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Around the Web: Grammar Guidance, Form Rejections, Encountering Critics

Mar 26

Around the Web: Grammar Guidance, Form Rejections, Encountering Critics

Oh, hello again, readers! This week’s web content roundup is full of guidance from folks in the publishing business. We’ve got grammar tips as well as advice for encountering rejection and critics, so read on if you’re looking for some writing help. Grammar Goofs in Fiction Fiction doesn’t always have to follow grammar rules, but it is helpful to know what the rules are so that when we break them, we’re doing so on purpose. A recent CMOS Shoptalk blog discusses common grammar

Around the Web: Accessibility in Publishing, Tips for Content Generation, and the Teen Writing Scene

Mar 19

Around the Web: Accessibility in Publishing, Tips for Content Generation, and the Teen Writing Scene

Welcome back! This week’s roundup of book-related content from across the vast domain of the internet includes an update on funding for accessible books in Canada, some thoughts on improving the querying process for neurodivergent writers, some tips for developing ideas and producing content, and a piece on the teen writing scene. CELA and NNELS Funding Just last week I shared concerns about the Canadian government cutting funds for organizations that help create accessible b

Around The Web: Surviving Failure, Mix Tape Poetry, Funding Cuts, and Norton Juster

Mar 12

Around The Web: Surviving Failure, Mix Tape Poetry, Funding Cuts, and Norton Juster

Hello, readers! For those new here, Around the Web is our weekly roundup of book content. This week, I’m sharing one author’s experiences with failure, a poet’s take on structuring a poetry collection, a story about advocates seeking funding for services for Canadians with print reading disabilities, and an obituary for author Norton Juster. Surviving Failure David Hollander had big expectations for his debut novel, but they didn’t quite come to fruition. In this piece for Li

Around The Web: iPhone Poetry, Comic Book Artists, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Social Media

Mar 5

Around The Web: iPhone Poetry, Comic Book Artists, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Social Media

Welcome back, readers. I hope you’re all doing well and that you get a smile out of today’s roundup of bookish goodies. This week, we’re looking at note app poetry, comic artists, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and social media expectations. iPhone Notes Are Poetry Do you use the Notes app on your phone for more than grocery lists and email drafts? Refinery 29 recently took a look at how note taking apps have become a space for creativity with many folks using them to draft and