Writing is a risky career choice and one that doesn’t always yield a lot of concrete reward or social approval. But if one pretends it’s not a choice, then one doesn’t have to worry about those things, or at least not in the same way.
Gruber was living on dreams and precious else during those lean, dangerous years. He played hide and seek with his landlord until he could scrounge his rent, reduced his food budget by eating “automat” soup (a meal made of the free ketchup and crackers available at the automat, stirred in a bowl, with the hot water for tea to taste), and dropping off manuscripts on foot to avoid any postal costs.
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How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.
This old saw applies to writers as much as to musicians. In today’s guest blog post, author and writing teacher Barbara Baig explores the impo…
When I consider trying to maintain my writing and care for human children, my head boggles. Others have done it, wresting time and space while caring for family. I decided to ask a small panel of talented writers and fellow SFWA members about how they did it
More than two thousand years ago, the strategist Sun Tzu wrote that the warrior skilled in indirect warfare is as inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, as unending as rivers and streams, and passes away only to return like the four seasons.
One of the most common pieces of advice for new writers is “Keep your seat in the chair.” The downside is that it becomes all too easy to sit at the desk for hours without moving. This can lead to stiffness and circulation issues even with an ergonomically correct desk and chair. Ergocise.com is a program which pops up a reminder to stretch at pre-set intervals.
James Van Pelt writes on perseverance as a writer.
Article by Chuck Rothman on how to obtain a word count for a work of fiction ready for submission.
Article by Jerry Oltion on writing strategies.
Playful, whimsical, or dark, but always thoughtful & tinged with the inexplicably weird, the Weird Dream Society brings together 23 of the most innovative creators in speculative fiction. All proceeds go to the legal aid organization RAICES.
Rebecca Gomez Farrell writes speculative fiction and reviews food and drink at TheGourmez.com. Her novel, Wings Unseen, debuted in 2017. Two dozen of her shorter works have appeared in publications such as Beneath Ceaseless Skies and PULP Literature.
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