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Friday Finds for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on
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Treasure ChestWriting-related resources, news, and reflections to read over the weekend.

  • Terrific Twitter tips culled from Sree Sreenivasan’s presentation at April’s American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) conference.
  • “I’m sorry – was my sarcasm not coming through clearly enough? Then let me voice my reaction a bit more bluntly: Boo-freaking-hoo. You poor thing, you.” Keith Cronin wants writers to “say no to woe.” To which I say: Amen.
  • Eight ways not to plug your book, courtesy of Mridu Khullar Relph and The Writer magazine. (By the way, Relph offers examples of freelance queries that worked for her to anyone who signs up for her weekly newsletter.)
  • Looking for some reading suggestions? Ron Slate asked thirty poets, novelists, editors, bloggers and reviewers (including yours truly) to share their summer reading lists.
  • This lovely, inspiring post from Laura Maylene Walter contains lots of interesting nuggets, including a mention of the annual awarding of the lucrative Sophie Kerr Prize (Walter is a previous prize recipient).

    • Have a great weekend, everyone. See you back here on Monday.

    Friday Finds for Writers

    by Erika Dreifus on
    Disabled

    Treasure ChestWriting-related resources, news, and reflections to read over the weekend.

  • Carol Tice warns against three types of “unethical writing assignments.”
  • It never hurts to brush up on publishing terms that freelancers should know.
  • Are you celebrating Short Story Month? Fiction Writers Review sure is, in part by spotlighting the #StorySunday Twitter hashtag.
  • This week brought a new addition to our list of low-res MFA programs: a new program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. (h/t @NationalBook)
  • Amit Majmudar wonders, “Am I an ‘Immigrant Writer’?” – on a somewhat related note, I’ve addressed issues “On Jewish Writing” yet again.

    • Have a great weekend, everyone. See you back here on Monday!

    Wednesday’s Work-in-Progress: A Working Writer’s Vacation

    by Erika Dreifus on
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    Starting today at 5 pm, I’ll be using some of my treasured paid vacation days (one of the best benefits of being a #writerwithadayjob) for a VACATION. Much of the time will be a “staycation” along the lines of last year’s break. And once again, I have a lot of plans. For starters, I’ll be spending several days at two conferences.

    ASJAFirst up: the annual conference of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), which begins tomorrow here in New York. I’ve only attended this conference once before, about a decade ago. This time, I’m going as a full-fledged ASJA member. I’m hoping to pick up plenty of freelancing tips and inspiration.

    And next week, I head up to Boston for one of the most reliably excellent events on my literary calendar: Grub Street’s The Muse and the Marketplace. For obvious reasons, I’m especially grateful for the opportunity to return to Boston now. And I’m looking forward to the panel that I’ll be moderating, “Grubbie Guide to Writing Contests, Conferences & Residencies,” which will feature Sheri Joseph and Doug Trevor. (We’re Session 8K, and a few seats remain, if you’re still in the process of registering.)grub

    I’ve got some other fun things planned, too. But don’t worry–I plan to keep blogging throughout! And while I have yet to master the art of live-tweeting, I’ll do my best to keep you posted on site from #ASJA13 and #muse2013. (UPDATE: I think I erred! ASJA hashtag seems to be #ASJA2013)

    Monday Markets for Writers

    by Erika Dreifus on
    Disabled

    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).

  • “St. Francis [College] is proud to once again offer its support and encouragement to the literary community by sponsoring the biannual $50,000 Literary Prize to a mid-career author who has recently published their 3rd to 5th work of fiction.” Self-published and translated works eligible. Will consider works published June 2011-May 2013. No entry fee. Deadline: May 1, 2013.
  • Bancroft Press publishes trade fiction and non-fiction, “and we publish, quite simply, what we like. We’ve done literary and commercial fiction, books on finance, sports, parenting, humor, history, biography…No topic is out of bounds for us if we think it’s done well and will make an important contribution to society.” See also the recent Publishers Weekly article on the press.
  • File this away, freelancers: a list of 45 websites that pay writers (I’m not sure about the “instantly” that’s part of the post’s title, but still, it’s an interesting collection).
  • Also of interest: Opportunities for writing about history.
  • From WritersWeekly.com: “We’re out of features! We pay $60 for around 600 words; non-exclusive electronic rights only. Our guidelines are here: http://www.writersweekly.com/index-markets.htm.”
  • “The English Arts Department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside invites applications for a full-time (9 month) tenure-track faculty member in English, with a focus in 20th and 21st Century American Literature and Creative Writing – Poetry beginning August 2013.”