Erika Dreifus

If you’re a practicing writer, chances are you’re also a practicing reader (you should be, anyway!). And you may very well have lots of books around your home and/or office. Maybe you’re ready to part with some of them. Especially if it’s for a good cause.

This week I heard about a public library in Ohio that needs books. Read about it here.

For my part, I hauled some paperbacks to the used book counter at a local bookstore this afternoon, earning enough money (I hope) from the sale to pay the postage on the hardcovers I’m sending to Ohio on Monday….

Some of you may already know about my resource e-books for writers, which I’ve published over at Lulu.com (for the curious, I’ve also published an article about “My Life as a Lulu” that you can read right here).

Today I received Lulu’s latest “Creator Update” newsletter, which contains an announcement about a terrific event coming September 5th-11th: Publish in Your Pajamas Week. The Pajama Program is a non-profit organization that offers warm pajamas–and books–to underprivileged kids. Lulu is going to help this program out, and here’s where you and I can, too.

As Lulu explains: “For each person who signs up for Pajama Week and publishes on Lulu while wearing pajamas, we will donate a Lulu children’s book to the Pajama Program. Help the less fortunate, and in your softest plaid flannel. It is, indeed, its own reward.”

So if you’ve been thinking about publishing content–at Lulu–but waiting for a good time to do so, you’ve found it. Check out the program details right here.

Well, I’m sorry I can’t come up with a more creative title for this second post than “The Second Post,” but there we are. The truth is that I’m in something of a transitional state at the moment. I’m easing into this blog without completely breaking from my previous one (which you’ll find here). And I’m just back from a brief trip away for a family celebration. So please bear with me!

Later this week we’ll be distributing the new (September) issue of our “Practicing Writer” free monthly newsletter to our subscribers. If you don’t already subscribe to this resource for fictionists, poets, and creative nonfiction writers please know that we do not sell, rent, or otherwise share your e-mail address with any third party. AND–subscribers receive access to a complimentary literary contest guide just for signing up! Interested? Find out more at the Practicing Writer website.

Once upon a time there was a writer who launched (or re-launched) a blog about the practice of writing. And you’ll be hearing lots more from her very soon! In the meantime, please go ahead and visit her website.