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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Workshopping Outside of School
Can you count on one hand the number of people outside of school who have read your work? This is a shame. You may be thinking, “talk about a blessing, not a curse,” but allow me for a moment to … Continue reading
Agents, Contests, Jobs, and Journals: Resources for Writers
Sifting through the clutter of literary contests posted online or catalogued in different publications can be a very daunting task for writers who wish to submit their writing for publication. I’ve known writers who have sifted through the different databases … Continue reading
NewTown Writers
Still painfully sunburnt from the Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, I thought I’d take some time to promote an LGBT writers’ association based here in the Windy City that I—being young and oblivious—didn’t even know existed until now. NewTown Writers … Continue reading
Nice article. How about a digital beer?
Tomorrow, on June 29, Wikipedia will add a new way of giving feedback to its contributors. The ‘WikiLove‘ feature is modeled after Facebook’s ‘Like’ button, a medium for the social network’s members to provide one another with instant praise. WikiLove, however, … Continue reading
The Presidency Is Being Campaigned For! Politics and the Power of the Passive Voice
Americans will choose their next president on November 6, 2012. Although this is many months away, the campaign for the presidency is already in full swing. Each candidate seems to be promising that he or she will stand out among … Continue reading
Sustainable Scrawling
For those who don’t know, Scrawl–the UCWbL’s radio show–is live every Friday at 11am on Radio DePaul. When you’re told to listen to a writing center’s radio show, you’re like, “Yeah, okay,” and figure you’ll never listen, or if you … Continue reading
Live Mocha
Last week I told you guys about SharedTalk. Apparently, another free site with similar goals but different features exists as well, known as LiveMocha.com. Live Mocha is another site where you can practice a foreign language and help others to … Continue reading
The American Dream
The American Dream, a short film produced by UCWbLer Devin Leigh (History & African Studies, ’12) and directed by Marcus Deely (Digital Cinema ’11), won an award for best writing at DePaul’s Premiere VI Film Festival at the Music Box … Continue reading
The Deliciously Maddening Process of Writing
Writing can be a maddening process, as many writers will attest to. Finding the right word or the right sentence that captures perfectly the ideas in your head can be time consuming, frustrating, and seemingly hopeless, but that is precisely … Continue reading