Alan Bennett has a new story, “The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson,” in the LRB. I need to reread his uncommonly delightful The Uncommon Reader.
After tragedy and loss, moving forward with life takes a commitment to find or create joy, laughter, and love. Here's how:
Selected letters of James Salter and his good friend Robert Phelps appear in the current issue of Narrative. Also, Pia Z. Ehrhardt reads some of her work.
Everyone has a different approach to public speaking. Check out how Pastor Bob prepares, on average, two Bible studies a week for a congregation that reaches 20 thousand over 5 different locations. For more from Bob Coy go to www.activeword.org/blog
I'm pleased to announce that the SCBWI Illustration Mentees Blog is now ready for visitors! In it, you'll find info and resources for those interested in children's book illustration as well as updates about our own illustration projects. I'll also be posting from the viewpoint of a writer...
Newly released: The 35th episode of the PoemTalk series. This is a 25-minute audio podcast program, a discussion of Bruce Andrews's "Center" from Moebius. The PoemTalkers this time are Tan Lin, Sarah Dowling, and Chris Funkhouser.PoemTalk is a co-production of the Center for Programs in...
Phoebe, Fall 2010, features the winner of the Phoebe Winter Fiction Contest (Andrew Bynom), and the winner Greg Grummer Poetry Award (Aran Donovan) as well as honorable mention (Jendi Reiter).
By the time this gets posted, I’ll be on a trip to attend two speculative fiction conventions, Au Contraire in New Zealand and AussieCon 4 in Melbourne. I have a busy schedule at both, appearing on panels, giving a workshop and fronting up for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards, for which my novel Heart’s...
Victoria Strauss at Writer Beware Blog takes on Pay-Per-Review resources, with a clear focus on PW's new 'feature': PW Select: Opportunity of Exploitation?
Finding an ideal soul mate is not an easy task for some people. Some people can spend many years or even a lifetime searching for someone who is meant for them. If you want to know to how to find your soul mate this article will give you some guide about how the universe will give you the soul mate...
