by Jeffery Battersby | Sep 6, 2010 | Asides
Op-Ed piece by John Grisham on how it is that he became a writer and on how difficult writing is in comparison to all the other jobs he’s done. …something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk. I had never worked so hard in my...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 10, 2010 | Asides
Another Mark Barrett tidbit from The Most Important Thing [10/10] about listening to your critics. You have to have enough ego to take the crap, but not so much that you can’t listen. Like I said, if you’re not following Mark Barrett (@Ditchwalk) you should...
by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 10, 2010 | Writing
The Dysfunctional Workshop | via Ditchwalk Great bit by Mark Barrett on writing workshops and how to figure out whether or not the one you’re in is going to kill your soul. If you’re a writer (or not) and aren’t following Mark on Twitter you should...
by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 24, 2010 | Asides
‘Do Not Write a Crock of Shit’ | via Daring Fireball Simple. Effective.
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 16, 2009 | Commentary, Writing
Annie Dillard and the Writing Life by Alexander Chee | via The Morning News, via ThatWhichMatter This essay by Alexander Chee is chock full of good bits. Too many to pass on here, and yet… a small sampling: “Sometimes you write amazing sentences, she wrote...
