I’ve “lost” NaNo many more times than I’ve “won”, but I never tire of trying. Along the way, I have picked up some tricks that really help me — with my writing in general but especially when you have a goal like 50,000 words in a short amount of time. Things to remember: It…
Why CROSSROADS is great — and why you should go
About this time last year I received a postcard in the mail that looked like this. I’d kinda been stalking Crossroads for a couple of years (sorry, about those creepy collage letters, guys), but I hadn’t made the plunge to actually attend. I live about 3 hours away, so the drive isn’t bad but it…
Letter to a Young Critic: William Giraldi Defends True Criticism – The Daily Beast
Always good to hear… More important, a blistering review—if it is written as a candid assertion of your principles—will strengthen existing friendships and earn you new friends whose worth surpasses those who have revealed themselves as your foes. When you are truthful, and especially when the need has arisen for you to be viciously truthful,…
For a critic, niceness is beside the point – latimes.com
“What Mendelsohn is getting at is the central faith of anyone who takes criticism seriously: that it is an art. And, like all arts, it comes with its own aesthetics, its own challenges and considerations, which all of us who write it have to keep in mind. Of these, the most important is that criticism…
My STRAND Contest Entry – A Letter from Stella
The very cool Tumblr kept by The Strand Bookstore posts found photos and underlined passages in the books. They recently hosted a contest to write a piece based on one of their posts. I chose a black and white photo of a young girl dancing. I did not win, but I would still like to…