by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
I’m excited that my first guest post on the terrific Brevity blog is now online. It’s a riff on a satirical attack on memoir-writing in the new play Seminar by Theresa Rebeck, which I recently saw in preview. The remarkable Alan Rickman (who I have adored...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 15, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
The Economist’s books blog reviews James Wolcott’s memoir of 1970s New York as the latest in a long line of first-person accounts of living in the city. There are certain precautions memoirists can take to inoculate themselves against the genre’s hazards....
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 13, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
Did you know that literary magazine Tin House receives 2,000 stories every month? Or that New York literary agents receive 10-12 queries per day? These are a few of the reality-check gems I picked up by watching the videotaped National Book Critics Circle panel...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 3, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
I am constantly worried that I spend too much time reading online. It can’t be right to switch on the computer first (or second) thing in the morning, or to check email last thing before bed. Conducting a life lived in the two opposing time zones of Sydney and...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 31, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing
Here’s a quick roundup of an odd assortment of opportunities for writers, all on the subject of Australia: Griffith REVIEW is seeking submissions for Edition 36: What Is Australia For? What Is Australia For? will sketch out visionary ideas for the future,...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 25, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Publishing
The Guardian recently launched a series of short pieces by writers as diverse as Geoff Dyer and Kate Grenville on how to write fiction. The series, dubbed A Guardian Masterclass, includes Rachel Cusk on point of view, DPC Pierre on dialogue and Kate Mosse on plot....