This summer I moved from Brooklyn to Chicago with my husband and toddler twins.  I thought the change in locale might help slow me down.  The opposite happened instead.  The pace of a writing life has little to do, sometimes, with the city outside one’s head.

She Writes asked me to share…

Join us for Why There Are Words, November 8 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7 pm, $5. Our promise: A magical night of stories from seven remarkable writers on the theme, Promise.

Fred Arroyo is the author of Western Avenue and Other Fictions, as well as The Region of Lost…

Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series presents the following readers on the theme Underneath August 9 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7-9pm. $5. Join us for an extraordinary night as seven authors reveal worlds underneath words. Visit the website for authors' full bios and more info. http://whytherearewords.com

Melissa Cistaro's stories have been published in the…

Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series presents the following readers on the theme After All July 12 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7-9pm. $5. Join us as seven authors share tales big and small. It’s why there are words after all! Visit the website for authors' full bios and more info. http://whytherearewords.com

Lauren Becker’s collection of short fiction is included in the anthology, Shut Up/Look Pretty (Tiny Hardcore Press, 2012).…

Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series presents the following readers on the theme Animal June 14 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7-9pm. $5. Animalis. Latin for “having breath.” Join us for a night of readings that will surely take your breath away!  Visit the website for authors' full bios and more info. http://whytherearewords.com

Tami…

Writers like to write hidden away in their apartments or in the dark corners of coffee shops. But what about when you have to go out-- face your public-- and do a reading? It doesn't have to be bad, and it can even be great. Here's a piece I wrote on Huffington Post to help you tame your public speaking demons.

"Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching." -- Thomas Jefferson

Yikes. Is that a solution, or the DSM-IV definition of social anxiety…

Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series presents the following readers on the theme Unforgotten May 10 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7-9pm. $5. Join us as these authors create another unforgettable night. That's Why There are Words. For authors’ full bios and more info, check out the website http://whytherearewords.com

Daniel Coshnear is author of Jobs & Other…

The Poetry Station is a Web-based portal that wants viewers to experience poetry through music, film, animation, and readings. I've included two selections from among its features.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/04/monday-muse-watches-poetry-station.html

stoneybrook and I kept facebooking with each other even when he was in New York. I kept telling him to see his old girlfriend because she always texted him while I was around. Last time we'd hung out we'd hooked up and I'd told him my dilemma. I told him that I wanted a roommate, and said that we could split the rent for 550 a month if he'd come live with me.

His girlfriend must have texted seven times while we talked about this whole thing. After he'd written her back he'd said that…

Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series presents the following readers on the theme: Unspeakable, March 8 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7-9pm. $5. Can the Unspeakable be put into words? Come find out when these six authors take on that theme. Visit the website for authors' full bios and more info. http://whytherearewords.com

Chris Cole is author of the novel, The Speed at Which I…

Once again the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin has mounted a marvelous online exhibition, "Fathoms  from Anywhere", a homage to Samuel Beckett. In today's post, Monday Muse provides an overview.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/01/monday-muse-online-beckett-exhibition.html

Today's post features Simon Armitage's "Close-Up Poetry", a series at The Guardian in which poets read their own favorite poem before the camera. Videos of Armitage's and Jo Shapcott's readings are included.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/01/monday-muse-close-up-poetry.html

Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series celebrates its second anniversary! Join us January 12 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7-9pm when we present Other Voices: Come Together and find out what all the rave reviews have been about. This will be a special show with a surprise treat. The following authors’ readings are going to be anything other than ordinary! See the website for authors' full bios and more info.…

Treat today as Discovery Day. Saturday Sharing's latest edition introduces you to the Bodleian Library's podcast collection, the highly educational New York Times Series "Line by Line", the online portrait search program at National Portrait Gallery, the intriguing archive of images from Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the superb print-process resource Graphic Atlas.…

In addition to fear of submitting, fear of rejection, fear of failure, some writers also fear reading their work aloud in public. How to get over it? Find ways to do it and practice.

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/20/putting-it-out-there/

Monday Muse posts a round-up of poetry readings, lectures, and poetry-related events scheduled around the country.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2011/09/monday-muse-fall-poetry-events.html

Today's new edition of Saturday Sharing features The Poets Weave, Arty Bollocks Generator, London Fieldworks, The PoetryWakeaway, Notting Hill Editions, Poetry Flash, and TEDxTalks.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2011/07/saturday-sharing-my-finds-are-yours.html

Paris Writers News interview

Sheila Kohler is the author of ten books and the winner of numerous literary prizes including O'Henry awards, Antioch Review Prize, and New York Times Editor's Pick. Her third novel, the…