Most writers start out on one side of the screen, but the more committed we become to our craft, the more we realize the importance of participating in the literary community we’d like to be a part of—and for many writers, this translates to a donation of time and effort by working on a literary […]
Hello, fellow scribblers! We need to talk about what you are going to do next. I, myself, am nearing the end of my MFA experience and have to make certain life decisions. Like what to do with a time in my life called Post MFA. I believe this is something like menopause; a state that […]
Hello! How are you, my fellow laureates? It’s getting to be the end of the submission cycle for winter/spring journals. We are tired people. So many submissions! It’s also that time of year when we all pull out our calculators, or ask someone, anyone better at math to crunch the numbers, or we just give […]
Hello! Welcome back, you crazy Bannagahammers! While licking my wounds from my latest rejection, I’ve been taking a LOT of Buzzfeed quizzes. Evidently, I am not very 90s (which was weird since that was the decade of my youth), however, when I took the “What Era of Rock Are You?” quiz, I got 90s indie […]
Hello, fellow pen dancers! Let’s talk about the hardest part of writing. And no, it’s not giving a reading, like I said last week. Submitting your work is terrifying. Putting your work out there to be judged and scrutinized seems to be the most nerve wracking part of the business of writing. I’ve been thinking […]
Hello, word workers! We need to talk. We need to have the talk… Nobody wants to talk about this with other writers, but the best form of communication is honesty. Writers, when you read your work to other people, make sure to make it good. I know, I know, this is the hardest part […]
Hello, fellow truth seekers! Today, we are going to talk about something all of us (hopefully) have: Memory. As writers of words, I think we come back to our memory whether we want to or not. What we do with our memory seems to arbitrarily separate us into genres these days: fiction, creative nonfiction, and […]
We meet again, fellow logophile! Many of us have just gotten back from the Shiny Happy People Convention, AKA AWP, the all writers and writing programs convention. So many smiling faces. So many familiar faces both wandering the vast isles and behind the booths. I have gotten more than one request to do a recap […]
Hello, fellow scribes! We meet again. Today, I want to talk about something that has been bothering me for a while because I just now (after years and years) got it. All you have to do to be a good writer is write what you know. Wait! I know what you’re going to say: […]
Hello fellow Word Processor Mavericks! When I first was asked to write about voice I thought I had drawn the short end of the stick…
It’s that time of year again, fellow scribes! For anyone who loves books. For anyone who loves writers. It is time to heed the call…
Hello fellow pen slingers! To kick off the inaugural blog post here on Free Lunch I want to talk about the one question that bothers writers the most…
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