This is writers conference month here, and actually I’m in San Diego right now taking my son to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and laughing at the bad jokes of my father-in-law and just generally hanging out while my husband gives a presentation at a computer conference. A few… Read more“3 Writers, 1 Conference: a Story of Hope”
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The Other 5 BS Indicators for Writers Conferences
We’ve been talking about writers conferences here, in particular how to make friends and enemies at them. And as I promised last Monday, here are the other five things that should set off your bullshit alarm at writers conferences: A presenter who can’t be bothered to research what they teach… Read more“The <em>Other</em> 5 BS Indicators for Writers Conferences”
Breaking News: Anne R. Allen Knows How to Find Lorelei
I know—I’m in the middle of our August writers conference month, including 3 Ways to Make Friends & Enemies at Writers Conferences and 5 BS Indicators for Writers Conferences (with its up-coming sequel next week). But I have to take a minute here to report on a conversation I just… Read more“Breaking News: Anne R. Allen Knows How to Find Lorelei”
5 BS Indicators for Writers Conferences
‘Tis the season for writers conferences. And last week I told you a story about something that happened at a conference once. Now this week and next I’m going to re-run these two posts I wrote a couple of years ago about writers conferences for all of you out there… Read more“5 BS Indicators for Writers Conferences”
People, we have a logo: Ask Victoria on Writer Unboxed
I know—I’ve been the featured editorial advice columnist Ask Victoria on Writer Unboxed for months now, they’ve got my books on their beautiful site, and they even have me on their regular contributor list because I’m going to become a regular contributor to Writer Unboxed this coming January. And I… Read more“People, we have a logo: Ask Victoria on Writer Unboxed”
3 Steps to Making Friends & Enemies at Writers Conferences
I don’t really attend writers conferences anymore, because it’s much more comfortable to stay home in my cozy attic office editing the books of the coolest writers on the entire planet—but I have attended a few. And I want to tell you a story today about something that happened once… Read more“3 Steps to Making Friends & Enemies at Writers Conferences”
Has a Techno-Shaman Ever Worn Your Blog T-Shirt?
Last week my husband made me my own custom mug. Then we discovered you could also get them as all kinds of different drinking vessels like frosted glasses and travel mugs and a cup that looks black when it’s cold but shows the design as it heats up. Then he… Read more“Has a Techno-Shaman Ever Worn Your Blog T-Shirt?”
Frequently Asked Questions
In March 2011, I was asked to speak to the Mendocino Writers Club. And I was so struck by the similarity of the questions I was asked to those I’m asked every day by clients and blog-readers and commenters that I compiled the top four most-frequently questions into a series… Read more“Frequently Asked Questions”
3 Things the Editor Gordon Lish Did Right by Raymond Carver
Wow, it’s been five years since the New Yorker magazine published the original editing job Gordon Lish did on Raymond Carver’s short story, “Beginners.” You may or may not have heard about the fracas surrounding that publication. And even if you’ve read some of Carver’s work, you might not recognize… Read more“3 Things the Editor Gordon Lish Did Right by Raymond Carver”
Mugs & Publishers: What’s the Difference? (Is There One?)
Okay, two very disparate things to draw links between today (which linking is, of course, the basic act of all art): MUGS We had a quick chat last week on the writing Lab about whether or not we need these: