by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
For those readers who don’t use Twitter or who didn’t catch these links the first time I tweeted them, I’ve decided to post a regular round-up of my most-popular links on writing, editing, memoir and grants for writers from the past month. By doing...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 20, 2012 | Blog, Memoir
Regular readers know of my lit-crush on Geoff Dyer (see here and here). In this interview with ASH Smyth over at Guernica on the occasion of his new book Zona, he has many interesting things to say, but here I’ll focus on what he says about nonfiction book...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 15, 2012 | Blog, Memoir
I’ve already made it clear I’m a fan of Griffith Review, though for this reason and that reason I could be considered one-eyed. I wanted to alert you to their Humanities in the Community masterclasses in Brisbane and Melbourne, which is a partnership...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
In her “three-part rant” on the PEN Center USA blog, Shanna Mahin makes a series of sharp and timely points about the art and craft of writing memoir. Like many readers, myself included, Shanna is tired of memoir being considered the “red-headed...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 29, 2012 | Blog, Memoir
Here’s a quick round-up of writers’ resources I recently pointed to on Twitter that have proven popular retweets: My How to find grants for writers contains links to both US and Australian foundations and funding bodies and was my most popular tweet of...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 21, 2012 | Blog, Memoir
If you’re looking for constructive feedback on your work in progress to take it to the next level, I’ve got some time available in February. I regularly read and write editorial reports on writers’ draft manuscripts for clients as distant from each...