And if you don’t get it, be creative. April 2nd, 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 former Writer Magazine colleague Yi Shun Lai for the publication of her debut young adult novel A Suffragist’s Guide to theContinue reading “Ask for What You Want, Writers.”
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The Crucial, Heinous Process of Revision
Or “How I Learned to Love the Red Pen” First, a shout-out to my artist/writer friend Emily Poole who just sold two books to Mountaineers Books. One of them is about salamanders! Inspired by last month’s newsletter, we had coffee in my writing studio and she recounted the adventures of salamander hunting with her co-author/natureContinue reading “The Crucial, Heinous Process of Revision”
What Makes You Fearful & Deeply Uncomfortable?
Go out and pursue it. December 2, 2023 Dear Writers, Last Tuesday, I walked into a hospital room and found a man lying on the ground groaning in pain. It was up to me to figure out what was wrong with him and how to help. It turned out he’d fallen and had a horrificContinue reading “What Makes You Fearful & Deeply Uncomfortable?”
Publish Personal Essays to Build an Audience for Your Books
October 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! First, a shout-out to my former University of Oregon journalism student who recently published Where We Call Home: Essays from the Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest. I ran into herContinue reading “Publish Personal Essays to Build an Audience for Your Books”
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”
It’s Okay to Take a Break from Writing…
Before you spontaneously combust. November 1, 2022 Dear Writers, Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! Right away, a Big Confession: I didn’t send an October newsletter. Life got really messy at the end of September. I’m talking emotional trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, insomnia .Continue reading “It’s Okay to Take a Break from Writing…”
Impatience is the Enemy of Writers
Sometimes a story needs to sit in a drawer for a month . . . or a year. September 1, 2022 Dear Writers, Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! I’ve been thinking a lot about the revision process this week, because I finally hadContinue reading “Impatience is the Enemy of Writers”
It’s National Mental Health Awareness Week!
Do you know where your kids’ books are? The pandemic has wreaked havoc on kids’ mental health. Fortunately, a good novel or memoir can help. Even just six minutes a day of reading for pleasure can reduce anxiety and depression. Here, you can read all about it in my article for Motherwell, “How to HelpContinue reading “It’s National Mental Health Awareness Week!”
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