Those of you who subscribe to blogs—thank you for supporting writers!—will notice a few changes in how some of your subscriptions are delivered, and this blog is no exception. With Google Reader’s closing up shop, the future of the popular RSS delivery and tracking service Feedburner is in doubt, and many bloggers are finding alternatives …
Next week I will attend the 2013 Association for Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference and Book Fair in Boston (#AWP13), along with an estimated 11,000 other writers, writing instructors, and word lovers. This is my second AWP conference, my first being last year’s conference in Chicago. I have been to many different kinds of …
“It was as if she had an appointment to meet the rest of herself, sometime, somewhere. It was moving to meet her, and she was moving to meet it.”— Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark Is it really almost three months since I’ve written here? Rest assured that all is well. During the past …
Over a year ago, I asked readers for their favorite books on writing, and the response led to a wonderful list of 37 titles that I continue to refer to. To help with the move from WordPress.com to a self-hosted site, I need your help again, this time for WordPress plugins. Even something as simple …
I’ve made the move! Not much furniture yet, though, and I’m still deciding on color schemes and other decor options. The blog remodeling will take a little longer than I had planned—probably another week or two—but the planning sure is a lot of fun, so I don’t mind one bit. Meanwhile, I have a new …