Coming to WriterHouse: Literary Journals–An Editor and a Writer Give Perspectives

Title:
Literary Journals–An Editor and a Writer Give Perspectives
When:
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 2:30-4:30pm
Where:
WriterHouse – Charlottesville

Editors and writers enjoy a symbiotic relationship: A literary journal needs writers to function and thrive. Writers need literary journals to showcase their writing. How do they find each other? What can writers do to facilitate a [...]

Still time to sign up for The Online Writer this Saturday

SPACE STILL AVAILABLE IN “THE ONLINE WRITER” SEMINAR THIS SATURDAY
But don’t wait—register now if you want to learn about blogging, social networks, websites and how to be a freelance writer on the web. This is a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer in the digital world, led by copywriter and communications [...]

Announcements from WriterHouse

1. The Online Writer (part 1 and 2) is a follow-up to Kristen King’s popular offering from January. The new format offers much more time for content and more hands-on and individual attention. Sign up for just part one or both parts one and two. In Part 1 of the two-part Online Writer series, copywriter [...]

The Online Writer: a Two-Part Seminar on Website Design coming to WriterHouse

The Online Writer: a Two-Part Seminar on Website Design, Blogging, and Web-based Work for Writers
WriterHouse, 508 Dale Avenue, Charlottesville, 434-296-1922.
2 Saturdays, August 15, and September 12, 9 am – 4:30 pm
In Part 1, copywriter and communications consultant Kristen King will give a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer in the [...]

June WriterHouse Events

A couple of reminders, plus two new events to add to your calendar:
WRITERHOUSE PUBLIC EVENTS
»An Evening of Student Readings—Monday, June 15, 7:30 pm. WriterHouse Spring Session students from all classes will present brief samples of their work. So far, readers include Mary Ashton Burgh, Sharon Harrigan, Gary Johnson, Matt Jordan, Polly Lazaron, Linda Levokove, Heather [...]

News from WriterHouse: Upcoming Events

»Judy Longley’s poetry class was mentioned in an article on poetry in the current issue of Cville Weekly.
»Unveiling Iranian Women Writers in America with UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani, Friday June 5, 7:00 pm. UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani discusses the recent flowering of Iranian women’s memoirs in English in the context of modern Iranian literature and [...]

GET AN AGENT | Editor Unleashed

I won an e-book from Editor Unleashed: Get an Agent (regularly $15). It looks great — here’s a little information about it from the website:
GET AN AGENT
It’s no secret that getting a literary agent can be just as difficult as writing a book. And of course, you’d rather be writing than spending your time on [...]

The Big List gets bigger

A couple of years ago I posted about the Big List of Literary Magazines. Well, according to a comment left on that post by Scott, who I’m guessing is the Content Editor at Every Writer’s Resource, home of the Big List, they’re giving the list a makeover. Check it out — it looks even more [...]

VQR » Submissions Temporarily Closed for Poetry & Nonfiction

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 soliciting work in [...]

Brain, Child editors give the inside scoop at WriterHouse

Inside the Editing Process
Stephanie Wilkinson and Jennifer Niesslein, co-founders of the award-winning Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, gave the inside scoop on magazine publishing during a presentation at WriterHouse on October 30, 2008.
Stephanie Wilkinson is editor and publisher of Brain, Child. She lives in Lexington, Virginia, where she and a partner recently [...]

Talk with the editors, walk with the editors…

…grunt and squeak and squawk with the editors — at WriterHouse:
Inside the Editing Process
with the Editors of Brain, Child Magazine
Thursday, October 30, 7pm at 508 Dale Avenue
So you’ve submitted your writing for publication. What happens next? Stephanie Wilkinson and Jennifer Niesslein, co-founders of the award-winning Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, give the [...]

But what about the ladies?

Amy Mercer at The Writer Mama calls attention today to an article from Bitch Magazine that calls for women to own their ambition for their writing careers, to stop apologizing for their writing or for being writers, and to stop accepting dismissive excuses for being overlooked. The author of the article, Anna Clark, cites an [...]

Delmarva Review open to submissions

The Delmarva Review
Seeks New Prose and Poetry Submissions
Now Through Dec. 31, 2008
The Delmarva Review, a regional literary review open to all writers, is now calling for submissions of new poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction through Dec. 31, 2008, for the second issue. The editors will consider writers’ “best unpublished work.”
The Review is seeking unpublished “evocative” [...]

A couple of suggestions for book publicists

1) Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are important — not just for the author, for you, too.
2) Here in the 21st century, web sites are no longer “under construction,” or “coming soon.” They either exist or they don’t. They either contain information, or they don’t. It is a poor reflection on the author if his or [...]