Laurie Scheer is great to work with. If film is your medium and you’re near Chicago, this early December workshop should be on your calendar. Details here.
Magazine comes back in new guise
Back in high school, one of my English teachers talked about Scribener’s. It was long-dead by then, but it evoked a time when reading stories was a pastime akin to watching television (in one form or another), at least for some.
It’s revival as a website speaks both to marketing and the importance of writing.
Scribner’s Magazine to Be Reincarnated as Literary Website – WSJ
http://m.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-84965
If you seek success …
Here’s a short list of habits to work on — including the old “write every day” standard.
7 Habits of Highly Successful Writers – Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2014/11/19/7-habits-of-highly-successful-writers/
And the winners …
The National Book Awards for 2014 are history. Kudos especially to Ursula Le Guin for her lifetime honors.
National Book Award Goes to Phil Klay for His Short Story Collection – NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/books/national-book-award-goes-to-phil-klay-for-redeployment.html?referrer=
Lying with the best
Be inspired and amused by these writing tips from Margaret Atwood.
(What a birthday present to us.)
Margaret Atwood’s 75th Birthday: Her Best Writing Advice – Flavorwire
http://flavorwire.com/489218/celebrate-margaret-atwoods-75th-birthday-with-her-best-writing-advice
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