May 2, 2024 Dear Writers, Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! A shout out to two former writing students this month. The first, Ron Tinsley, just released his memoir Promise: A Story of Race, Culture and Black Potential. I got to read an earlyContinue reading “Here’s how to help your favorite writer in just five minutes…”
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AWP Recap: Grief, TikTok & Diverse Writers
One of the largest literary conferences in the U.S. delights and surprises, always. February 28th, 2024 Dear Writers, Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! Shout out to my friend Miriam Gershow whose book of stories, Survival Tips, comes out in March. See all ofContinue reading “AWP Recap: Grief, TikTok & Diverse Writers”
August 3,2023 Dear Writers, First, a shout-out to my former student and amazing poet/essayist Cricket Matthews for this newly-published poem (scroll down to read it; it’s titled “Hypothesis”) Notes | Pearl Press (pearl-press.com) And are you following author Jan M. Flynn’s blog? I certainly hope so. She was my student in a personal essay class,Continue reading
Listening is Writing, Too
Why authors need podcasts. February 2, 2023 Dear Writers, Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! Enormous congratulations to two of my former writing students on their publications last month. Diane Gottlieb, editor of Emerge Literary Journal, had this piece published I Didn’t Have SexContinue reading “Listening is Writing, Too”
How Facebook Groups Have Helped Me with My Fiction
Don’t underestimate the power and generosity of like-minded strangers around the world! Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! This season, I’ve been poring over boxes and boxes of my great-grandparents’ promotional photographs and posters and programs from their decades as comedians and wire-walking jugglersContinue reading “How Facebook Groups Have Helped Me with My Fiction”
Playtime for Writers!
What would happen if you allowed yourself to write without expectation of publication? December 1, 2022 Dear Writers, On Tuesday, I had a truly lovely glass of strawberry cider and some superb garlic rolls with my Eugene colleague—young adult novelist J.C. Geiger. We got to talking about what the brain scans of humans look like whenContinue reading “Playtime for Writers!”
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