The Renegade Writer Blog

Dustin over at the Writer’s Technology Companion has posted a good overview of RSS feeds today (stands for “Really Simple Syndication”) in honor of RSS Appreciation Day. And boy, do I appreciate RSS feeds, both as a reader and a blogger. I meet a lot of people who have no idea about places like Bloglines [...]

Alison Stein Wellner, who’s teaching our new Travel Writing Workshop, and Monica Bhide, who’s back with her well-received Intro to Food Writing course, are offering students a chance to win a free basic-level class, a $125 value. All you have to do is sign up for one of them (or both) and you’ll be entered [...]

Writer Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell is doing a book giveaway on her blog on this summer. On Tuesdays, she’ll be posting interviews with authors, who’ll be offering a copy of their book to one lucky blog reader. All readers have to do is read the interview, click on “comments” and ask a writing-related question of the [...]

Vanity Fair has a huge piece on the whole James Frey scandal. I actually really liked his first book in terms of the style of writing and breaking all the writing rules. I am curious, after everything that has happened, would you buy his new book? (A work of fiction, of course) [MonicaBhide}