Fall 2013: Distraction | Talking Writing

Artwork in this Issue

Featured Artist: Nina Paley

TW E-News: Fall 2013
Fall 2013 cover
"How to Be a Hermit Without Pissing off Your Family"

Editor's Note
"How I Grew Wings"
"When Blogging Becomes Art"

Wrestling with the Attention Thief

Distraction is the attention thief with a zillion faces: kids, spouses, parents, day jobs, meetings, social occasions, Tumblr, the lure of the next episode of Game of Thrones.

—"The Reluctant Multitasker"

New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they publish throughout the issue cycle.

Editor's Note

Distraction : The Reluctant Multitasker by Martha Nichols

Theme for this Issue

Advice, Distraction : ADHD Writers, Unite! by William Gray

Advice, Media Debate, Distraction : Social Media: The Great Time Sink for Writers by Anne R. Allen

Advice, Distraction : The Myth of 9-to-5 Writing by Nikki Stern

Advice, Distraction : How to Be a Hermit Without Pissing off Your Family by Martha Nichols

Advice, Distraction : Why Writers Need Daydreams by Virginia Foley

Advice, Distraction : Self-Doubt: The Worst Distraction for Writers by Tarn Wilson

Personal Stories

Writer's Life, Grief : Wordless: Writer’s Block and Grief by Lorraine Berry

Trends and Reviews

Authors, Journalism : The Perilous Influence of Hunter S. Thompson by J.p. Lawrence

Screen Time : How Not to Adapt "Romeo and Juliet" by John Michael Bell

Advice, Book Reviews, Journalism : What Makes a Good Writing Guide? by Emily Toth

Poetry

Featured Poetry : Karen Schubert: Poem by Karen Schubert

Featured Poetry : Sheila Black: Two Poems by Sheila Black

Fiction

Novel Excerpts, TW Reading Series : Liliane’s Balcony: Part Two by Kelcey Parker

Short Stories : Her Third Baby by Nicole Simonsen

Interviews

Becoming a Writer : Nicole Simonsen on Writing by Kelcey Parker

Art

Mixed Media, Letters and Journals : Putting My Eggs in Different Baskets by Theresa Williams

Cartoons : The Lost Time of Marcel Proust by Donald Langosy

Cartoons : A Day in Combray with Marcel Proust by Donald Langosy

Columns

Distraction, Nothing but the Toth : My Struggles with Monkey Mind by Emily Toth

Talking Art, Blogging : When Blogging Becomes Art by Judith A. Ross

Media Debate, Talking Indie : Why Aren’t More People Reading E-Books? by David Biddle

Why I Write

Why I Write, Illness : How I Grew Wings by Kim Triedman

Why I Write, Translations : Balancing Words in Two Languages by Mira Desai