An Interview with Naila Moreira Guest Blogger: Sarah Feldman, Straw Dog Literary Correspondent Naila Moreira is a writer and journalist living in western Massachusetts. Her journalism and nature essays have Read More
Year: 2013
December 1, 2013
Who Knew an Annual Meeting Could Be So Magical? Guest Blogger: Patricia lee Lewis . What I loved most about the Straw Dog Members party was the way each person walking Read More
November 1, 2013
30 Poems in November! Guest Blogger: Becky Jones as I first learned of what was originally called “30 Poems in 30 Days” from an e-mail invitation in the early fall Read More
Guest Blogger: Ellen Meeropol
Writing on the Fault Lines I believe that literature can contribute hugely to positive social change. That stories and poems and essays and theater can illuminate injustice, open minds, Read More
September 9, 2013
An Interview with Jean Zimmer Guest Blogger Sarah Feldman as Straw Dog Newsletter caught up with Jean Zimmer during a family camping trip to Cape Cod. Guest blogger Sarah Feldman Read More
August 15, 2013
Does Spelling Count? It’s pretty instructive for a freelance writer to sit on the other side of the table – the side that receives the manuscript submissions. I’ve had a Read More
July 18, 2013
Recipe for Succeeding in the Publishing World Ingredients: Fistfuls of Talent Luck Desire Craftwork Perseverance as Mix everything together, adding an extra cup of perseverance. Want a taste? Sample this Read More
June 17, 2013
Summer Reading We are closing in on the longest day of the year. More daylight means more opportunity to ponder the vagaries of the writing process. Here are a couple of books Read More
June 3, 2013
Misery Loves Miserable Company I have been cleaning – the frenzied kind that leaves piles of debris all over the house, detritus that will be swept out, later rather than Read More
May 20, 2013
Guest Blogger: Kathy Dunn as Writing on the Slow Train as “A good thought, like a good donkey, is something to be nurtured. Neither likes to be rushed.” –Slow Travel Europe Read More