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Finds for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on December 1, 2023

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Writing- and publishing-related resources to peruse over the weekend.

Eavesdrop (captions are available on YouTube) as Pamela Paul discusses editing The New York Times Book Review, writing a weekly opinion column, and much more with Meghan Daum.
So many tbr titles in Kate Dwyer’s examination of the state of the campus novel (for Esquire).
“Can Social Obligation Scale?” Food for thought from Leigh Stein.
“What to Do When the Vitriol Comes for You.” Advice from Blair Glaser, published on the Brevity blog.
ICYMI: The December issue of The Practicing Writer 2.0 went out to subscribers yesterday. As usual, it’s packed with fee-free and paying opportunities, some of which I’ve spotlighted on My Machberet.

Wishing everyone a good weekend.

Jewish Literary Links

by Erika Dreifus on November 16, 2023

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Toward the end of each week, the My Machberet blog presents a collection of links, drawn primarily from the world of Jewish books and writing.

A don’t-miss update from Julie Zuckerman, including a reminder about this weekend’s upcoming Literary Modiin Solidarity with Israel session.
If you haven’t yet read Howard Lovy’s Substack post on “Antisemitism in the Literary Community,” please do (and take note of Lovy’s new book project).
And if you haven’t already seen it, I shared “18 Ways to Address Antisemitism in Your Literary Life,” a handout that accompanied my recent Jewish Book Council presentation, over on the Practicing Writing blog yesterday. (Note, too, that I continue to update the document-in-progress titled “After October 7: Readings, Recordings, and More.”)
Reminder: It’s Jewish Book Month! And if you’re on Twitter, I’ve been sharing #JewishBookMonth posts there daily.
And the latest Jewish Book Carnival went live yesterday, hosted for November by Gila Green.

Wishing everyone a Shabbat shalom. #AmYisraelChai. And #BringThemHomeNow.

Finds for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on November 10, 2023

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Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend.

Yes, I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted a more “typical” set of Finds. So November is already decidedly underway, and I’m only just now reminding you that if you’re in search of some fresh poetry prompts, you may want to check out the November Poem-A-Day (PAD) Challenge over on the Writer’s Digest site.
Something else that’s already more than a week old: “Writing ‘Maid’ Pulled Stephanie Land Out of Poverty. She’s Fine Now, Right?” (gift link).
An announcement: “Working Together to Protect the Authenticity of Ratings and Reviews on Goodreads.”
By poetry-journal editor Mark Danowsky: “Demystifying the Editor/Writer Relationship: Submission and Etiquette Guidelines.” In Lit Mag News.
And yes, of course, you’ll find another set of Jewish-lit links over on the My Machberet blog. I hope you’ll check them out. Included there is an open letter that I’ve signed, and that I hope you’ll review and consider signing, too. (It welcomes signatures from Jews and allies, worldwide.)

Wishing everyone a good weekend. If you’re planning to spend time researching opportunities for your writing, make sure you’ve checked our latest Practicing Writer newsletter and supplementary “Markets and Jobs” blog posts.

Markets and Jobs for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on November 6, 2023

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Each week in this space, Practicing Writing shares no-fee, paying markets for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction: competitions, contests, and calls for submissions. These weekly posts complement monthly issues of The Practicing Writer newsletter, where you’ll always find more listings, none of them limiting eligibility to residents of a single municipality, state, or province. (But this blog does share those more localized opportunities, including jobs.)

As always, if you’d like to share a specific opportunity listed here, please credit the blog for the find. Thanks for respecting the time and effort that I put into researching, curating, and posting this information! I do notice, and I appreciate the courtesy.

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Words of the Week

by Erika Dreifus on October 24, 2023

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If you’re having even a fraction of the difficulty that I am “keeping up” right now, here’s something small that may help.

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Finds for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on October 6, 2023

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Most Fridays the Practicing Writing blog shares writing and publishing resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend. But it’s been an excruciating week for so many of us. And frankly, I’ve paid next-to-no attention to garden-variety news from the writing and publishing spheres.

On Wednesday, however, I received an email from Facing History and Ourselves, a Boston-based global nonprofit organization that I’ve admired for many years. The email introduced a “mini-lesson” titled “Processing Attacks in Israel and the Outbreak of War in the Region.”

The resource isn’t perfect. (What resource is?) But one of its segments impressed me as something that, though intended for educators and students, could be clarifying for writers as well, in our work and in the rest of our lives. It’s a section titled “Avoiding Antisemitic and Islamophobic Tropes in Discussing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”

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