Links for Writers

This week’s Flash Narrative is forthcoming (probably tomorrow) and will experiment with a new form: video! I’m having a lot of fun this summer playing around with different kinds of design—I just learned how to format Kindle books, for example, and also plan to design a set of blog icons. Something else I’m having fun …

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Links for Writers

Good morning! This week’s Flash Narrative will appear tomorrow as a guest post on Christi Craig’s excellent blog, Writing Under Pressure (be sure to read her current post about anxiety and writing). Later this week, I also plan to wrap up my posts on The Shallows and to write more about Barbara Sher’s theory of …

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Weekend Links for Writers

From The Guardian: Writers at their Typewriters (a photo essay) From Stylist Magazine: The Best 100 Opening Lines from Books From Salon: Death to High School English “I’ve sat at my desk, a stack of their two-to-three-page papers before me, and felt overwhelmed to the point of physical paralysis by all the things they don’t …

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Links for Writers: Get Inspired

Links for Writers

From The Lit Coach (Erin Reel): “When Passion and Purpose Align” (an inspiring look at why we write; also listen to Erin on “The Book Is Your Hook” radio program) Writers, you can’t wonder about your ability to write, your talent, whether or not your book will sell to an agent, to a publisher and …

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