that means the copies are not far behind!

“–Mailing a hard copy of my collection ms to a publisher who seems quite interested in it (the e-copy went out last night, and no, I’m not going to reveal the publisher’s identity at this time because yes, I worry about jinxing myself!). Please think good thoughts!”

Thanks to USPS delivery confirmation, I know that the collection arrived at its destination on Monday. Keep thinking those good thoughts!

“–Finishing up the May issue of our free monthly newsletter, which will go out to subscribers next week. I am very happy about the interview you’ll find featured there (terrific author and terrific information about her residency experiences coming just in time for the summer residency season). Hope that piques your interest, and if you’re not yet on our confidential mailing list, remember that it’s not too late to subscribe and receive the issue yourself!”

If you’re a subscriber you know that the newsletter has indeed gone out. I hope you find that the interview lived up to my enthusiasm for it.

–Seeing dear friends who are coming to NYC this weekend. Always helpful and inspiring for me to spend time with them.

–Posting (soon, I hope!) another author profile I’ve written up for my “day job.” Can’t wait to point you to it.

–Receiving (also soon, I hope!) the next issue of TriQuarterly, which includes my story, “Matrilineal Descent.”

–Mailing a hard copy of my collection ms to a publisher who seems quite interested in it (the e-copy went out last night, and no, I’m not going to reveal the publisher’s identity at this time because yes, I worry about jinxing myself!). Please think good thoughts!

–Finishing up the May issue of our free monthly newsletter, which will go out to subscribers next week. I am very happy about the interview you’ll find featured there (terrific author and terrific information about her residency experiences coming just in time for the summer residency season). Hope that piques your interest, and if you’re not yet on our confidential mailing list, remember that it’s not too late to subscribe and receive the issue yourself!

When I read Tayari Jones’s blog post about working to do something good for the victims of the Dunbar Village attacks, I knew I wanted to sign on and help. Tayari has really moved ahead in the past few days and set up the eBay auction, now in progress. In this post Tayari introduces the auction (and describes how and where to contribute funds directly). And this is the direct link to the auction. Goodies include manuscript critiques, autographed books, and a set of market e-books offered by yours truly. Here’s a way to help others and do something good for your writing practice at the same time. I hope you’ll join in.

I could link to any of the many, many links that are surfacing that discuss the latest memoir hoaxes.

Or, I could simply send you over to Margaret Soltan’s University Diaries. One more excellent “academic” blog I read regularly.

I vote for the latter.