Quick question for your Friday
Dear Friends,
What are you excited about in your life right now?
A person, a place, an upcoming trip, your daily buttered roll (this will make sense later), weekend plans, life plans, your baby's first steps, the new Keurig flavor in your office, something you’ve written, something you’re about to write, something you should be writing right now?
What
are
you
EXCITED
about?
I’m going to give this a think, too.
Because with excitement comes energy and with energy comes action and with action comes more excitement and....do you see where I'm going? Let's get excited. And please share what excites you if you feel like it!
“The most important thing an editor can do is be a diplomat. It's not your book, but you can subtly try, and it usually ends up that the writers express themselves so much more clearly. At least, that was my experience.”
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Judith Jones discovered Julia Child, published The Diary of Anne Frank, edited John Updike, and seems like a mighty fine lady with advice on writing and life. A wonderful profile-turned-eulogy after her death at 93.
All of the Most Important Things
My favorite kind of food story: Ode to the Buttered Roll, That New York Lifeline (h/t Charlotte Maiorana)
I love people who #showtheirwork. Six poets reveal the process behind their poems.
“Wean yourself off of the tit of your own ego.” Katherine Boo’s advice for journalists writing narrative non-fiction.
Wow. A visit with Liz Smith. (h/t the collective brain of Tim, Brea, Katie, and Nina)
The Verge is hiring a culture editor! (h/t Rebecca Wright)
Wanna move to Australia? An Aussie women's website is hiring an evening editor. Hey, why not? (h/t Heath Brockwell)
Travel writers, listen up: Andrea Bennett, EIC of several Modern Luxury magazine titles, is looking for experienced lifestyle/travel writers who either live in or are familiar with (or are traveling soon to) to Las Vegas, San Diego, Hong Kong, and Macau. If this is you, reach out to Andrea (who's wonderful)! abennett@modernluxury.com (h/t Carrie Seim, who really brought it with the job opps this week!)
And finally, the entire series of Everwood is available to stream. Goodbye, sweet world, I’ll see you in a few weeks.
Thank you for reading.
Love, Kara