Tayari's Blog: Some Things To Read While I Get Situated

Posted by TayariJones on August 12, 2008 12:10 AM
Filed under Travels & Rambles

I am on my way to Atlanta and I am not sure what the blogging situation is going to be. So, here are some things to read while I am getting myself together.

  • Joy Castro shares five writing commandments that kept her going as she was writing her gorgeous book.
  • In the mood for something graphic? Here are 22 unflattering moments in autobiographical comics. Also, the brilliant & adorable Jackson Brown has-- I don't know what to call it. It's not a comic strip exactly-- he has a thing going on his blog. It's a story. In pictures, captions, and in installments. I think it's pretty smart and sort of funny.
  • A 93-year old debut novelist is using her loot to move herself and her friends out of a nursing home.
  • I mentioned Hope: Living and Loving with HIV In Jamaica in yesterday's good news post when it won an award, but I am reposting because it is a powerful multimedia event. Go take a look.
  • The special black women writers issue of PoemMemoirStory is all sold out from amazon. If you're interested, you have to go straight to the source. (I have a story published there and so do a number of other members of this blog community, including Honoree Fannonne Jeffers, editor.)
  • Courtney steered me to The Moth. Imagine a poetry slam, except the people are telling STORIES. You can listen to some of the greatest hits on line.
  • Agent Jim McCarthy brings back a report from the annual meeting of Romance Writers of America.
  • The page 69 test. Marshal Zeringue has an innovative blog where she asks authors to examine page 69 of their novels to see if it is representative of the book. Well, I took the challenge and talked about page 69 of The Untelling.
  • Galleycat is looking for feedback.
  • RIP Mahmoud Darwish, the Poet Laureate of the West Bank.
  • Check out Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Torch: poetry, prose, and short stories by African American Women. There's a nice conversation between me and Ana-Maurine Lara and a terrific feature of Kamilah Aisha Moon.
  • Am I the only one that thinks this is a hoax? The so-called "monster" seems to be giving the viewer the finger!
  • Well, I guess since I am in the tabloid zone: The woman involved in the Edwards drama was the inspiration for a novel written 20 years ago. In short she has been a trip for a loooong time.

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    Comment #1, by Judy [TypeKey Profile Page]

    What a great going-away blog! I'm amazed (and inspired) by the 93-year-old debut novelist. She finished that novel when she was 90!
    Have a good trip home, Tayari.

    August 12, 2008 11:14 AM

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