Today I had a nice long chat with a friend and fellow writer. He was feeling a little down about this business of ours and I gave him a completely unsolicited pep talk. Halfway through my speech about sending work to editors, I realized it sounded like I was giving him dating advice. So IContinue reading “Dating Advice for Writers”
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Writing Awards Make Me Crazy.
Much has been written about writing awards: if they matter, why they matter, why they’re helping writers, why they’re hurting writers, who wins them, who doesn’t deserve them, and why no one should give a crap about any of it. This is not one of these articles. I’ve read all the arguments, all the carefulContinue reading “Writing Awards Make Me Crazy.”
The Saddest Stories Are Always True
I’m going to try my best to avoid getting sued here, but I want to say something about literary scams in general and Publish America in particular (not that I’m saying Publish America is a scam, as I would NEVER do that, especially not in writing!). Writing is an odd art form in that aContinue reading “The Saddest Stories Are Always True”
9 Writers Walk into a Bar…
…and one says to the other, “Hey, J. Bradley, you never interviewed me when I had a story in PANK. What gives?” We’re in the colorful lobby bar of the Marriott in DC, day 2 of AWP. In our little circle is a ton of amazing talent: J. Bradley, Nicelle Davis, Roxane Gay, xTx, DevanContinue reading “9 Writers Walk into a Bar…”
AWP
As you’ve probably noticed, there’s actually a law that says that if you went to AWP you HAVE to blog about it or they repo your domain name and use it to sell “growth enhancement products.” I thought about doing something fancy to make this post more interesting (like writing it without using the letterContinue reading “AWP”
Aubrey Hirsch 