Writers’ Roundup: September 2

At this time next week, I’ll be working on Book 2 at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (known among artists as VCCA) during my third writer’s residency. Check here for word about how this fellowship compares to the others.

Links from the Interwebs this week:

• Thursday Bram is launching a new membership site for freelancers. It’s just $7 for the first 100 participants. Thursday knows her stuff (we’ve talked it out over coffee), so if you’re trying to move into freelancing full time, this could be a worthwhile investment.

• Lindsey Pollak offers LinkedIn tips for people with non-traditional careers. Helpful ideas, but I still wish LinkedIn’s experience feature was more customizable for this purpose.

• Joanna at The Creative Penn posts about Jonathan Fields’ book trailer, and she’s right — It IS an awesome trailer. Like, made-me-cry awesome. I’m taking a cue from Jonathan when I make my own trailer. (Coincidentally, I’m reading Jonathan’s first book, Career Renegade, right now.)

• Happiness lives outside our comfort zone, says the always brilliant Andrea James (who also happens to be my BFF — and now you know why).

• Seth Godin writes about the warning signs of defending the status quo.

• You should always be looking for a new job, and this week MediaJobsDaily and a laid-off journalist explains why.

• Heart-breaking story from writer and former-journo Emily Harris about putting her dog to sleep. This, ladies and gentleman, is how you “show, don’t tell.”

• Galleycat reports you can now communicate with some authors while reading their books on Kindle. Genius.

• Finally, writer Dana Sitar interviewed me for her blog and asked some of the most thoughtful questions I’ve ever been asked during a Q&A.

Happy long weekend!