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Friday Finds for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on
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Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend.

  • “On a good day, twenty percent of the advice you get will be directly applicable to your work, and that’s a generous estimate.” This and more sage advice from Elizabeth McCracken for those contemplating MFA study.
  • Some excellent insights into book publicity in Maria Gagliano’s interview with Diana Franco on the Slice site.
  • As someone whose writing has and continues to be deeply influenced by her family history, I’m loving Maud Newton’s new series of interviews with authors about ancestry. I’m especially happy to see Celeste Ng featured in the latest installment.
  • A new interview is up on the MFA Day Job blog, this time with Morgan Parker, a poet and a museum educator.
  • And over on the Grub Street blog, Katrin Schumann offers some good radio-interview hints for writers.

    • Have a great weekend, all!

    Wednesday’s Work-in-Progress

    by Erika Dreifus on
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    ‘Tis a c-r-a-z-y time, folks.

    A lot of that has to do with my job at Fig Tree Books. We’ll be announcing our first list of novels on Monday, September 22. So there’s a lot of behind-the-scenes work going on to make that a smooth and successful day.

    In the meantime:

  • It appears that one of my essays is going to be recorded and re-presented as an audio piece. I spent some time reviewing edits for that over the weekend. More info to be shared in due course.
  • Although I haven’t yet received my contributor copy, the new edition of Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market is out and includes my contribution on virtual book tours.
  • I’ve started a new poem! (On a related note: I also found out this week that my poetry chapbook had lost yet another contest. But the notice included some really nice, encouraging words about my work.)

    • Bonus: Thanks to one of my former supervisors (hi, Tim!), I’ve discovered this excellent post with stock-image recommendations. The one I chose for today’s “work-in-progress” update appealed to me because, for a few days this past week (for once!), my fingernails looked almost as nice as those of the model in the photo. And that’s because another high point of the past week was my midtown lunch with another former co-worker, followed by a surprise luxury–a free manicure!–at a nearby Duane Reade drugstore. (If you happen to be looking for a new nail color for fall, may I recommend “Dress to Kilt”? It looked fab…while it lasted.)