Putting pen to paper to write a short story, personal essay, or poetry can be just hard as writing a novel. For those who write the latter, it’s even more difficult to get them submitted to literary magazines and journals. Writer’s Relief tells you how to “Cast a Wide Net:…
Women Writing Women’s Lives: How I Got that Story – by Jenna Vaccaro, Guest Blogger Jenna Vaccaro is the Co-Editor of the chapter newsletter, New York Bookwoman, and has also represented the WNBA-NYC as a Youth Representative to the United Nations. She is also a graduate student in the MS in…
A Literary Christmas Miscellany from the Berg Collection Monday, November 25, 2013 through Sunday, January 5, 2014 New York Public Library Free Get ready for Christmas with a special holiday display of Charles Dickens’ prompt copy of A Christmas Carol, from which he gave his public readings; a book with…
Today’s Member Monday interview recently ran in the New York Bookwoman and features Jenna Vaccaro, who has taken on the position of Co-Editor of the chapter newsletter. Jenna has also represented the WNBA-NYC as a Youth Representative to the United Nations. She’s also been a contributor to the blog for…
We are one week in to National Novel Writing Month. How many words have you put down on paper? If you are closer to zero than 50,000 then the official website for National Novel Writing Month is a great place to help you get you over the hump. It’s a…
How I Got the Story A Women Writing Women’s Lives Event Ever wondered what it would be like to get to know some of the most important women in history and share their stories with the world? Next week, the Women Writing Women’s Lives Biography Seminar at the Graduate Center…
For today’s Member Monday, we are doing a double interview with our two new Social Media and Blog Co-Editors, who will be helping me run the WNBA-NYC blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn pages. Be sure to welcome these ladies in the comments and when you see them at our…
The Line King’s Library: Al Hirschfield at the New York Public Library Now — January 4, 2014 New York Public Library FREE As if we needed another reason to make a trip to the New York Public Library, a new multimedia art exhibit called “The Line King’s Library,” honoring illustrator…
There are two questions that we may never know the answer to: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? and How many copies does it take to be an Amazon Bestseller? Amazon does not provide information on how many unit sales it…
Harriet Shenkman, Poet-in-Residence at Boomer Cafe, has written a new poem for the website, entitled Brooklyn Justice. Harriet takes a nostalgic look back at life in Brooklyn. Linda Rosen’s short story, Through the Peephole appears in the fall edition (Vol.1 Edition 3) of The Dying Goose. Be sure to stop…
