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You can still register for my Research for Writers class
Registration is still open for my May 9th Research for Writers class at Richard Hugo House in Seattle. Here’s the class description: Research is an important part of the creative process for writers of...
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My October 25th “Creative Research for Writers” class
On Sunday, October 25th, I’ll be teaching an all-day “Creative Research for Writers” class at Richard Hugo House in Seattle. Here’s the description: Creative research can help writers of fiction and...
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In praise of browsing
For me, an important element of creative research is serendipity, which the OED defines as “making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.” Browsing is a great way to open yourself to...
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“The historian serves the truth of his subject. The novelist serves the truth...
Nicola Griffith blogged yesterday about the historical novel she’s writing and different approaches to writing historical fiction: There’s the hey, anything goes, just use the period as window dressing...
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How cutting and pasting can lead to plagiarism
In today’s New York Times, Public Editor Clark Hoyt’s column, titled “Journalistic Shoplifting,” is about the recent plagiarism scandal surrounding Times business reporter Zachery Kouwe. I wanted to...
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Let’s talk about search
So my last post, “Yet another study shows that ‘digital natives’ suck at searching,” seems to have struck a nerve– it’s received over 5000 hits (thanks to links from BoingBoing and Fark, as well as...
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I’ll be teaching a research workshop for Clarion West in May
I’ll be teaching a one-day Clarion West workshop with Louise Marley on Sunday, May 4th from 10am to 4pm in Seattle’s University District: Fiction R&D: From Research to Ideas to Stories Research is...
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I’ll be speaking about fact-checking on November 14th
I’ll be speaking about fact-checking at the November 14th meeting of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild in Seattle: Fact-Checking: Don’t Assume Anything Whether editing fiction, nonfiction,...
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My talk about fact-checking
The Editors Guild recorded my talk about fact-checking last night and posted it to their YouTube channel, so you can watch it here: Here’s a link to the PDF handout I prepared and refer to in my talk,...
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I’m teaching a fact-checking workshop in Seattle on November 4th
I’ll be teaching a fact-checking workshop in Seattle on Saturday, November 4th for the Northwest Independent Editors Guild. This will be a practical how-to workshop for anyone interested in...
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