NCF Tuesday: Sex! Sex! Sex!, Last Day for Moose Prize, Literary Pick-Up Lines
studiokatdesigns.blogspot.com News Winding down from last night’s love high and wine buzz, I thought some positive literary news would keep you moving through the week, well, at least until Wednesday. No bankrupt bookstores and E-reader sales today. The Author Bio Are you struggling to decide what to include in your author’s bio? Edan Lepucki debates whether an author should stick with their academic and literary accomplishments or include life experiences in her article “MFA Grads and Former Acrobats: Approaches to the Author Bio” . She includes several “out-of-the-box” author bios. Including life experiences portrays a more human author as opposed to just presenting the two-dimensional list of education and publication credentials. A sex worker generates more intrigue for me than a graduate from Columbia’s MFA program. It gives aspiring authors encouragement and confidence to know they don’t need an expensive education to write something wor...