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LiteraryWriters

  1. LWN: Reflections in the Well literarywritersnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/05/reflec… about 4 hours ago via Tweet Button
  2. Alexander Slagg on Digital Fatigue: At times it’s hard to believe there was life before the Internet. How in the... fb.me/20078gWPe about 4 hours ago via Facebook
  3. @LitFurlo Our reading period is 3/15-9/15 and you can submit at 10ktobi.org about 4 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to LitFurlo
  4. Have you submitted your original fiction and creative non-fiction for consideration? We are seeking quality... fb.me/1623Fyx0H about 5 hours ago via Facebook
  5. Looking for an agent? See @WritersDigest list of new lit agents. New agents more likely to give new writers a chance: bit.ly/HxqWwy about 9 hours ago via web
  6. Hello, and happy Memorial Day! Just a quick note letting you know that Alexander Slagg's column "Reflections in... fb.me/w7vM1Ff1 10:16 AM May 28th via Facebook
  7. Had to share - Gilbert Gottfried reads Fifty Shades of Grey (NSFW - language): collegehumor.com/embed/6770096/… 8:40 AM May 23rd via web
  8. "I reread every horrific review I've ever received, to see what I would learn. This is what I learned: I'm right. They're wrong." D Shields 7:58 AM May 23rd via web
  9. "Reading usually precedes writing. And the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading." - Sontag. What are you reading today? 6:52 AM May 21st via Twitter for Android
  10. "Writers are always selling someone out." - Joan Didion. I've sold out some a dozen times (sorry, mom). Who have you "sold out?" 6:58 AM May 19th via Twitter for Android
  11. "Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not." - James Joyce 7:03 AM May 13th via Twitter for Android
  12. Which one of these "Super Sad" writing habits sounds most like you? tinhouse.com/blog/14981/sup… (I sympathize with Roxane Gay's "Internet F***ery") 8:32 AM May 11th via web
  13. Really cool book trailer for Patrick Somerville's new novel: vimeo.com/41118824 What do you think of book trailers? Any recommendations? 6:50 AM May 10th via web
  14. "I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction." --Saul Bellow 8:11 AM May 3rd via Facebook
  15. Literary Question of the Day: Do you set daily or weekly writing goals for the number of words or pages you need... fb.me/1onZONIBs 7:53 AM May 2nd via Facebook
  16. "Writers often live solitary lives. To do what we do requires space and quietude and a removal from the rattle... fb.me/11Hk5hpRR 3:57 PM Apr 30th via Facebook
  17. LWN: Reflections in the Well literarywritersnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/04/reflec… 3:53 PM Apr 30th via Tweet Button
  18. "It isn't what happens to people on a page--it's what happens to a reader in his heart and mind." --Gordon Lish 11:07 AM Apr 27th via Facebook
  19. How to fight loneliness? While Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy may suggest “Smile all the time,” a more practical approach for... fb.me/Jw0HulhV 8:37 AM Apr 26th via Facebook
  20. How to fight loneliness? While Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy may suggest “Smile all the time,” a more practical approach for... fb.me/VDOoUw8A 8:36 AM Apr 26th via Facebook