May/June 2012 Issue
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Writer’s Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing
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Only 2 Days Left! The WD Annual Competition Has a $3,000 Grand Prize (Along With a Trip to NYC!)
Here’s a cool story. The winner of our last Writer’s Digest Annual Competition was John Moir, who won for his news article, “Condors in a Coal Mine.” His entry was chosen from … Read more
6 Key Components of an Online Author Platform
Next week, on June 2, I’ll be teaching a live, online class on building your author platform. To help make “platform” more understandable and approachable as a topic, I’ve boiled it down … Read more
2 Tricks to Keep Your Online Reading Manageable
As you can imagine, I do a LOT of online reading, across hundreds of sites and blogs. To manage it all, I do 2 things: I use Google Reader, which is an … Read more
3 Publishing Trends Writers Must Stay On Top Of
This week marks the publishing industry’s largest trade show, BookExpo America. This is the first year since 2004 that I’m not attending, but in honor of that show, I’m offering up 3 … Read more
Final Post :(
Well, the school year is finally over and with it comes the end of my tenure here at MFA Confidential. I want to thank Writer’s Digest for giving me this wonderful opportunity … Read more
Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 5/20/11)
I watch Twitter, so you don’t have to. Visit each Sunday for the week’s best Tweets. If I missed a great Tweet, leave it in the comments. Best of Best How to … Read more
WD is Looking For Writers to Submit Work for a Possible Critique in the Magazine
Writer’s Digest magazine is working on a new article where literary agents look at actual first pages and give thoughts on why they work well, or why they don’t. If you’re feeling … Read more
There Are Some People Who Don't Wait
I shared the following on my Facebook page, but it’s too good not to post here as well. Robert Krulwich (who hosts Radiolab—a phenomenal radio show & podcast if you’re not familiar) … Read more