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Kindred Spirits: In Praise of Online Classes
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: A guest post by Ann V. Klotz Ann V. Klotz By late afternoon, I get a little itchy to get to a computer. I’m waiting for the “Recent Canvas Notifications” to appear in my inbox, with comments from my Creative Nonfiction Online Class on “Summary and Scene.” The sense…
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Random Numbers?
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: The Brevity staff tabulating our returns from Amazon Smile More and more, the business of book sales is something authors need to understand. Whether you’re self-publishing and doing all your own publicity and promotion, or a mid-lister at a Big Five publisher, doing almost all your own publicity and…
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Nonfiction as Lens: Another Take on the Truth Question
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: Corinna Cook By Corinna Cook: My friend Bridget, at the end of the essay in which I call her Marion, ends up in a tree. Specifically up on some high, thin branch, like a bird. It has to do with the bent-over way she makes music and the frailty…
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On the Nonfictional Nature of Nonfiction: or Yet Another Blog Post Claiming D’Agata Gets it Wrong
Two truths and a lie don’t cut it in my book (or what I want to read in something labeled “nonfiction”!): By Sarah Einstein The recent New Yorker article, “What Makes An Essay American” by Vinson Cunningham—in which he discusses, and generally dismisses, John D’Agata’s recent The Making of the American… Source: On the Nonfictional…
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How to Land on the Bestseller List
Oh, the possibilities…! By Kathy Stevenson When I am working with students on their writing, I always tell them that they shouldn’t set out to write a bestseller. They should write the story they feel compelled to write,… Source: How to Land on the Bestseller List
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The Writer’s Index
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: By Julie Vick Julie Vick Number of times you checked your Submittable page today: 25 Number of changes in status to your Submittable page today: 0 Days since there was any change to your Submittable page: 37 Number of visitors to your writing portfolio website this week: 2 Percentage…
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