Monday 11 March 2013

Jack Kerouac's rules for writing



Oh, you have to read these. 30 of them.

Jack Kerouac's rules for writing.


And here is is, looking a bit Don-Draper-in-a-plaid-shirt-ish.

Happy Birthday, JK. March 10, 1922.



Sunday 10 March 2013

The Weasel Words issue (to Mar 3, 2013)

Inside:
  • Weasel words. Vancouver’s Plain Language Fest in October
  • Yo’ ready to join the Gramma Po-lice?
  • Good steers (reviews of writing courses/workshops Grind Writers have taken)
  • BC writers: Autonomous Fan Region
  • The Edge of Right saga with Mo Yan continues
  • E-x-p-a-n-d-i-n-g
  • Places to go, things to see, people to…
  •  Submit (you know you want to)
  • Our Jeanie won! – but it’s not over yet
  • Everything you always wanted to know about self-publishing Mar 3
  •  Help a Scotsman sell his script in L.A.
  • Annual HAIKU contest  + The Cherry Blossom Festival
  • Free-write picture prompt: JUST DO IT!
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