Writer’s Digest – Surviving the Spite

Professional writers are easy targets for public criticism. Often, bylines include an e-mail address, inviting instant responses from critics. How can writers handle public criticism with grace and humor? How do we acknowledge hurt feelings? Most importantly, how do we find the confidence to continue writing? Writer’s Digest – Surviving the Spite It’s painful, but [...]

Advice for writers about research « Lisa Gold: Research Maven

A few of you out there may be wondering why fiction writers need to do research at all. Can’t they just make everything up? Blogger and researcher Lisa Gold outlines the benefits and potential pitfalls of research, including: You don’t need to know everything about a subject in order to write about it…. And the [...]

New classes at Virginia Arts of the Book Center

Some news from the VABC. Want to see some great letterpress work? Stop by WriterHouse during open hours too see our current exhibit, or come see Kevin McFadden and Angie Hogan tomorrow night for an evening of poetry and letterpress. From VABC: Some new, never-before-offered classes are appearing in the Fall…take a look at the [...]

links for 2008-08-19

Soft Skull News: Russell Crowe to play Bill Hicks "Russell Crowe has revealed that he has a 'project based on the life of [the late] comedian Bill Hicks…'" STLWorkingMom: the St. Louis Working mom’s blog >> Letters for my son: One day ’til college So TRUE: "Grades – this is the last time in your [...]

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