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Monthly Archives August 2006

Where the Hell Is My Incremental Perturbation?

“Nice writing… but where’s the story?”
I only needed to hear that a couple times when I started my MFA program to realize that I had a little problem. What’s the story? Whose story is this? Where’s the conflict?
“There’s a nice mood here… but what’s the story about?”
In the years before going to grad school, and [...]

Posted 29 August 2006 † Gordon § Books § Lessons § Reading § Writing § Writing craft § Writing process ‡ Comments (7)

Publication Opportunity With Other Voices Books

Other Voices is looking for stories to include in an upcoming anthology for its book imprint, OV Books.
The collection is called “A Stranger Among Us,” and will focus on “cross-cultural collisions/bonds, encompassing a wide variety of ethnicities, races and nationalities.”
Sounds good to me. If you’re interested in this, get that story to OV. I [...]

Posted 24 August 2006 † Gordon § Books § Markets § Publishing § Writing ‡ Comments (2)

Get to Teaching

San Francisco-based writer and teacher Michelle Richmond recently wrote some advice about getting into the teaching game after the MFA is in your clammy hands.
Key bit of advice — for me at least — was about the best times to send out resumes and inquire about teaching positions:
“Also, send a resume to your local community [...]

Posted 17 August 2006 † Gordon § Authors § Lessons § Teaching § Work § Writing ‡ Comments (3)