How Hemingway honed his fiction skills
This piece by The Conversation revisits one of Ernest Hemingway’s first satirical news articles, making the argument that he was advancing as a journalist as he was learning to find his voice in fiction. “The Freiburg Fedora” was published in the Toronto Star Weekly in 1923.
Jealous much?
Once again, another great question and answer session over at Literary Hub where writer Kristen Arnett gives advice. This time, she’s answering the question of whether envying your friend’s writing success makes you a bad person and what to do when a friend says she’s opening a bookstore…in this economy?
A.I. news you don’t want to miss
We have a separate paid subscription for our weekly A.I. news roundup looking at its intersection with creative writing, but here’s a taste of what’s included if you want to sign up: Book publishers including Hatchette Book Group are banding together to sue Google for copyright infringement. It comes on the heels of Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI.
The latest flash fiction from the New Yorker
This short piece in the New Yorker’s flash fiction section is called “Why Would That Help” by Diane Williams. It’s just 274 words and Williams’ second flash piece in the publication. Read her first here.
Gateway books to science fiction and fantasy reads
We’re loving this roundup of books from Book Riot for readers who are new to the sci-fi and fantasy genres. They’ve aptly headlined it “Go Easy on Me” and offer five books to get your feet wet.
Judging books by their covers
How do you decide whether to buy a book? Do you read the jacket? Skim the reviews? Open it up and read the first page or, GASP, the last page? Here’s what each says about you and why it might be a problem.
Don’t miss out on A.I. news
We figured there’s so much to talk about when it comes to artificial intelligence these days that it deserves more of our attention, but it also shouldn’t detract from what we’re sharing in this edition of the newsletter. We hope you’ll consider upgrading your subscription to support us as we roll out our new weekly feature on the intersection of A.I. and creative writing.
Our latest podcast episode
Our latest podcast episode on July 15 featured another Denis Johnson story called “Work.” Like the other piece of his we featured, it’s a wild ride. (You can also hear my pet bird screaming in the background of this recording.) Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or our YouTube Channel. We release new episodes on the 1st and 15th of each month.
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