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While many of you are likely drafting chapters for your book-length projects, it can be challenging to keep all the pieces straight. For my own essay collection, I spent a tiny amount of time again laying out my chapters so I could “see” them, and now I’ve begun to create notecards for each chapter.
Someone recently said that newsletters are becoming the new form of junk mail. I subscribe to a TON of newsletters, but all of them have their place. Looking for a few goodies? Erika Driefus runs a great newsletter for writing opportunities https://erikadreifus.substack.com/ and another great resource is Lit Mag Roundup https://litmagnews.substack.com/
Looking for something in real life? I think we all are. The Gathering is an annual conference for writers in Indy. This year it meets 4/23 and I’ll be teaching along with some other fine folks. Conferences can be a wonderful way to connect with other writers and LEARN. Looking for something longer? Indiana University offers an annual writing conference over several days in June. I feel like there was something else I promised to share and it is escaping me. Too much vitamin D perhaps 🤔
You must do the think you think you cannot. Because so many of my early years were about being told what I could not do—I could not skip Mass. I could not wear black. I could not ever be as good as my sister with all the sparkling report card. And even though I loved reading and penned my first book when I was in the first grade, I definitely could not write. Writing was not a good career choice. It wasn’t a career at all.
