Fall 2013: Distraction

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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