August 2012

Not another thing to do. Oh yes. Maybe. Maybe not. Help! Do we writers need to stay up on the latest social media, like Pinterest, the “fastest-growing standalone website in history” according to this very thorough blogpost. Pinterest, if you’re a slow-adopter like me, is a sort of online visual bulletin board social media site […]

“Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.” And the less-quoted followup: “There’s many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” That quote, too often printed without attribution, comes from Flannery O’Connor, the Southern writer who left many strong opinions and