March and April were full of conferences, conversation, writing ups and downs, and springtime observations. Here’s your Roundup of links to books, essays, and workshops to keep your mind musing and your pen moving.
#Reading
This is a stack of just a few books I’ve picked up over the last several weeks and miles of traveling.
I’ve got novels, a literary journal, a book on Native American medicines, and a book of fantasy fiction about a menopausal werewolf.
I’m gearing up for some major, very interesting, summer reading!
#Writing
I’ve been teaching a great group of women in my Flash Nonfiction II course this Spring.
If you want to read some of their work (already published–these are real go-getters!), take a look at Gloria DiFulvio’s “Living on a Prayer” and Katie Vinson’s “Stealing Lilacs” on Life in 10 minutes.
This great online literary magazine speaks to my heart, encouraging writers to put pen to paper–just do it!–and start with 10 minutes. Because (as Founder Valley Haggard says) “it’s hard to convince yourself you don’t have 10 minutes.”
Outside of teaching on tiny essays, I’m spending the next several weeks revising my own, building a collection of essays and prompts to (hopefully) publish sooner than later. While you wait for that collection 🙂 you can read a few of the essays to be included here and here.
#Hosting
You’re reading, you’re writing, you’re thinking about your next steps as an emerging author.
Hidden Timber Books is offering workshops for authors, with the first coming up soon!
Sign up by May 15th for Anne Clermont’s workshop on Author Websites: Your Calling Card for Readers. You’ll learn what makes for a great website that attracts readers, helps them discover your work, and keeps them coming back.
What’s on your reading & writing docket for Spring and Summer?
Ooh, I like seeing the stack of books that you will be #Reading. I’ve read two of them and I especially loved Little Faith by Nickolas Butler!