Where should writers live?
The question is so so so important. I nearly starved to death during my first year in New York, living on a book clerk's salary and paying nasty Manhattan rent. It was a terrible financial and writing decision--I'd go to Brooklyn or any other city in the whole world before I'd do that again.
Today the MFA Blog is exploring that question with a little more detail, helping writers find "a community with a strong literary scene, in terms of events, workshops, etc, where the cost of living is reasonable, aka, not NYC." Add your city to the mix!
Sometimes it feels like you will never finish your book, but you need to remember you are not alone. Jeff VanderMeer has a new feature called Conversations with the Bookless, talking to published writers struggling to finish their first novels. Rachel Swirsky opens this fine new feature.
Got a head? Chop it off and write about it. Hot Metal Bridge is taking final submissions for the headless issue. Details here:
"Please send us your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction on the theme of headless ... Whatever your interpretation, be sure to stun us. We’ll know it’s good when we feel, to paraphrase Emily Dickinson, as if the tops of our heads were taken off."
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