For Writers: This Means You

Truth in Fiction

Posted by Ilsa Posted on November 2, 2010 3 Comments

Posted in For Writers: This Means You, On The Writing Life Tagged blogging, fiction, Fuse #8, Liz Burns, Mockingbird, reviews

On both Fuse #8 and Liz’s site, there are fabulous and fruitful discussions going on about authenticity and what obligations, if any, writers or reviewers have in terms of ensuring a narrative’s authenticity–and, darn them, they got me thinking about…

If A Blog Falls In the Forest . . .

Posted by Ilsa Posted on October 28, 2010 11 Comments

Posted in For Writers: This Means You, On The Writing Life

So I went to this con in Minneapolis: KidLitCon 2010. Supposed to be for bloggers about blogging in—and this is my new word for the week—the kitlitosphere. (English is such a great and malleable language.) Why did I go, especially…

When You Can’t Say No

Posted by Ilsa Posted on November 21, 2009 0 Comments

Posted in For Writers: This Means You, On Reading, On The Writing Life

Stephen King does a fabulous review of a new Raymond Carver biography and volume of Carver’s stores, restored after being eviscerated by Esquire‘s then-editor, Gordon Lish. (This isn’t the first time this issue has come up either; the NYT has…

Hint Fiction

Posted by Ilsa Posted on July 11, 2009 0 Comments

Posted in For Writers: This Means You

Ever tried your hand at writing but petered out because finishing just seemed so . . . hard? Give this a try: http://www.robertswartwood.com/?page_id=8 Go. Read the examples. Hint Fiction suggests a bigger story, the one you’ve got in your head…