1. 8 May



    Huffington Post/Writer's Relief's Writer Wednesday: "10 Ways To Annoy Literary Agents"

    writersrelief:

    In the tradition of David Letterman’s Late Show Top Ten, the submission strategists at Writer’s Relief want to share their expertise on what you should avoid when submitting your book to literary agents.

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  2. 13 Mar


    vikingpenguinbooks: Creative nonfiction writing prompt In her book A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Viking, 2005), Rebecca Solnit discusses the importance of allowing yourself to get lost—both in life and in writing—in order to become more fully conscious. The art of getting lost, she says, “is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone, you can be rich in loss.” Write about a time when you got lost—physically, emotionally, spiritually, or otherwise—and how getting lost, and perhaps embracing that loss, resulted in something new being found. via Poets & Writers

    vikingpenguinbooks:

    Creative nonfiction writing prompt

    In her book A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Viking, 2005), Rebecca Solnit discusses the importance of allowing yourself to get lost—both in life and in writing—in order to become more fully conscious. The art of getting lost, she says, “is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone, you can be rich in loss.” Write about a time when you got lost—physically, emotionally, spiritually, or otherwise—and how getting lost, and perhaps embracing that loss, resulted in something new being found.

    via Poets & Writers


     

  3. 19 Aug



    Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria’s mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
    — Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential)

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