Writing Unleashed with Laura M. Harkins

Winchester  I welcomed a new member to my family this week. A polydactyl or Hemingway kitten called Winchester (homage to Supernatural ) . His brother Tennant is still getting used to him, but they're both such love bugs it shouldn't take long. Tennant & Winchester So, in celebration, I bring to you a little motivational writing tool I found on Electric Literature's Facebook page: Written? Kitten!  You write 100 words, then a picture of a kitten appears. You write 100 more words, another picture of a kitten appears. Mind blown! Enjoy!!

News Innovations in Reading Prize, 2011, Goes To… My Own Book : Burt Freeman worked to create opportunity to increase literacy among New York City students. “The concept behind My Own Book is amazing in its simplicity: Third-grade children from inner-city schools go on a class trip to a bookstore where My Own Book volunteers help the children purchase $50 worth of books to help start and build their own personal libraries.”  Kore Press : Currently, these literary activists are creating social change through three different projects that stray away from book form. They will use “t-shirts, video PSAs, readings, podcasts, poems wrapped around tampons and loaded into a repurposed tampon machine that travels to public restrooms, a 40-foot banner, a blog, a newspaper ad, posters in elevators, coffee cup sleeves and repurposed political yard signs.” Electric Literature: The quarterly journal reaches their audience through Twitter, YouTube videos, iPhone and iPad apps. They even crea...