#Writers

Dr Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado

drdawnmiranda

It is telling that the unintelligent, so-called 'thinkpiece' in this week's New Yorker introduces Naoise Dolan's Exciting Times alongside Sally Rooney's Normal People as 'some likable books' then proceeds to

Paisley Rekdal

PaisleyRekdal

1. Much to say here, including the fact that the de-politicization of US poetry started happening even earlier, after WWI, & ramped up after WWII. Much early 20th C US

Robbie Maakestad

RobbieMaakestad

The Rumpus is open for essay submissions until July 31 (https://therumpus.submittable.com/submit ), so as an editorial staff we put together this thread of what we would like to see in @The_Rumpus

🎆 thomasjbevan.substack.com 🎆

thomasjbevan1

3 subjects here which I will tackle one by one in this thread1) Competition among writers2) ‘How can I ever catch up’3) Worrying about the wrong thingsReady? 1) Competition among

Haneen Oriqat 🌻 حنين • On (Indefinite) Hiatus

haneenoriqat

ITALICIZING "FOREIGN" WORDS IN BOOKSI'm seeing convos on italicizing words that are not English in our stories/books. While I believe it's a personal choice that should be made by the

Laura Zats

LZats

Last week, many generous people spoke about why, as a rule, white people should not be writing POC POV characters. A key reason for this is because publishing is not

Loria

VerdantDreaming

I know everyone is about done talking about this, but I just wanted to get out this last little bit before I shut the book on this nightmare viewing experience.

K. J. Harrowick is Carly's Author

KJHarrowick

Let's talk about #WriterInMotion. What is this crazy project and can I get involved?The answer is YES. First let's highly what it is, and what it isn't. #WriterInMotion is a

Spodumene

spodumened

it's incredibly bleak how many vaguely obscure, published writers cut their teeth on trying to take down fanfiction, an endeavor that actively ensures you a dearth of future readers who

Maria Haskins

MariaHaskins

As a person who is currently reading fiction in order to make recommended reading lists and nominate for awards, I can tell you with heartbreaking certainty that AN ABSOLUTE ELEPHANT-HERD-TON

Chinonyerem Odimba

Chino100percent

Feeling a lot today...I'm just not able to understand some things. Mostly stuff to do with being a dark skinned Black woman in this country and industry. Sick of having

Char 🦖✨🏳️‍🌈

CharCubed

ALRIGHT, FINE.Since everyone wants to suddenly talk about #Sherlock series 5, here is a thread solely dedicated to some actual quotes from over the years that have proven, over &

Scientific Government

scientificgovt

Some of our viewers are insisting (probably because of wiz-kid @ffffedu's tweets) that the newest member of our cast, Julita Strada, is an economist with a doctorate.Our staff writers have

Kaleigh Moore

kaleighf

Quick writing reminders..."Piece of mind"While you can always give someone a piece of your mind, in this instance, you mean PEACE of mind (to indicate serenity.)Segway vs. segueSegway is the

Nina Lee

NinaSerafina

Sharing art is so terrifying rn because everyone’s a critic. I was in a clubhouse room and dozens of filmmakers were saying they only write romance films and comedies b/c

Linda -winter holiday curmudgeon- Epstein

LindaEpstein

You know what doesn’t get easier? Sending out rejections. Please, writers, know that when you get a rejection it’s not YOU that an agent is passing on, it’s the manuscript.

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