Writing Life
What It Takes to Make a Living As a Working-Class Writer
I was often housing insecure; sometimes even homeless. I’ve had fewer opportunities to publish and I do so at a higher cost.
TLDR; I Tweeted Myself Into a Career and Now I’m Stuck Online
As part of our Social Media Week series, Leah Johnson writes about using social media to connect with her readers and how she engages online as a recreation rather than an obligation.
Why I Haven’t Invited Twitter Into my Writing Practice (a Thread)
As part of our Social Media Week series, Cinelle Barnes writes about being a writer and not being on Twitter.
Finding Literary Community by Making Bad Jokes on Twitter
As part of our Social Media Week series, Kristen Arnett writes about her journey on Twitter, the Hell App, and how she uses the platform to connect with other writers and try out bits.
Like Being a Good-Enough Mother, Being a Good-Enough Writer Is Enough
I love and care for my child unconditionally. Maybe I can do that for my writing too.
Writing Your Little Stories In the Shadow of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
I was planting my cornfield, hoping that the magic baseball team (a.k.a my writing group) would eventually show up. If you build it, they will come.
My Grandmother and I Never Saw Eye to Eye—Until I Wrote My Novel
When my Nai Nai asked me about the book, I felt compelled to tell her the truth: that I was scared, but that I was trying.
The City Writer Versus the Country Writer
Choosing one life means missing out on another; it is not possible to be everywhere all at once, to do everything, to be everyone.
Selling Books Helped Me Get My Groove Back
As I got better at articulating what customers should read and why, I was becoming equally capable of articulating what kinds of stories I wanted to write.
What to Do When Work Drains Your Creative Drive
It’s a bitter irony, courtesy of capitalism: writers working as writers to support the writing we are too spent to do.