Dealing with disappointment
My series on Dolly Chugh’s The Person You Mean to Be will resume with my next post, but today I want to talk to you about something cool that happened yesterday. Tuesday evening was rough. Last week I tried out…
Accountability in the disaster-relief world
Hello from Dubai, where I’m on a long layover on my way home from my 13th deployment for ShelterBox. I want to take some time to tell you a little bit about something I don’t think a lot of folks…
Great Literature Events: Live-Blogging _The Business of Being a Writer_
This is Part 14 of a multiple-part live-blog of Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer. Parts 1-13 can be found here. Writer and editor Jane Friedman believes writing can be a career, and her latest book, The Business of Being a…
On Idea Generation: Live-Blogging _The Business of Being a Writer_
This is Part 10 of a multiple-part live-blog of Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer. Parts 1-9 can be found here. Writer and editor Jane Friedman believes writing can be a career, and her latest book, The Business of Being a…
Shade Mountain Press, on Small Presses: Live-Blogging The Business of Being a Writer
This is Part 7 of a multiple-part live-blog of Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer. Parts 1-6 can be found here. Writer and editor Jane Friedman believes writing can be a career, and her latest book, The Business of Being a…
On “Content,” and Writer as Artisan: Live-Blogging _The Business of Being a Writer._
This is Part 4 of a multiple-part live-blog of Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer. Parts 1, 2, and 3, on networking, “Good luck,” and MFAs, respectively, are here. Writer and editor Jane Friedman believes writing can be a career,…
On MFA Programs: Live-Blogging Jane Friedman’s _The Business of Being a Writer_
This is Part 3 of a multiple-part live-blog of Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer. Parts 1 and 2, on networking and the concept of “Good luck,” respectively, are here. Writer and editor Jane Friedman believes writing can be…
On “Good Luck”: Live-Blogging Jane Friedman’s _The Business of Being a Writer_
This is Part 2 of a multiple-part live-blog of Jane Friedman’s The Business of Being a Writer. Part 1, on networking, is here. Writer and editor Jane Friedman believes writing can be a career, and her latest book, The Business of…
On Networking: Live-Blogging Jane Friedman’s _The Business of Being a Writer_
I’m a huge fan of making a living off of doing what I love. If this sounds obvious, or cliché, consider that so many writers don’t believe they can earn enough to have a career in writing: It’s a “hobby,”…
My reading roundup: 2017
For the better part of the last two years I’ve been trying to do better at reading diversely. I already knew I wanted to read more books by women, but I’ve been espousing this idea of reading diversely using the…
