Don’t Forget to Have Fun: The Writing Edition
After a night of procrastinating online, I click – with a load of frustrations – YES when Word asks me if I want to save changes to this document. After all, it’s a bloody 30 words. Yet, if I don’t...
View ArticleGoing to a Writers’ Conference: Newbie Edition
My life made a sharp turn over the weekend. The vehicle for this shift was a writing conference. If you are interested in attending one but have never gone, here’s what this newbie learned! Fellow...
View ArticleThis Week In Misogyny: Everything Sucks
I’m not gonna sugarcoat it, this week’s news is just awful. Politicians are awful, victim-blamers are awful, the internet is awful. Let’s get ready to punch this week in the face, yes? (As usual,...
View ArticleDispatch from Adjunct Land: Publication
This is not a “how to get published.” This is not a “how not to get published.” I wish I could give you an insider’s perspective because I wish I could be an insider. But I can show you a little bit...
View ArticleInterview: Tawna Fenske, Author of “Frisky Business”
Tawna Fenske is hilarious. She’s the author I want to hang out with while drinking wine, swapping dirty jokes and digging our toes in the sand. I’ve been a fan of Tawna’s hilarious-yet-hot romantic...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo: Words, Crunch, and What I Learned
So this happened: Image: nanowrimo.org During the month of November, I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo to the uninitiated), during which anyone anywhere can attempt to write a...
View ArticleDispatches from Ladyblogland
What did you read over break? Here’s what ended up on my list. A long read about Elena Ferrante. Jezebel The story of a woman who takes a DNA test and discovers that she a descendent of the Sami...
View ArticleDispatches from Ladyblogland
Here’s what we read this week: “There aren’t a lot of Asian-American women writing things” and other myths of authorship. Salon What’s so wrong about “rescuing” sex workers. Vice The geography of...
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