Today we’re linking to the New Yorker publication of the original version of Raymond Carver’s famous short story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” as edited by the famous editor Gordon Lish. If you don’t know who Gordon Lish was, you will learn. Take note, all ye… Read more“Talking about a small, good thing”
Tag: Writing Advice
Hey, Craig!
the Craig Bartlett interview
I met Craig Bartlett in 1980 on the The Evergreen State College Cooper Point Journal, where he was staff cartoonist and photographer and I was production manager. We were young, barely 20, and following in the footsteps of Lynda Barry and Matt Groening, who’d been running the Cooper Point Journal… Read more“<em>Hey, Craig!</em><br> the Craig Bartlett interview”
Linking to the Nobel Prize
Boy, I’ve been sick as a dog all week and am just catching up with work. And guess what I discovered this afternoon? Some of you agents giving advice on Twitter? I really don’t think it’s such a good idea to insult aspiring writers in public. Particularly a writer you’ve… Read more“Linking to the Nobel Prize”
Pulp Rag: Messing with each other’s head: dialog in action
Shall we see if I can get through a whole post about dialog talking about. . .dialog? I follow Twitter. Not enough, apparently, to see everything that goes by, because lots of people use it as a mirror they glance into constantly throughout the day assuming—I guess—the rest of us… Read more“<em>Pulp Rag:</em> Messing with each other’s head: dialog in action”
Developmental Editing
Do you ever wonder exactly what a full Developmental Editing letter looks like? How the conversation starts when you hire an editor to work over your plot with you—to make sure it tells the story you want to tell, in the most gripping possible terms, to keep a reader completely… Read more“Developmental Editing”
Marketing
In the age of social networking, everyone is their own worst marketing nightmare. —community manager and blogger, MontaVista, Embedded Linux Software & Development Tools We have an extra Monday this month, which screws up my careful arrangement of monthly subject matter, so today we’ll look at an issue I don’t… Read more“Marketing”
Linking to Mira’s List
Today we’re linking to Mira’s List. Mira is a visual artist, educator, and author with a list of MFA’s you could stack books on. She appears to have been everywhere and done everything, and I also like her because she was an adult in the eighties. (I have very specific… Read more“Linking to Mira’s List”
Pulp Rag: Celebrating Chaos Day
I’m starting a children’s book from scratch today. And, in spite of what I said about NaNoWriMo, I have about three weeks to write it. Am I MAD? It sounds even worse when I elaborate: I do this every year. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
Pulp Rag: Typing a novel
Let’s talk about NaNoWriMo today. Because lots of people are confused about what it’s for. NaNoWriMo is not about getting you a novel to sell. It’s not. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
Launching head-first into NaNoWriMo
“Knock me down, pick me up, knock me down again. Break my heart, steal my gold, slander my good name.” —Gordon Lightfoot, “Sixteen Miles” You’re alone in a room with your keyboard. It’s 11:55 on Halloween. You’re about to start NaNoWriMo. Your fingers are poised. Your heart is racing. You’ve… Read more“Launching head-first into NaNoWriMo”