A question that nearly all writers who are bloggers—especially writers who are in the early years of their career—often ask, if only to themselves, is whether they should include on their blog any parts of their works in progress, or if they can ever turn what they blog into a traditionally published book. There is …
Here are a few links and takeaways from the two sessions I attended Thursday afternoon at the AWP Conference and Book Fair. A Reading from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop Instructors The readers’ websites and information: David Baker Nancy Zafris Rebecca McClanahan Carl Phillips Listen to “Annual Conference: 8,000 Writers Expected,” by Rebecca McClanahan The …
Author Laura Munson wrote a very interesting blog post recently about platforms: All-too-quickly the honeymoon is over. Because I learn that there is no Platform band wagon. You have to build it brick by brick and it takes time. Lots of time. A lot like writing a novel. But there isn’t really time to write …
Happy Valentine’s Day to Valentine, Nebraska Before I get to the title question (“Why do you blog?”), I can’t let today go by without recognizing a town just across the state border from where I grew up in South Dakota: Valentine, Nebraska. The story of the town’s name is not nearly as romantic as you …
Ben Myers, in a piece in the Guardian yesterday on the public role of the private writer, bemoans the fact that “we’re living in era where a writer can’t just write. They have to be out there.” No kidding. Last spring I attended a local writers’ conference. I hadn’t been to one in a few …