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I wanted to take a minute to talk about balance. After reading the Huffington Post article about how most women are sleep deprived, it occurred to me that I’m not the only one working myself to the bone. Most women, especially if they have kids, are trying to “do it all”—be great wives, mothers, daughters, […]
A little late on the link love this week again, but I’m feeling more sane now that the holidays are over. Good stuff this week:
In publishing news, things may not be as bad as they seem: Jacket Copy reported that book sales were down only 3% in 2009, with hardcover fiction up 3% from […]
I’m having technical difficulties with iMovie, so please excuse the weird double audio clips in this video. And while I’m trying to figure out how that happened, enjoy a mini tour of the Grotto, a co-op of full-time writers who share an office space near South Park in San Francisco.
San Francisco Writers’ Grotto […]
I know I’m not the first blogger to ask this question, but would you still write if you knew you were never going to be published? I find this question impossible to answer because I am DETERMINED to get published, even if it means self-publishing (although, does that count when anyone can self-publish?) I guess […]
Today, for a change, a video:
Writerland: Reading Out Loud from Meghan Ward on Vimeo.
Between fighting a cold and organizing my toddler’s birthday party, I’m a little late in getting links out. For people visiting for the first time, it’s tradition on writing and publishing blogs to post links to your favorite articles of the week. Here are mine:
An inspirational post from an intern at The Bent Agency, […]
I’ve been home with a cold the past couple of days, so here’s a fun editing quiz from the Times until I return tomorrow.
When I’m editing, one of the most common mistakes I see is the absence or misplacement of the comma. People, put commas, in places they don’t belong and they leave commas out of places they do belong. There ARE rules for when, and when not, to use commas. Here they are:
When to use a […]
If you’re working on a book-length project, whether it be a novel, a memoir, a nonfiction book or a doctoral thesis, you’ll probably need an editor at some point. You may have writer/editor friends who can do it for little or no money, or you may prefer to wait until you get that book deal, […]
Today I want to talk about rejection and how we, as writers, deal with it. When I was modeling in Europe (MANY years ago), I went on castings nearly every day. If I did 20 castings in a week and got two jobs out of those, I was doing pretty well (two jobs a week […]
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