Writer's Digest

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When I started as the new editor-in-chief of Writer’s Digest, I titled my first Editor’s Letter “In Medias Res.” The Latin phrase means “into the middle of things,” and in that letter I described a plan to carry on the craft tradition that this publi

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Writing Magazine

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I left school in 1968 aged sixteen. No chance of sixth form, university or any higher education. It was manual labour and trying to provide for my family. But as writers know there is a little bug inside saying, ‘write’. In 2012 I enrolled in a creat

The Guardian

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‘What insults my soul,” Zadie Smith has written, “is the idea… that we can and should write only about people who are fundamentally ‘like’ us: racially, sexually, genetically, nationally, politically, personally.” Both as novelist and essayist, Smith

Writing Magazine

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I’m hugely pleased that we managed to get Eoin Colfer as our star interview this month. And not only because Eoin is an extremely talented and popular writer, whose sales would be the envy of just about all of us. What excites me especially about Eoi

Artist Profile

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What kind of book might an artist and a writer create together, given free reign? This is the question proposed by the kōrero series, a venture by Massey University Press enabling the artists and writers of New Zealand to explore the weaving together

Poets & Writers

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Feedback from readers Thank you for the innovative approach to the annual MFA Issue, in particular “My MFA Experience” (September/October 2019) by Kevin Larimer. I connected with the article not only as a Wilkes University MFA alumnus, but also as a

Writing Magazine

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Regular readers will remember that last month, I was droning on in this letter about how Eoin Colfer had found his writing groove by making it fun for himself and not being afraid to be diverted. Now, I’m pleased to be able to highlight the opposite

NPR

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Akashic Books' Noir series visits Baghdad for its latest installment, and the talented writers collected here manage to wrest compelling noir from a place that's plenty dark already.

The Writer

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There’s no one right way to live a writing life (unless, of course, you never write a word). But how does one start being a writer? Who’s allowed to call themselves a “writer,” anyway? And beyond grammar and syntax, what does a person need to know be

Poets & Writers

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SOME TIME AGO I WAS ASKED TO MODERATE A PANEL ON inspiration at the Kauai Writers Conference. No problem, I thought. All the panelists were best-selling authors, all brilliant writers: Christina Baker Kline, Meg Wolitzer, and Greg Iles. This was goin

Writing Magazine

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£250 TO BE WON EVERY MONTH All the competitions previewed on this page are open to any writer. Enter online at www.writers-online.co.uk or see the relevant issue of Writing Magazine for more details. Prizes are £200 and £50 each month, with publicati

PEARL

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In writing a letter to the magazine, please include the writer’s name, address, and daytime telephone number, and bear in mind that letters to the editor always reflect the writer’s personal opinion, which is not necessarily that of the editors. We m

The Millions

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Writing has its own mythology. The word author stems from the Latin auctoreum, which literally means “one who causes to grow.” And whatever the reasons may be—our media representations, our educational system, or our star-struck awe at famous writers

The Writer

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Right from the first line, Peter Kispert’s fiction grabs your interest and refuses to let go. It’s easy to see why his debut short story collection, I Know You Know Who I Am, earned raved reviews and a place on several best-of lists for 2020. Althoug

Literary Hub

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Writing can be lonely work; WMFA counters that with conversation. It’s a show about creativity and craft, where writer and host Courtney Balestier talks shop with some of today’s best writers and examines the issues we face when we do creative work.

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Literary Hub

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I like hanging out in bars with writers. I’m not sure why—writers are not the easiest company. We’re more often than not a mixture of insecurity and awkward pretension. We’re introverts with a deep desire to be world-famous. We’re a wacky breed. Hang

Literary Hub

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We launched the Rally Reading Series as an emphatically political literary event right after the 2016 election. To combat our new reality of intolerance, corruption, and authoritarianism, we wanted to showcase politically themed writing and fundraise

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Writing Magazine

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Read James McCreet’s suggested rewrite of this extract at http://writ.rs/wmapr21 This is a very good piece of writing. The character perspective is strong, credible and focused. Her biographical detail is lightly communicated and we feel something fo

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Metro NZ

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“I have an endless fascination about my ability to see myself. I feel like I try really hard to catch myself at that… I suppose I’ve come to regard myself with a kind of affectionate suspicion.” In a telephone call on vacation in Idaho Springs, Colo

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Literary Hub

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First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi R

Writing Magazine

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Win cash prizes and publication in the annual creative writing contests from Dzanc Books. The award-winning US indie press specialises in daring literary fiction. It has three contests currently inviting entries: Win $3,000 and publication in the con

Popshot Magazine

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8 – Miriam Spinrath lives in Munich and has studied literature in Germany, Ireland and Scotland. She takes writing inspiration from old postcards found in fleamarkets and at her grandma’s house. 10 – Lotte van der Krol is a writer, reader, and snow e

Writing Magazine

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I’ve talked about sticky labels before. It’s when you’ve labelled yourself as one thing – a short story writer, crime novelist etc and you don’t believe you can do anything else. Now I want to tell you how some friends from the writing group I used t