Inspired by a similar type of post found on Electric Literature‘s website, The Monday Post is a collection of articles for writers and readers as well as a sampling of interesting works and publications from across the internet. They may be old links or new links, but they’ll be ones that I find the most interesting or helpful. If there are any particular topics you’d like to read about, please feel free to suggest them in a comment on this post. In addition, each new month will feature a new and interesting quote from an established expert in the literary field.
Writers and readers may find additional links and featured writers in The Monday Post archive. Please follow my blog for writing prompts, commentary, reviews, and more!
Author Note: There is a special section today for a survey from authors about their publishing partners. Check it out!
Special Section: AUTHOR SURVEY
(This survey was completely anonymous and no personal statistics such as age, race, religion, etc. were given by the participants. The survey was created by Jane Friedman and Harry Bingham.)
Check out the survey here.
Check out Jane’s reaction here.
Check out Harry’s reaction here.
“How Little Free Libraries Plant Reading in Book Deserts” via Chronicle Books Blog
“Shakespeare’s Sonnets, All 154, Reimagined Through a New York Lens” via The New York Times
“Oyster, the Netflix of e-books, launching online store to take on Amazon” via c|net
“From Potter to Tartt to Ferrante: How We Came to Love the Multi-Volume Novel” via Lit Hub
“Amazon files first-ever suit over fake product reviews, alleging sites sold fraudulent praise” via GeekWire
“How Will I Live? Fame, Money, Day Jobs, and Fiction Writing.” via The Millions
“On Reading the Tough Stuff” via Book Guy Reviews
“Ten Ways to Tighten Your Writing & Hook the Reader” via Kristen Lamb’s Blog
“Where’s the Quote from: Classic or YA Lit?” via Epic Reads
“Seattle Author Sherman Alexie Once Again Makes Banned Books List” via kuow.org
“Secrets of the Stacks: How libraries decide which books to keep—and which don’t stand the test of time” via Medium
“Using Comics to Teach English Language Learners” via School Library Journal
“A New ‘Wrinkle in Time’” via The Wall Street Journal
“The Other Side of Boredom” via The New York Times
“READER’S GUIDE: Cormac McCarthy” via The Oyster Review
“Should Everyone Publish a Book?” via Women Writers, Women’s Books
“Haruki Murakami and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Make TIME’s 100 Most Influential People” via Electric Literature
“Lying in Translation: Notes Towards a Truthful Memoir–Brooke Champagne” via Bending Genre
Featured Writings:
Nonfiction:
“Half the Fun” by David Wheeler
“Catch” by Patrick Madden
Poetry:
“Three” by Troy Jollimore
“yellow journalism” by Keith S. Wilson
Fiction:
“Hero Absorbs Major Damage” by Charles Yu
“Helmet Shell” by Julia LaSalle
Books:
Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire
House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy
Literary Magazines and Journals:
Previous Posts on Mondays to do with Readings and Writings:
- April 13, 2015: Young slam poets, essay origins, and writing advice that is good and bad (among other things)
- April 6, 2015: Political crime thrillers, wintery winds are coming, and Amazon versus the world (among other things)
- March 30, 2015: Epic and yet forgotten, misunderstood Frost, and your cruelty licence (among other things)
- March 23, 2015: Characters reflecting themes, doubt-guts, and supporting non-reader friends at the bookstore (among other things)
- March 16, 2015: Spacing and placing, like a simile, and glass ceiling smashing (among other things)
- March 9, 2015: Nameless narration, the history of paying (or not paying) writers, and 10-minutes to success (among other things)
- March 2, 2015: Can’t live without lit, dystopian dysfunctions, and the obscurest genre of them all (among other things)
- February 23, 2015: The answers on how to be a writer, bolstering your new year’s resolutions with books, and writing as a horror story (among other things)
- February 17, 2015: Critical critics, genre complexity, and love songs (among other things)
- February 9, 2015: Creation amidst chaos, foreign fiction foreign, and the data points on plot (among other things)
- February 2, 2015: Future predictor Dostoevsky, half-way readers, and favorite author help (among other things)
A Vase of Wildflowers 
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