Writing
I’m a writer. So I like to write about writing. I have also compiled a list of Writing Resources, which I may update from time to time.
You Should Totally Apply For the TinyLetter Writing Residency
Writers’ residencies are becoming all the rage it seems. So here’s one where the wifi will probably work.
TinyLetter, the newsletter company, is putting up five writers for ten days at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs, California. The timings for the TinyLetter Writing Residency are:
- Application deadline: September 26
- Residency: November 30 – December 9
They claim it will be a great environment to get things done, but I guess that depends on who the other four writers are.
Disclosure: I write tiny letters sometimes.
What Is Your Signature Word?
If you have a friend that you talk to on a regular basis, either over coffee or gchat, you’ll start to notice certain words that she uses. You have your own signature words, too, even though you may not even realize it.
Matthew J.X. Malady explores fingerprint words this week in Slate. How do we adopt them? How should we feel when “our” words get picked up by the masses?
“There is a lot of ambivalence there,” he says. “On the one hand we like that people admire or respect our choices. And to some extent we like being a leader. But there’s something also uncomfortable about people mimicking us. We want people to say, ‘Oh, that’s great,’ but not to start imitating us.”