by Virginia Lloyd | Mar 15, 2013 | Blog, Grants for writers, Improve your writing
I’m often told that I share useful things on Twitter, but for a variety of reasons, loads of people don’t go near that social network with a ten-foot pole. So for those readers I thought I’d offer here this collection of the most-often shared links...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 7, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links
New York-based Australian author Lily Brett begins her Australian tour today to coincide with the publication of her sixth novel, Lola Bensky. A full schedule of her public events is available on her website and Facebook page. I have known Lily since the late 1990s...
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 | 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 | Jun 29, 2011 | Blog, Improve your writing, Memoir
If you’re working on a memoir, or any long-form prose for that matter, chances are you’ve spent a large chunk of time sitting alone in front of your keyboard or with a pen poised over your notebook. Either way, your words grow into sentences, which turn...