Fans and writers of creative nonfiction, you might be interested in a new blog launched by Michael Steinberg. For those of you who don’t know Mike or who haven’t read his work, he is the founding editor of Fourth Genre:…
Dribs and Drabs for Writers
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks; I recently started a two-month temp job at a well-known university to earn some extra income before my husband heads off to his final summer of PhD studies at Smith. Every bit helps.…
You've written your first draft, now what does it all mean?
Sometimes, on this blog, I talk about the length of time it takes me to produce a solid, polished essay that I consider “complete.” This amount of time — sometimes a year or even longer — took me completely by…
Ned Stuckey-French's "send up" of John D'Agata
If you’ve been following the fact-vs.-fiction controversy spurred by John D’Agata’s recent book, The Lifespan of a Fact (written with fact-checker Jim Fingal), you’ll enjoy the “Dear John” letter penned by Ned Stuckey-French that is currently posted on the Brevity…
Ned Stuckey-French makes an excellent point about essays as a literary genre
Just a quick note to point out a wonderful guest blog post at the Brevity Blog by Ned Stuckey-French: The Essay as Red-Headed Stepchild. As the bio at the end of the post notes: “Ned Stuckey-French teaches essay-writing and modern…