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Sunday Sentence

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ManTypingAnother Sunday in which I participate in David Abrams’s “Sunday Sentence” project, which asks others to share the best sentence(s) we’ve read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”

No one ever says, “Hey, if you’re a full-time accountant having kids will prevent you from being a full-time accountant.”

Source: Tobias Bucknell, interviewed by Guy Gonzalez for the new “Writer Dad” series on the VQR blog.

(I’ll stick to the “without commentary” precept for the moment, but may have more to say about this series and the whole question of “balancing” writing with other commitments–family and beyond–another time. For now, I’m just grateful for the sage comments Bucknell offers in this interview. They’re oh-so-refreshing.)

Friday Finds for Writers

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

  • If you’re new to Twitter, you may find this primer to be useful.
  • “71 Ways to Promote and Market Your Book.” (h/t @JennCrowell)
  • A promising new-ish website I’ll be keeping an eye on: “The Writer’s Job,” which describes itself as a “guide to writing and making a living.”
  • For the next few weeks, Cathy Day plans to dedicate her “Teaching Tuesday” blog posts to some of her teachers and what she has learned from them. First up: Michael Martone.
  • This Q&A with Adam Berlin addresses the author’s new, post-9/11 novel; his work as co-founder/co-editor of J Journal: New Writing on Justice; and the gaps that can occur between books.

    • Have a great weekend, everyone.

    Weekend Web Wanderings

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    Usually, I limit writing-link roundups to the “Friday Finds” posts. But I’ve run across so many interesting items over the past couple of days that I’m going sharing an exceptional set of “Weekend Web Wanderings” today as well. Hope that you enjoy!

  • Over on the Ploughshares blog, Rebecca Makkai advocates “writing as if…”. (h/t @occasionallyzen)
  • There’s something kind of whiny about this piece by Lionel Shriver on how much non-writing is involved in a writer’s work life. But there’s also something true about it.
  • Fascinating interview with poet Nikki Finney. Among the thought-provoking morsels: “Nobody wants to hear your rant. If you want to rant and if you want to be full of rage, you can put that in your journal book. Art is about the provocative, but it is also about the beautiful. I never forget that. They go hand in hand for me.”
  • Carol Tice takes on the subject of early-reader reviews–and how to make them better.
  • And I’m cheating a bit with this one. Let’s just say that I’ve recently been “inspired” to revisit my own “7 Reasons This Writer May Unfollow You on Twitter.”

    • Friday Finds for Writers

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

  • “6 Reasons a Workshop Jolts Your Writing,” courtesy of The Writer magazine.
  • Dinty W. Moore shares some thoughts on the advantages of the MA (not just the MFA) in Creative Writing.
  • An interview with literary critic Dwight Garner.
  • Kate Hopper on her memoir’s 10-year journey to publication.
  • A Q&A with Kate Gale, managing editor of Red Hen Press.

    • Have a great weekend, everyone.