Best links from this week: 26 tips for enhancing your tweets, from Social Media Examiner. If you ever feel like you’re short on Twitter content, check this out. How to get writing gigs as a newbie. Excellent post from Hope Clark, the author of my new favorite blog. I never miss a post by Peter […]
Even though I’m now working a full-time job (which I LOVE so far), I’m planning to keep up with these weekly roundups. They require me to think critically about the better posts I read each week, which can only be good for me. Enjoy! The Online Journalism Review suggests five questions you should ask about […]
Instead of a writer’s round-up this week, I’d like to try something new. What are your favorite links from this week? Leave them below so we can check them out! And yes, feel free to include a post from your own blog, too. Looking forward to seeing whatcha got!
From the beginning, I've been stubborn about following a model for my story arc. If I wrote a good story, I figured, it would have a natural arc without me obsessing over the “inciting incident” and “crisis” and “resolution.” If all authors stuck to a strict story arc template, I rationalized, books would be boring! […]
Hope everyone had a great week! My favorite links from the last few days: Helpful slide show on social media for bloggers, at Zombie Journalism. If you think you might ever want to publish a book, Jane Friedman offers an excellent publishing primer. The Creative Penn runs a podcast on Writing your Life Story, an […]
Something exciting happened while I was at Hambidge: I got a job! And it’s in D.C. That means I’m moving to the District! Really soon. As in, this weekend. Starting next week, I’ll be working for U.S. News & World Report, covering careers and job search. The position is a super fit for my skills; […]
In two weeks at The Hambidge Center, a writer's colony in northern Georgia, I accomplished every one of my goals. I wrote a handful of personal essays and guest blog posts. I re-read Tristine Rainer's Your Life as Story (read my review) to help me refine my story arc. I tweaked my book proposal to […]
There's a tradition here at Hambidge that each fellow signs her name, plus her medium — whether she’s an artist, writer, composer, etc. — on the cutting board in her studio. It's fun to look at the boards and see who has worked in your studio years before you arrived. Last year, I blogged about […]
This week I’m sharing with you what it’s like to work at a writer’s colony. The best part is the solitude. The second best part? The people. Last Friday night, all seven artists at Hambidge took time away from our work to be inspired — by each other. We walked from one studio to the […]
I took a month-long break from my manuscript. Because now that I’m back to work at Hambidge, I’m seeing my book with fresh eyes. Sometimes the best things you can do for your writing are also the simplest.