Weekly Round-Up April 12

Our Initiatives

PFWA’s Fan-Fiction Initiative Continues Through April

General Literary Happenings

April is Poetry Month & Camp NaNoWriMo

April 13-19 is National Library Week

Upcoming PFWA Events

April 19: Democratizing Fiction
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May 3: Social Meetup
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For National Poetry Month

Daily Poem Sea Cans by Derek Walcott

Daily Poem October 13 by Lauren Ireland

For National Library Week

From the American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/factsheets/nationallibraryweek

Free Online Products from Oxford University Press
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/oxford-university-press-is-making-online-products-free-during-national-library-week_b84538

Writing Related

Literary Map of San Francisco
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/a-literary-map-of-san-francisco_b84427

Philadelphia Public History ‘Truck’
http://www.geekadelphia.com/2014/04/04/get-introduced-to-the-philadelphia-public-history-truck-at-little-berlin-in-east-kensington/

Writing Craft and Publication

3 Deadly Traps for a Writer
http://bestsellerlabs.com/3-deadly-traps-for-a-writer/

What Struggle Means for Character
http://moodywriting.blogspot.com/2014/04/what-struggle-means-for-character.html

So What Is ‘High Concept’
http://diymfa.com/writing/ask-becca-high-concept-anyway

Realistic vs Logic
http://www.fromthewriteangle.com/2014/04/realistic-vs-logic.html

5 Writing Lessons from ‘Game of Thrones’
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2014/04/08/writing-game-of-thrones/

Writing Lesson with Sandy Pool
http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/writing-lessons-sandy-pool/

Putting Your Life In Fiction
http://litreactor.com/columns/storyvile-putting-your-life-in-your-fiction

Writing Life

How To Handle Interruptions
http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2014/04/how-to-handle-interruptions-when-youre-freelance-writing/

Agents Going Off the Rails
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/04/2014/agents-going-off-the-rails/