If you’re into travel writing and memoir, consider joining this free teleconference tonight with the National Association of Memoir Writers. At 7pm EST, I’ll be a guest for the discussion, along with literary agent Elizabeth Evans. All you’ve got to do is register today and dial in tonight. Here are the details.
I was out to dinner recently with two journalists-turned-MFA-students, asking what they’ve learned so far in the classroom. And it occurred to me that even though I didn’t earn a degree, writing my first book has been an education. It has hit me only in the last couple of years, after realizing just how far […]
Good variety of links this week: Tips for using Facebook for journalism, from The Washington Post’s @innovations blog. Google releases the +1 button for sharing content. It’s worth understanding this development if you want to stay on top of social media and online trends. Following up on our conversation about whether we can really have […]
What writer wouldn’t want to win a grant to support her projects? To help us figure out how to do that, Gigi Rosenberg joins us today. Gigi works as a coach, teaching artists and others how to make fabulous presentations. She’s also a memoirist, and most importantly for this interview, author of recently released The […]
Time for the weekly roundup! Interesting and useful links from this week: The New York Times runs an optimistic story about making money through blogging. Some good ideas here, but the reporter forgot to include anecdotes from bloggers who try but fail to bring in cash. If you overuse the em dash — like me […]
Want to make your editor happy? Here’s one simple thing you can do that will accomplish just that: Use hyphens correctly. Few people, it seems, realize that when two words become a modifer, they need a hyphen. Even if those words aren’t hyphenated normally. When they modify a noun, the game changes! That means job […]
Friday! And a spring Friday, which makes it all that much better. I hope you get away from your computer this weekend, but if you’re looking for online reads, here are my recommendations: If you don’t feel like running or writing, do it anyway, says Chris Guillebeau. “The days I feel bad about my writing […]
Readers sometimes write to me asking for advice on writing, social media or their job search. When I think that advice might be helpful to a broader audience, I like to share it here (with the inquirer’s permission). Here’s a note that hit my inbox last week: Hi Alexis, I just wanted to say how […]
As usual, links to keep you busy this weekend: Should you self-publish after a near-miss? From Writer’s Digest’s Jane Friedman. The Creative Penn tells all in this post about how much she’s made so far from her self-published book. Appreciate her transparency! What do you do when nobody’s looking? Inspiration from e-book entrepreneur Seth Godin. […]
It’s been nearly a year since I agreed to work with a literary agent for my travel memoir. My lovely agent has guided me through revisions, helping me strengthen my theme and story arc. She has, no doubt, helped me make my book better, all with the intention of eventually selling it to a publisher. […]