How to Master Tweets Faster: a 5 Step Twitter Guide for Writers
Published by Illumination on Medium, 2/23/2021 For tweet sake! If writing is your thing, have you thought about Twitter? Perhaps you dabbled on the platform but found the reception chilly. Were your tweets unloved? Were followers sparse? That’s what happened to me, till I returned, years later, to decipher the place. And here's what I learned during 40,000 tweets. Twitter boasts 340 million users tweeting day and night about whatever they’re into. Topics include news and politics – science and technology – health and the environment – marriage and dating – kids and education – food and fitness – beauty and fashion
The Truth About Critique Groups
Published by the Writing Cooperative, a Medium publication, 9-29-20 Writing is a lonely business. Your only companion is a keyboard. But a good writing critique group can counter that isolation with guidance, support, motivation, and resources: Craft guidance, such as shared advice on books, workshops, seminars, retreats, and podcasts,Emotional support, like celebrating your wins and soothing your defeats after writing rejections, books going out of print, editors leaving, and publishers folding,Motivation for growth, meaning affording regularly scheduled meetings, and perhaps writing prompts, contests, and other incentives,Industry resources, including submission contacts, networking opportunities, and websites for navigating the industry. As an author of children’s
9 Inspiring Speakers Reveal Our Hidden Biases
Black Lives Matter, Me Too, Gay Pride and other civil rights movements, continue to beg the question: Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? So I turned to TED talks for answers. Nine inspiring speakers reveal our hidden biases—why they go unchecked, how they harm, and ways we can do better. Without exception, everyone is biased. We have biases about race, religion, gender, sexuality and more. We might profess to feel one way but react otherwise. Do these sound familiar? Africans are poor. All Asians love martial arts. Jewish mothers are overbearing. White men
What COVID Told Me at the Kitchen Sink
If COVID-19 could talk it would say a killer virus makes time stand still. Three months inside feels more like a year. But don't get comfy in limbo. Time is promised to no one. As a New Yorker, isolating in the epicenter of a global pandemic, I had an epiphany while washing my bananas (and the rest of my precious groceries). If I had anything to say about what I actually loved doing (writing for children), I shouldn’t let it wait. So, I decided to move forward on KidLit Crossing, a survival blog for children's authors and illustrators. What held me back