In September, I issued WH's First Call Out to Writers, and printed the results (Writers on rejection) earlier this month.
Instructions
Please send your responses to me via my email thebethblevins -at- gmail.com, and put "Writing Home" in the subject line so it will get through spam filters. Please reply to one topic per email to make it easier for me to know what you're talking about. The deadline for responses is given with each topic.
Topics
1. DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 12, 2008
If you don't work as a professional writer (i.e., write for money): how do you reconcile your writing life with your career? Do you work in a related field, or in an environment that totally takes you away from pen and paper (or computer) all day? Do you find things in your workday to write about, or does your writing come from a totally separate part of your life and experience? How do you make time to write?
2. DEADLINE: DECEMBER 12, 2008
How do you keep track of your submissions—and publications/contests to submit your work to? In my August 4 post, I wrote about the wonderfully tactile way that writer and instructor Nancy Naomi Carlson keeps track of her submissions. I'd like to hear if there are other ways to do this, which writers have found easy or especially beneficial. I'd also really like to know how you keep up with all the contest deadlines out there, if you regularly submit pieces to contests.
3. DEADLINE: ONGOING.
What are your favorite writers' magazines, web sites, blogs? How do you use them? Why do they particularly appeal to you? Your responses will help me add links to a list of writers' resources in the right column of this blog. Feel free to send suggestions anytime and I'll add them as I receive them; unless you say so otherwise, I may sometimes print the comments you send about the resources in occasional blog posts.
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