“Micheaux’s Gift,” from South Dakota Magazine
As I get ready for a series of posts this month about Oscar Micheaux, I was very happy to see this notice from the latest issue of South Dakota Magazine:
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See what’s become of me: My 2011 Writing Timeline
Time, time, time See what’s become of me, while I look around for my possibilities… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSd4QJBEMvk] It’s the springtime of my life. I’m not sure I felt that way before doing this retrospective exercise of creating a 2011 writing timeline. I wasn’t looking for moments of success, necessarily—instead I focused on moments that seemed important …
A is for Agent, A is for Alice
A is for Agent I’ve been typing and deleting first lines here for several minutes, in an effort to write something witty or profound or even somewhat useful, but maybe all I need to write is this: Today I signed with Victoria Skurnick at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc. for my next non-fiction book! Best. Gift. Ever. A …
Thanks and Giving
iPadWriMo took a back seat recently to some other important matters, and while I’m still going to compose all of my blog posts on the iPad through November, posting daily doesn’t seem so important. This is in part because I’ve become comfortable composing on an iPad much faster than I expected (Apple’s wireless keyboard is …
On Guest Blogging (iPadWriMo Day 8)
Friend and fellow Wisconsin writer Christi Craig has a terrific guest post today on Write It Sideways about purposeful writing and avoiding fiction filler. Also, this week the authors of Two Girls on a Bench are guest blogging at Writing Up an Appetite. Both pieces are well worth your time. Why bother with guest blog …