About Brevity’s Blog « BREVITY’s Creative Nonfiction Blog
"Information on contests, calls for submissions, creative nonfiction miscellany, and Brevity magazine news and updates."
Glad to see this blog on creative nonfiction! [...] 
How To Use An Apostrophe – The Oatmeal -
The flow chart you've been waiting for. Via the ever-lovely Lifehacker.com. [...] 
Quote of the day at BookBalloon:
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. ~ Edward Gibbon [...] 
The Rejectionist: Maybe This Will Make You Feel A Little Bit Better
Sometimes you can't even give it away. Lesson learned: Even the greats faced rejection. [...] 
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
Confronted with a choice that could change your life, which road would you take? Lionel Shriver explores the alternate universes of her protagonist, Irina McGovern: one in which she succumbs to temptation, and one in which she doesn’t. [...] [...] 
Top Three Questions about my interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show
"He has mesmerizing blue eyes…"
Hee. I bet he does. [...] 
Letter – How to Find a Book – NYTimes.com
Some advice for the founder of Google… [...] 
Venus febriculosa» Blog Archive » lolita cover contest results!
"The Lolita Cover Contest has ended…"
And the winners are wonderful. Take a peek — if you dare. [...] 
From Publishers Lunch:
The National Book Foundation named their new list of “5 Under 35″:
Ceridwen Dovey, Blood Kin
C. E. Morgan, All the Living
Lydia Peelle, Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
Karen Russell, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Josh Weil, The New Valley [...] 
If you’re a writer, and you live within a 50-mile radius of Charlottesville, can I just assume I’ll be seeing you at WriterHouse in October? I know I’m going to be there…
Saturday, October 10, 2-4p: NaNoPrepMo. November is National Novel Writing Month, but savvy novelists [...] [...] 
Mal-Covered: The Art of Medical-Textbook Design: The Book Bench : The New Yorker
"Whoever came up with the idea of having the authors’ names sucked down a virtual large intestine is a genius." [...] 
Josh Weil on “The Renegade Form: The Case for the Novella in Contemporary Fiction”
Josh Weil spoke to an audience at WriterHouse on September 24 on the subject of “The Renegade Form: A Case for the Novella in Contemporary Fiction.” Josh also [...] [...] 
From WriterHouse:
Half-Day Seminars (Registration Required)
If you’ve wanted to take a class, but can’t commit to an eight-week schedule, our Saturday Seminar Series is for you.
10-17-2009, 9:00 AM-1:00PM Elements of Fiction: Plot
10-24-2009, 9:00 AM-1:00PM Writing about Food—Turning Appetite into Art and [...] [...] 
The No. 1 Mistake Self-Publishers Make
"So who should consider self-publishing hard copies? Here’s my opinion…"
Be warned: The list is short. You might not be on it. [...] 
October Reading Club at BookBalloon:
The Aztec Treasure House by Evan S. Connell
The BookBalloon Reading club will follow its discussion of Mrs. Bridge with a close look at Connell’s masterful collection of essays, The Aztec Treasure House. Join us in October. Registration is free.
Discussion [...] [...] 
I saw:
Who: Charlottesville author and activist David Swanson
With: A boxful of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union
Where: The Downtown Mall
When: Monday morning bright and early [...] 
David Swanson at Barnes & Noble — Swanson reads from his new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. Via Charlottesville Podcasting Network.
Posted using ShareThis [...] 
Four more events with author appearances, readings, and book-signings at New Dominion Bookshop
Wednesday, September 23 at 12:15 PM
Michael Rosen, What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse
Thursday, September [...] [...] 
Bumper sticker seen in town this afternoon: My Other Car is a Pynchon Novel. [...] 
I saw you reading:
What: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet
Where: On the Downtown Mall
When: Friday afternoon
And I also saw you reading:
What: Seekers #2: Great Bear Lake by Erin Hunter
Where: At the Pavilion
When: During Fridays after Five [...] 
From the Staunton News-Leader — read the whole story here.
What: Book signing by Clifford Garstang, author of “In an Uncharted Country”
When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Where: The Sacred Circle, Staunton
Cost: Free
More info: 540 213-3881 [...] 
San Francisco Bay Guardian
'The Adderall Diaries' A dose from San Francisco author Stephen Elliott's memoir of moods, masochism, and murder
Read an excerpt [...] 
Dramatic Readings : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits
The Hate Mail Dramatic Reading Project:
"The following clip represents my dramatic reading of this individual’s hate mail to me, read in a melodramatic, quasi-Shakespearean style."
To listen is to believe. [...] 
Next Sunday at WriterHouse:
Fall Open House and Instructor Reading
Sunday, September 13, 7:00pm
Meet the instructors for the fall session, meet other writers, and listen to readings by the fall instructors. [...] 
Staunton author (and my friend) Cliff Garstang will debut his book In an Uncharted Country at The Sacred Circle in downtown Staunton on Saturday, September 5, from 10:00AM to 1:00PM. I pre-ordered my copy from the publisher — you can too. [...] 
From BookBalloon:
September Reading Club
Mrs. Bridge: A Novel by Evan S. Connell
Mrs. Bridge was Connell’s first novel. Gerald Shapiro writes of his encounter with this classic in Ploughshares:
While I was still in high school, I read Mrs. Bridge. It was Connell’s first novel, still [...] [...]
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