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Wednesday It List

The Readist wrote 1 week ago: ♦ A fun “Big Books” Summer Reading List - http://tinyurl.com/lk962nf ♦ Zooey Deschanel r … more →

Tags: Amelia Bedelia, dear sugar, John Green, Neil Gaiman, Summer Reading, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Zooey Deschanel

This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey

annotationnation wrote 2 weeks ago: book by Steve Almond annotation by Liz Prato   As a species, we are squandering the exalted gifts of … more →

Tags: CHAPBOOK, fiction craft book, flash fiction, Liz Prato, This Won't Take But A Minute Honey

Before the Hookers

Taylor García wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s long been argued that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. Long before there were onl … more →

Tags: Essay, writing, jess walter, the writing life, Prostitution

5 Colorado Podcasts By, For, and About Writers and Writing2 comments

fancydrew wrote 1 month ago: I’m a big fan of podcasts. I like to listen to them while I’m driving, at the gym, or ju … more →

Tags: Podcast, Writing #2, Literature, tattered cover, Colorado, colorado review, Denver, Writer Workshop

Dirty Talk with Steve Almond2 comments

Kait wrote 1 month ago: Steve Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the most recent story c … more →

Tags: writing, Gender, Interviews, Writing (about) sex, Sexy Thursday, Writs of Passion, Hard up for a Hard on

"Sex is a word count" Lilly Cain

dorothyanneb wrote 1 month ago: Often, in a gathering of writers (what IS the proper collective noun? A scrawl of writers? A clatter … more →

Tags: Writing. Musings, Love and Relationships, Dating, Erotica, Lilly Cain, Love, Publishing, Relationships, Romance

All About "Winkles" and Other Rumors1 comment

Dinty W. Moore wrote 2 months ago: Author Blake Butler recently spread One Hundred Literary Rumors over on the Vice blog.  Apparently, … more →

Tags: news and events, Michael Martone, Lorrie Moore, Cheryl Strayed, Blake Butler

Kirsten Dunst and James Franco: my freedom and their inevitable romance

Letters to James Franco wrote 3 months ago: I was doing my daily inquiry into the search terms that lead people to my blog, and I saw six or so … more →

Tags: James Franco, writing, Literature, Don Peteroy, Kirsten Dunst, Stephen King, Spiderman

Short Goodbyes

spielsismsandtruisms wrote 3 months ago: The Short goodbye (by Steve Almond, in “This won’t take but a minute, honey”) … more →

Tags: Short Story, Love, absence, death, short goodbye, Grandmother, grandfather, regret, Laughter

Investing in Readers (or What Genre Does Best)

Leslie Clements wrote 3 months ago: My friends returned from Boston last week, where the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AW … more →

Tags: Writing #2, writing, Writers, Genre, awp, Literary, Laura Miller, "Invest in Readers, Not MFAs"

February Open Mic @ Village Books + Alex!

Laurel Leigh wrote 3 months ago: Dear Writers: Alex from Village Books Many of us have enjoyed the hospitality of the great folks at … more →

Tags: Open Mic @ Village Books, Open mic, chuckanut writers conference, Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, New Americana Hour, Sue Boynton Poetry Contest, Evening with The Sun in Boston, Zero Hour, Writs of Passion

Blair Staffers Take Boston (and Freeze in the Process)4 comments

Trisina Dickerson wrote 3 months ago: Last Wednesday, Steve and I left cozy North Carolina for Boston. “What’s in Boston? … more →

Tags: Travel, Life at Blair, Lookout books, press 53, Hub City Press, monet, trisina dickerson, Boston, awp

Collection of Cool6 comments

Laurel Leigh wrote 3 months ago: Hello from the Dogpatch! Noticing a comment online about rereading and rewatching favorite stories, … more →

Tags: howling at the moon, Junot Diaz, Dagoberto Gilb, Kirsten Menger-Anderson, Writs of Passion, Dr. Olaf van Schuler's Brain

If you're a freak like me? We're all pretty bizarre & I'm proud to be a freak of nature!3 comments

anguishedrepose wrote 3 months ago: “We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.” ― John … more →

Tags: Inspirational, Evolution, Inspirational Quotes, halestorm freak like me, John Hughes, The Breakfast Club Script, Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly , Robin Brande, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

Steve Almond Sums Up AWP

jtsullivan wrote 3 months ago: Read his article here in The New Republic. … more →

Tags: Books, Art, Writers, awp, New Republic, Writing Conferences, Commerce

Proud to Bring Two Killer Writers to Gloucester!

funkyfreshgloucester wrote 3 months ago: Eastern Point Lit House & Press (my new literary project with partner Jenn Monroe) is co-hosting … more →

Tags: gloucester, David Crouse, Gloucester Writers Center

"How You Get Unstuck"4 comments

Stand Where I Stood wrote 4 months ago: “Within the chaos of our shame and disappointment and rage there is meaning, and within that meaning … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Cheryl Strayed, dear sugar, Advice, Advice Column, nonfiction, Humorous, Poignant, Compassionate

How Can I Write A 3-Dimensional Sex Scene?

4journeys wrote 4 months ago: Togethr, by Luke Hayfield   Okay, I think that everyone understands where I’m going with this: … more →

Tags: Writing #2, writing, Character Development, karen wiesner, Mariana Wilson, Romance, sex

The Engine That Drives Your Plot

Rebecca LuElla Miller wrote 4 months ago: Characters drive the plot of a novel, don’t they? Certainly it’s not the theme, unless y … more →

Tags: Characters, Plot, inner conflict, Reactions, writers digest, development


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