Holt Uncensored Fixing the publishing world: "That circle of relationships – editors, readers, booksellers/librarians, authors, editors – is one of the few areas of excitement and profit that continues to grow in this era of flat-to-declining sales." The Millions: A Year in Reading: Todd Zuniga Cormac McCarthy's The Road: "It worked deep into me, so [...]
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Submissions Temporarily Closed for Poetry & Nonfiction By The Editors December 17th, 2008 Because of a backlog in accepted work in poetry and nonfiction, VQR will be closing submissions temporarily, beginning on January 2, 2009. We’ve accepted a year’s worth of poems and essays, and it’s just not fair to writers for us to continue [...]
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Regret the Error » Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections "Press and Journal (UK): We have been asked to point out that Stuart Kennedy, of Flat E, 38 Don Street, Aberdeen, who appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court on Monday, had 316 pink, frilly garters confiscated not 316 pink, frilly knickers." The Abbeville [...]
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Bad Jobs: Frustrated Writer Frustrated by Being a Writer 'Ben Chadwick, a programmer with an MFA in creative fiction, has called out for help on Craigslist. Specifically, he wants someone to work for $80 to $100 a week to market his oeuvre. He has a day job, so no time to waste "sticking his tongue [...]
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Practicing Writing: Practicing Philanthropy: How Writers Can Contribute to the Greater Good "Even in healthy financial times, writers who aren't named J.K. Rowling or James Patterson don't often have abundant funds to spare for charitable contributions. And when the economy suffers, writers' incomes suffer, too. But writers can help their favorite causes in many ways [...]
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Building a Genre Book Review Index – mediabistro.com: GalleyCat "Reviewer John Ottinger is building a link compendium of science fiction and fantasy book reviewers. His invitation post treats the task like an viral Internet event, hopefully spreading word of the indexing far and wide. It's a great chance for genre reviewers around the Internet to [...]
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Language Log » Nothing good comes from adverbs I heartily agree. The Renegade Writer Blog »The ADD Writer – Making Distraction Work for You "Believe it or not, I consider my constantly distracted state one of my assets in this business. That’s because whenever I feel distracted, I don’t head for the TV or the [...]
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Ploughshares Named Top-Ranked Literary Magazine – mediabistro.com: GalleyCat "Every year, writer Clifford Garstang releases his rankings of literary journals at Perpetual Folly, weighing the number of Pushcart Prizes and nominations received by an individual publication for works of fiction–a metric that helps measure the most-celebrated journals for fiction writers." Maud Newton: Blog I agree. Maud [...]
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Perpetual Folly: 2009 Pushcart Prize Rankings Cliff's annual ranking of literary magazines according to their appearance in the Pushcart Prizes. Take note!
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Time to Write: Lynda Barry on Creativity & the monkey driving the car Linda Barry on creativity: “One of the writers I heard the other day said he didn’t think there was any such thing as artistic genius, which is exactly how I feel. And I do feel that art is as integral to human [...]
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Wondering how you will endure the 15 weeks until the next Festival of the Book? Me, too. Fortunately, there’s a contest underway to help us while away the time: We’re kicking off the 15 weeks to the 15th anniversary by starting a blog where we invite your answers/comments. We call it the “Mixed Bag Challenge.” [...]
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