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I’m Going Back to School!
I’ve been writing in one form or another since grade school — which is nothing remarkable. Any number of practicing writers will admit to that.
But writing is a craft that’s mainly learned by emulation, i.e. reading every scrap you can put your grubby little hands on. And we all know to steal from the best — practice on, sorry.
Practice. Lots of practice.
Actually getting published is an entirely different crap shoot. You’d think, with everybody on their iPhones now, lit agents would be holding up signs for rent alongside the shrinking pool of publishers… Elon is prophesying we’re all going to Mars, so pack light y’all.
About a year ago, I came across Mary Atkins who was promoting her online Book Incubator. I applied, was accepted, and, as Samuel Clemens put it, who wants to belong to a club that would have me? So I promptly didn’t respond. Being on their email list, I began to receive promotional material — which I’m fairly good at ignoring. But Mary’s podcasts were arriving regularly, and I listened. A couple weeks ago, I plunked down my charge card and signed on to the 1-year writing program.
This past week’s email for the podcast was titled Rufi Thorpe and I Talk About How & Why We Teach Novel…
