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Comment by Jen Minotti on December 18, 2012 at 9:11am

Are there any women interested in forming a women's writing circle in Boston?  I live in Cambridge and would love to start such a group to meet face to face. 

Comment by Alle C. Hall on October 6, 2012 at 8:14am

It's the weekend. Take some time to write. Eat well for it:

"The Perfect Writer's Lunch"

http://wp.me/psSjA-1ej

Comment by Lynne Favreau on September 28, 2012 at 6:34am

If any of you local ladies are still following this group—

NaNoWriMo is just around the corner! My friend Sara Leahy (Disquiet) is ML for our area this year which she only agreed to do if I helped, so anyone in the North Shore Ma area should check out the write-ins. I'll post more info as that gets closer. My husband is designing a new logo and promotional material for the group. We've dubbed ourselves the WriNoShores and adopted the rhinoceros as our mascot.

Comment by Alle C. Hall on July 24, 2012 at 1:49pm

Some guy in Auckland wrote to me:
"Do male athletes get girls? Sure. And the girls do want to be seen with those athletes. They're trophy boyfriends."
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/penn-state-sanctions...
PLEASE 'RECOMMEND"

Comment by Alle C. Hall on June 4, 2012 at 9:27pm

"Women of the MTV generation will likely remember where we were when Madonna died."

 

I'm rather new to the group, and so I thought I'd introduce myself via my latest publication.For the PLOP! Review,  I discuss Laura Barcella's Madonna & Me: Women Writers on The Queen of Pop. 

http://plopit.org/2012/05/21/what-would-madonna-do/

The piece continues on my blog: http://wp.me/psSjA-17p. This link is also posted at the end of the review.

 

 

Comment by Tracy Slater on March 9, 2012 at 7:17pm

Thanks, Lynne--really appreciate the advice. Everyone else that I've asked has said not to worry about the title, either, that editors will know I most likely didn't choose it. The happy news is that an editor from Penguin contacted me after reading the piece about whether I'd be interested in submitting a memoir proposal about my life between Boston and Japan, so that was a really nice, and totally shocking, affirmation that the title didn't turn everyone away from reading the piece. 

Anyway, I so appreciate you taking the time to weigh in and offer your insight.

Warmly,

Tracy

Comment by Lynne Barrett on March 9, 2012 at 10:22am

For what it's worth, I think you simply have to grit your teeth and use the clip as is.  Editors know writers don't write the headers and they are used to ignoring them and starting by reading the piece.  It will be more important to them that you had a well-written and thoughtful piece which appeared in the New York Times online.

And suggesting a difference of opinion with an editor won't just be unseemly, it will indicate that you might be hard to work with.

Hope this is helpful.

Comment by Tracy Slater on February 25, 2012 at 9:39pm

Hi everyone. Would love some advice.

Had my 1st piece in the New York Times online this week, about which I was thrilled, but they gave it a title I'm a little upset with and I worry is actually offensive to people who are adopted. The title I originally gave was "Biology and Longing," and here's what the piece ended up with: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/why-i-wont-adopt/

I emailed the editor, who I think is actually really great, but she said she couldn't change the title from the one they chose. So now my concern is, when I use this article as a clip to other editors I may pitch to in the future, how do I explain that this title is not one I chose and one I actually think belies the whole point of the piece (which is that I'm not necessarily proud or cavalier about this decision we've come to not to adopt) without suggesting in any way that I'm complaining about the editor? (I don't want to pitch to one editor and suggest a difference of opinion with another--seems, well, unseemly).

Thanks for any advice!

Comment by Alle C. Hall on January 29, 2012 at 1:19am

New, 3-post series: how to get into/benefit from TBA even if you aren't in it ... this year!

http://wp.me/psSjA-11N

Comment by Alle C. Hall on January 9, 2012 at 3:24pm

For PLOP! magazine, I just published the first Seattle review of Ryan Boudinot's new novel, “Blueprints of the Afterlife (he is reading at Newton Books on Jan 15th.

http://www.facebook.com/literallyplop

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“Blueprints of the Afterlife” runs a gorgeous gamut: complex, blunt, evocative, grimy, and disgusting; full of pain, of hope, of pure bliss. The plot is your straightforward sci-fi fantasy based in post-apocalyptical Seattle.  Valued garbage is everywhere. Food is yucky. Joys are few. Anti-heroes must save humanity. Don’t yawn yet. The sheer imagination with which Boudinot’s tale unwinds is stunning.

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