The question I’m asked the most, which I never feel equipped to answer, is “How do I get a social media following as a writer?”
CRAFT: Do Writers Need A Social Media Following? by Abby Norman
Category: Articles
CRAFT: The Medium of Mediocrity by P. Casey Telesk
I’ve been experimenting with vintage tube radios, trying to learn enough so that I can soon design and build my own prototype. When I tell people this, they ask, “Where did you learn how to work on radios?” I usually say something like, “I just Google stuff, and I’m handy in general.” Which is true.…
Review: There Was A Fire Here by Risa Nye
Review by Vicki MaykIt was an unremarkable Sunday, Risa Nye writes. There were pancakes for breakfast, newspapers to be read, school projects, Disney videos and an early play date for one of her three children. Those moments of normalcy on October 20, 1991 did not last. Before the day was over, a wildfire would destroy…
Review: Realizing River City by Melissa Grunow
Married at 21 and divorced at 25, [Grunow] tries to find compassion from several men, but quickly discovers how relationships can go from promising to disappointing.
CRAFT: 3 Strategies for Staying Productive as a Writer by Tom Farr
I started freelance writing a few years ago…Then I started teaching high school English Language Arts and writing for fun… It’s a lot to juggle, but, fortunately, I’ve developed some habits that help me to stay productive when writing projects pile up.
Review: This Is Not a Confession by David Olimpio
David Olimpio’s This Is Not a Confession (Awst Press, 2016) is at turns eloquently self-conscious, wry, and lyrical.
Review: A Backpack, A Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka by Lev Golinkin
“Did you hear? America is closing the border. The U.S. Congress will stop accepting Soviet Jews: anyone who’s not registered in Vienna won’t be able to go to America.”
The Writing Life: “Word-Hoard” by Stephen D. Barker
Wordhoard is an Anglo-Saxon epithet for the mind in the chest, seat of reason and emotion—we still speak of getting things off of our chests.
WRITING LIFE: Live to Tell, Tell to Live by Amy M. Miller
Most of my literary influences didn’t sound a thing like me. Virginia Woolf compulsively detailed upper crust London; David Sedaris laughed about his dysfunctional family…
CRAFT: Turning Writhing to Writing by Sue Baldwin-Way
It is clearly betrayal, indeed bodily insubordination, these hands that type “writhing” when my brain means “writing.” Even so, getting fingers-to-keys has gotten easier through the years, and the best writing advice I’ve ever received was modeled for me in the heat of the moment, two decades ago: “I need to let my subconscious work…
