Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a post about bad advice for writers… Have you ever received bad advice about your writing or about the publishing industry? […]
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors and similes from Jill Ciment… Although I say I seldom read murder mysteries, I’m starting to conclude I read more of them
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Rowena Rae says writers should never believe that everything they write will be publishable… Rowena Rae writes both nonfiction and fiction for kids. Her nonfiction focuses on science, the environment, and health for middle-grade readers. Her most recent books are Why We Need Vaccines: How
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Ask me if you can make money as a writer and I’ll tell you yes. But it won’t be in the way you expect… I grew up poor. My parents scrambled to put enough food on the table to feed their kids, five of us. We
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post by Steven Pressfield… I’ve always thought that writers need at least two brains to do their work —
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Amy Waldman…. American author and journalist Amy Waldman (pictured above) was a reporter with the New York Times for
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Reading time: About 2 minutes When he writes poetry, Misha Solomon says he works in a linear way. “I almost always start with a title and that title rarely changes…” Misha Solomon is a homosexual poet from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. He is the author of two chapbooks, FLORALS (above/ground press, 2020) and Full Sentences (Turret House
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Reading time: About 2 minutes Are you a believer or disbeliever in the value of AI for writers? Or does the whole idea just put you off? I’ve been studying AI for the last year and I have some thoughts for you…. When my friend Jeff started talking to me
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Reading time: About 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world for material to help other writers. Today I discuss a video about the inflatable man… Writer and blogger Austin Kleon is deeply creative. In a recent 51-second video, he explores
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from David Bezmozgis… Born in Latvia, David Bezmozgis is a writer and filmmaker based in Toronto. In the summer of 2010, he
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