LitFriends: The Power of Your Words In Action “A word after a word after a word is power” — Margaret Atwood Subscribe to our free LitFriends newsletter and get your free planning sheets for your writing and life projects. Click Here We talk about craft, publication, and practice. Last week, writing from this community reminded …
LitFriends: What If the Work You’re Avoiding Is the Work That Matters? In a moment that asks a great deal of us, let’s pay attention to what strengthens our capacity to think clearly, stay grounded in our values, and act with integrity. That attention sits at the center of what we do here in …
LitFriends: Begin Your Transformation LitFriends Community: “Hope is not idle. It asks something of us.” — Rebecca Solnit As this year closes, I’ve been thinking about the kind of hope that shows up as steady work. Over the last year and a half, I wrote my next memoir. Now begins the long path toward finding …
Re-Opening Submissions for Anthology on Aging Our Next Anthology Needs Great Essays Call for Submissions: Voices on the Gift of Aging Jack Walker Press invites writers to submit personal essays for our upcoming anthology, Voices on the Gift of Aging (working title). This collection will explore the emotional, spiritual, and practical dimensions of aging—celebrating wisdom, confronting loss, …
LitFriends Your Books Featured, a Free Book Club Kit, and a Giveaway LitFriends — I’ve been working behind the scenes to bring you a few gifts and connection points for both the readers and writers in our community. I think you’ll love what’s in store. Wilson is asleep beside me, snoring like a tiny lumberjack …
LitFriends: The ghost story behind every search for meaning I went quiet—and came back with more than a book. I missed my LItFriends! I ghosted you— not the spooky kind. I disappeared to finish The Alchemy of Sass, a memoir about unraveling the lies, secrets, and assumptions that shaped me. I”m just finishing up the …
Litfriends: Discover Why You’re Unbeatable Over Weird AI LitFriends Newsletter from JackWalkerPress.com and AmyLouJenkins.com As narrative nonfiction storytellers in the age of AI, you’ve probably encountered moments where AI tools just miss the mark—like the weird picnic image I recently received, featuring a chef with a stethoscope. While artificial intelligence can assist us by repurposing …
Write Your Memoir With Us This is the summer we begin our memoirs or our next writing project. I’m heading out for a few weeks on a bucket-list trip to Italy. Then a Summer of writing begins. In June, we begin our memoirs using the JUMP method. With homage to the writing process, we learn …
LitFriends Opportunity Alerts, So That Your Story Gets Out Into the World Two New Anthologies to Write for and Two New Courses on their Way LitFriends Newsletter Timothy Ferriss, the American entrepreneur and investor, asks a crucial question: “The question you should be asking isn’t, ‘What do I want?’ or ‘What are my goals?’ but …
We are accepting submissions for both anthologies through the end of 2024. Follow JWP on Facebook for updates. Click Here Call for Submissions: Voices on the Gift of Aging Jack Walker Press invites writers to submit personal essays for our upcoming anthology, “Voices on the Gift of Aging” (working title). We seek reflections, and insightful and …