Links and odds and ends, to share…
- Yo, writers of color…VONA is an amazing, lifechanging experience for writers of color. I highly recommend this writers conference. Application deadline is April 7, 2010.
- A bit of advice from Mat Johnson to book club readers.
- Despite having an MFA, you still have to sit down and do the work. Lots of work: an LA Times article on writing career.
- Take care of your body, and your body will take care of you. Olympic athlete and ice dancer Tanith Belbin decides to take care of her body and voila: it begins to perform. This only reminds me of how I used to starve myself to maintain a size 4, and wondered why it was I was always tired, depressed, and unable to focus on my schoolwork. Duh.
- Alex Chee’s “100 Things About A Novel, Part 3
- Top 100 Writing Blogs
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Ok, this has nothing to do with writing, but where do you get your hair cut? Your hair in yr icon photo is super cute! 😉
Hey Rona! Which icon? The one where I’m in the striped yukata robe with long hair? Or the comicbook one with my short hair? Either way–I get my hair cut by Suzanna at Moonshadow Salon on Ashby Ave (at College) in Berkeley. She’s been cutting and dying my hair for 10+ years now, and she is awesome.
the long hair–i’ve been considering growing mine out but need someone that can cut it properly so that the process is less painful (and ugly). thanks for the tip!