Update: The winner of the book giveaway is Dean Miller. Dean, Chuck will send you your choice of the 2011 Guide to Literary Agents or Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript. Congrats! One of the best blogs around for writers is Chuck Sambuchino’s Guide to Literary Agents. (And I’m not just saying that because Chuck lets […]
Hope you had a great week! Links to keep you busy on your two days off: At Glimmer Train, how to balance your day job and side gig when both involve writing. GalleyCat reports an Osama bin Laden expert already landed a book deal. The speed! Enjoyed this post from Nathan Bransford on his writing […]
On my lunch break today, I headed over to the Newseum — a fabulous museum about news — to see Today’s Front Pages. It’s an outdoor exhibit near the building entrance that features the front page of one newspaper from each state each day. You can see them online, but it’s not the same as […]
Happy Friday! Links to keep you busy this weekend: At National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel blog, What travelers can learn from war zone reporters. Amazon launches Backstory, a place for author interviews, guest reviews and more, reports MediaBistro’s GalleyCat. When pitching (anything!), be concise. Right-on advice from literary agency BookEnds. Author Chris Guillebeau visits North Korea! […]
Happy Friday! Great links to keep you busy this weekend (and only one brief mention of Three Cups of Tea, because we’ve all read enough about that): Tips on writing memoir if you’re not famous, from Writer’s Digest’s Jane Friedman. TechCrunch introduces Byliner and how it plays into the new rapid-fire world of long-form publishing. […]
Considering writing a memoir about your travel adventure? Check out this piece I wrote for Briefcase to Backpack about how to write a book about your travels: When travelers hear I'm writing a book about backpacking solo through Africa, they often confess that they, too, have dreamed about telling their travel story. “But I don't […]
Gotta love links because then you know it’s Friday! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: What do lucky people do differently? Great post at entrepreneur Jonathan Fields’ blog. (Hat tip to Rachelle Gardner for this one.) Writers don’t write for the odds, do we? Great reminder from FundsforWriters Editor Hope Clark. (Kinda like […]
Whenever you have a goal, one of the best ways to succeed is talking to people who have already done it. Their road map might not be right for you, but you’re likely to gain at least one piece of insight that will help you on your own journey. That’s why I’m always psyched to […]
End of the week — Time for links! The easiest and cheapest way to self-publish, from MediaShift. Agree? Awesome post from literary agent Jenny Bent on the democratization of publishing. I’ve raved before about Peter Gostelow’s blog; he’s cycling across Africa. This week had posted one of his best stories yet, about traveling on the […]
Some good news hit my inbox last week: I’ve been accepted for a residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts! Known as VCCA, the colony calls itself an “international working retreat for visual artists, writers, and composers situated in the rolling foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.” The program offers fellowships between two weeks […]