>Library of Virginia awards announced | Richmond Times-Dispatch

> Barbara Kingsolver won the Library of Virginia award for fiction last night, for her novel Lacuna. Library of Virginia awards announced | Richmond…

>More Negative Scripts

>More Negative Scripts: McKenna continues the interviews, including mine.

>LitMag Reviews

>There are some fresh reviews of literary magazines posted at New Pages–Review of Literary Magazines

>Negative Scripts: Part II – The Interviewees « McKenna’s Way

>Negative Scripts: Part II – The Interviewees « McKenna’s Way

>Author Rants

>I recently published a book review in a new online magazine. It was a mostly positive review but pointed to one significant flaw. The…

>The New Yorker: "Corrie" by Alice Munro

>Finally, a story worth reading. Unfortunately, it’s not available to non-subscribers. I wonder if the magazine planned this? Let’s let everyone read the light-weight…

>Neatness Counts

> Actually, it isn’t neatness per se that counts; it’s attention to detail. As a teacher and an editor, I am disturbed when correct…

>Identifying with our Negative Scripts – Gentle on the Path « McKenna’s Way

> L. McKenna Donovan has an interesting project on her blog this week, in which she is exploring the “negative scripts” that get in…

>Writerday: Second Thursdays

> SWAG Writers is trying something new: Writerday. This Thursday, October 14, we’ll gather at Mockingbird in Staunton to talk about writing, or whatever….

>Howard Jacobson wins Man Booker Prize

>Jacobson wins Booker for The Finkler Question.