http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:31:57 -0700 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:23:03 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d28-RIP--and-what-you-can-learn-about-writing-from-J-D-Salinger?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner We lost one of our great 20th Century writers today, and any discussion of his reclusivity or any other aspects of his personal life is beside the point. J. D. Salinger enriched our consciousness, and he enriched our awareness of what great writing ... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:23:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d28-RIP--and-what-you-can-learn-about-writing-from-J-D-Salinger?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d27-Musicians-and-writers-dont-take-vacations?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad Richards Today's NY Times has a warm and thought-provoking article by composer Michael Gordon on "accidental music lessons," and it's true that so often the accidental lessons are among our most valuable ones. Gordon r... Mentors Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:50:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d27-Musicians-and-writers-dont-take-vacations?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d26-Where-should-a-New-York-writer-live-Part--2?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Writers and artists will always be in the advance guard -- they're pioneers. the Oklahoma Sooners of the New Cool. And they're the Johnny Appleseeds of cool -- the communities that spring up around them have a way of forcing them out, and sending t... Resources Support Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:19:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d5-Where-should-a-New-York-writer-live-Part--2?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d25-Where-should-a-New-York-writer-live?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad Richards It's an open secret that just as robins (or in Capistrano, the swallows) are the harbinger of spring, the presence of artists and writers in a community is a sure sign of a great future for that community. Business Week,... Resources Support Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:48:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d25-Where-should-a-New-York-writer-live?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d23-Events-at-Poets-House--February?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad Richards Poets House is a wonderful New York resource, a center for poets and lovers of poetry, located in Battery Park City at 10 River Terrace -- its new digs as of last September. It offers a variety of programs, from seminars... Poetry Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:19:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d23-Events-at-Poets-House--February?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d19-RIP-Erich-Segal-and-Robert-B-Parker?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit here Two skilled and popular novelists died this week. Robert B. Parker was best known for his series of mystery novels about Boston private eye Spenser. Erich Segal moved across the Charles River to Cambridge for his ... Writers Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:42:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d19-RIP-Erich-Segal-and-Robert-B-Parker?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d16-What-thought-should-you-give-to-your-title-What-you-can-learn-about-writing-from-Tennessee-Williams?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Here's the kind of thought that Tennessee Williams gave to his titles, and their evolution shows the growing intensity that our most poetic of playwrights brought to his work.   The Poker Night became A Streetcar Named Desire.... What you can learn Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:10:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d16-What-thought-should-you-give-to-your-title-What-you-can-learn-about-writing-from-Tennessee-Williams?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m2d1-Do-your-researchall-of-your-research?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Reading a mystery novel by Sara Paretsky in which her heroine, tough Chicago private eye V. I. Warshawsky goes after the killer of her cousin, Chicago Black Hawks star Boom Boom Warshawsky. It's an old book, snagged from a used paperback store... Research Fiction Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:59:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d14-Do-your-researchall-of-your-research?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d12-When-youre-stuck-in-the-middle-of-your-novel?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad Richards Ways to jumpstart your imagination when you're stuck in that great slough of the middle of a novel: Do a search and replace -- change the name of your main character to Rumpelstiltskin. Write a scene where your ... Fiction Craft Creativity Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:56:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d12-When-youre-stuck-in-the-middle-of-your-novel?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d10-Why-its-hard-to-write-a-novel?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner You'll constantly hear poets and short story writers saying "You know, in a way, it's really more difficult to write something short." They're making it up. There's nothing harder than writing a novel, and the reason... Fiction Craft Books Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:18:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d10-Why-its-hard-to-write-a-novel?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d5-New-Years-Resolution-5-Make-writing-a-priority-what-you-can-learn-from-Dear-Abby?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner A long long time ago, Dear Abby was fresh and impudent and full of wry common sense, a breath of fresh air in the publishing world, and someone whose bon mots people talked about. One of them -- and this is from memory; I'll welcome a correcti... What you can learn New Years resolution Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:23:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d5-New-Years-Resolution-5-Make-writing-a-priority-what-you-can-learn-from-Dear-Abby?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d2-New-Years-Resolution-4-Meet-those-deadlines?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner The noon train met its deadline...and Gary Cooper had to meet his.Two pieces of advice here, for those who trouble meeting deadlines.First, learn to properly estimate how long a job will take you. This isn't hard, and it isn't easy. Most of all, it'... Getting started New Years resolution Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:26:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2010m1d2-New-Years-Resolution-4-Meet-those-deadlines?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d29-New-Years-Resolution-3-Try-something-different?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad RichardsYou think you know what your strengths are as a writer, and you're probably right, but one of the main reasons you became a writer is that you hated the routine workaday life that Dudley Dawson documents so vividly for Ex... Work habits Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:41:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d29-New-Years-Resolution-3-Try-something-different?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Should-you-try-to-get-into-an-MFA-program?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner The Iowa Workshop's Marvin Bell Illustration by Tad Richards I recently received this Facebook message from a college student: I am an undergrad student with a year left, already starting to make attempts to get into The Workshop in Iowa. Do you h... Mentors Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:02:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Should-you-try-to-get-into-an-MFA-program?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d23-New-Years-resolution-2a-Get-your-work-out-even-if-rejection-hurts?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad Richards How to soldier on in spite of that dread of rejection which makes you never want to send anything out again? Here are a couple of ideas.Let someone else do it. Do you have a spouse or significant other who's willing to ... New Years resolution Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:37:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d23-New-Years-resolution-2a-Get-your-work-out-even-if-rejection-hurts?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m1d24-New-Years-resolution-2-Get-your-work-out-there?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad Richards  So many of us find one reason or another not to send our work out into the big world. We don't know if it's ready. We don't know if we're ready. We can't find the stamps and even if we could, we don't know... New Years resolution Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:30:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d22-New-Years-resolution-2-Get-your-work-out-there?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d15-For-a-writer-theres-no-substitute-for-writing?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner The advice about getting your butt into the chair, and not worrying if you actually produce anything as long as you're focusing on work, is good as far as it goes, and it goes for two or three days. After that, sitting and focusing becomes a c... Work habits Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:39:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d15-For-a-writer-theres-no-substitute-for-writing?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d15-New-Years-resolution-1a-What-does-writing-every-day-mean?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner What's the requirement for checking off a day on your Seinfeld Calendar? You need to set a time minimum. An hour is good; two hours is better. Of course you can do longer, and you should, whenever you can. But the point of the Seinfeld Ca... New Years resolution Work habits Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:24:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d15-New-Years-resolution-1a-What-does-writing-every-day-mean?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d13-New-Years-resolution-1-Write-every-day-What-you-can-learn-about-writing-from-Jerry-Seinfeld?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Illustration by Tad Richards There's only one basic definition of a writer that matters: a writer is someone who writes. And the best way you can ensure that you meet that definition: write every day. If you can set a time aside, every day, to write... What you can learn New Years resolution Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:52:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d13-New-Years-resolution-1-Write-every-day-What-you-can-learn-about-writing-from-Jerry-Seinfeld?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m12d11-Two-major-publishing-industry-publications-shut-down?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner Neilsen Business Media, which owned Editor and Publisher Magazine and Kirkus Reviews, announced that it will shut down both publications by the end of the year. It's bad news for the world of print journalism. These were both special maga... Journalism Markets Economy News Stories Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:47:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2862-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner~y2009m1d21-Two-major-publishing-industry-publications-shut-down?cid=exrss-NY-Writing-Careers-Examiner