That's some video I shot over the weekend, just for you.
I've been in a cheery mood ever since the Smith Magazine book release party on Saturday. I met people from New Orleans, Los Angeles, and, as my friend observed, every writer from Brooklyn was there as well.
We work in a world where freelancers can spend their whole lives holed up in their bedroom, and it's easy to forget how much contact with other writers can help you. You need to get out of the house every once in awhile--that's my writing advice for today.
The party celebrated the release of Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. This week I'm interviewing Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, the Smith editors who compiled the collection. Be sure to check that out.
In no particular order, here are the websites of the good folks in the video:
Artist Jace Daniels; writer Nichelle; comic journalist Josh Neufeld; writer and editor Sari Wilson; Young Adult Maryrose Wood; and the editor of Galleycat, the Internet-famous Ron Hogan.
If I missed anybody, please chime in, the comment section is open...
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"We were struck by the openness of the memoirists--and by their desire to share even more of their lives with perfect strangers. People sent us pictures of the adorable children they'd just admitted, in six words, they regretted having. One... [Read More]
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