Writers and Editors

The 2013 conference of the American Society of Journalists & Authors was discouraging in most ways, encouraging in some, and offered much to learn. Being a writer-entrepreneur is more important than ever. Some trends, in a nutshell:

• Nobody knows where things are going to shake out in book publishing, things are changing so fast and in so many ways, but self-publishing has definitely  Read More 

Nieman Storyboard's first-ever Editors' Roundtable (Time magazine takes on the Tucson shootings) features five journalism experts' responses to David Von Drehle's story The Real Lesson of the Tucson Tragedy.

An interesting Q&A  Read More 

Books are ideal gifts for those who read, and the titles on these recommended-reading lists will make someone happy:
• Food Memoirs and Biographies
• Style guides and other books on editing (these are the ones aspiring writers and editors often can't afford)
• Books to help you write your own (or someone else's) life story
• Memoirs and personal accounts of vocation, avocation, occupation, profession, "calling" (a reading list)
• Books for aspiring fiction writers and editors
• Outstanding narrative nonfiction  Read More 

"It takes a rare kind of courage to live like a character in a story, and not many real-life human beings have the nerve to try it—perhaps because the elements that make a narrative compelling also make life miserable," writes Adam M. Bright in a story for Good Magazine about Lea Thau and the Moth,  Read More