New segment for the blog - a gathering of the most interesting stories and essays of the week.

Fast writing refresher course, I love her method! "How I Went From Writing 2k to 10k Words a Day"  

The Business Rusch: Writers & Business Kristine Rusch is right, for a writing CAREER, you have to know the business too 

Letter from the Pulitzer Fiction Jury: What Really Happened This Year : The New Yorker 

Letter from the Pulitzer Fiction Jury, Part II: How To Define Greatness? 

Conference season and the pitch (super advice for newbies pitching agents) 

The Role of Corporate Sponsorship and Language in Dystopian Fiction: The New Yorker  (a fascinating thought)