This is a favorite, much-kicked-around topic of mine, and earlier this week the good folks at The Rumpus added a fresh contribution to the debate. Messing With Memoir is an essay about the author’s efforts to revise her out-of-print memoir, years after she’d written it, and the ethical issues she grappled with in doing so. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
The Rumpus Talks Truth in Memoir
Posted in Tangents, tagged Memoir, Nonfiction, The Rumpus, Writing on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
My Year in Writing and Reading
Posted in Updates, tagged 2011, Reading, Writing on December 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s been a mixed bag of a year for me, writing-wise. Though I did manage to keep my resolution to write more in 2011, I started out on a low note, fresh off the World Hum layoffs at Travel Channel last November. The American road trip blogging gig that fell apart in May was another [...]
Writer Richard Van Camp on ‘the Magic of the North’
Posted in Tangents, tagged Richard Van Camp, Writing on November 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
NWT writer Richard Van Camp talks writing and the North in this article from the Camrose Canadian: I’m going to give you the only possible advice any writer can give you: if you want to be a writer, write something you would like to read. Growing up in Fort Smith, my grandparents were medicine people [...]
The World Hum Submissions Inbox is Open
Posted in Updates, tagged World Hum, Writing on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After a long delay, we’re happy to be reading submissions again. Check out our submissions guidelines here.
Freelance Writing and Editing Rates
Posted in Tangents, tagged Editing, Freelancing, Rates, Writing on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the course of some googling, I came across a few useful links regarding editorial and writing rates. First, from the Professional Writers Association of Canada: What to Pay a Writer. Next up, the Editorial Freelancers Association lists these Editorial Rates. And finally, the Editors’ Association of Canada has an explanation of the various types [...]
The View from my Writer’s Retreat
Posted in Photos, Updates, tagged Atlin, Writer's Retreat, Writing on March 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My escape to a cabin just south of Atlin last week was a huge success. I read on the deck in the sun (in my sleeping bag – it’s not quite warm enough for sunbathing yet) by day, and wrote at night; I finished Jonathan Raban’s excellent Passage to Juneau and got a functional 4000-word [...]
Build Your Own Writer’s Retreat
Posted in Updates, tagged Writer's Retreat, Writing on March 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I just booked two nights in a little log cabin a couple of hours south of Whitehorse, complete with glacier views, a woodstove, and — crucially — an electrical outlet for my laptop. I’ve got a bunch of writing I’m aiming to get done in a short time span, so I figured I’d fashion my [...]
