Poet friend Rob Kistner

Please go to the following link and read an interview conducted with my friend and poet Rob Kistner:

http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2011/10/life-of-poet-rob-kistner.html

Blog Talk Radio

Saturday, July 2, 9:30 am-10:00 AM (Pacific time) tune into Blog Talk Radio and hear friend Steven Clark Bradley speak with guest author B. R. Statcham on The Back Story Radio Show. The Back Story Radio Show gives you an inside look at the making of a novel. Special guest, B.R. Statcham, has written the following books:  Tough Guys: The homicide cases of Turner Hahn and Frank Morales, Deadly Intent (Call Me Smitty), A Dish Served Cold/ Two Tales of Blood & Mayhem (Call Me Smitty) and Murderous Passions


The link to get to Blog Talk Radio is: Blog Talk Radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/back-story/2011/07/02/the-back-storyradio-show

Literary Journals are Thriving!

Bookstores may be struggling and print media is dying a slow death (while e-books are evolving and authors retain more control of their work), but the literary journal is THRIVING! The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses' membership has grown from 230 publications and presses to over 500. Check out the following link for thriving literary journals:

http://www.newpages.com/literary-magazines/

Edith Pearlman Receives Award

Edith Pearlman will receive the 2011 PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the Short Story. This award recognizes a body of work that demonstrates excellence in the art of short fiction. Read more here:

http://www.penfaulkner.org/news/news/Edith_Pearlman_to_Receive_the_2011_PENMalamud_Award_

Hear Amy Hempel and Gary Shteyngart

awpwriter AWP

by jeanneklaver

New Wed. Podcast episode: A Reading and Conversation with Amy Hempel and Gary Shteyngart from #AWP11 http://awpwriter.org/awppodcasts/

Free Social Media Starter Kit

Check out this free download:
Social Media Starter Kit for Authors
A Guide to Creating An Effective, World-Class Web Presence.

http://donaldlafferty.com/

Friend and Novelist Steven Clark Bradley invites you to...

Saturday, June 4, 12:30 PM EST ...Click on the link below--Enjoy!!
The Back-Story Radio Show 06/04 by Back-Story | Blog Talk Radio

Check out the future of self-publishing...

...on Bob Mayer's Blog, Write it Forward The Future of Publishing is Here
http://writeitforward.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/can-any-writer-self-publish-should-any-writer-self-publish/

Loglines

 Need ideas for writing exercises or example longlines? The following link will take you to a logline generator!

http://www.lifeformz.com/cgi-bin/idea/idea.fcgi

Writing Advice from Pulitzer Prize Winner

Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan gives insight into her writing process (she writes out her work on yellow legal pads without re-reading a word until she starts feeding the words into the computer).

First drafts:
A first draft takes about 10% of the total writing time, but in terms of importance it's probably 50%.

Outlining:
I don't outline initially. I outline everything in revision. Some of my revision outlines are 50 pages long.

Revision:
Usually my books go through three or four big drafts, with each big draft reflecting 20 rewrites of each individual part. When I get to a full new draft, it means I've made enough changes to all the parts that I'm willing to look at it as a whole.

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Do you, as a writer, take this much care with your work?