Leni Leanne Phillips

WRITING MY OWN STORYI'm a writer trying to figure out my jam. In the meantime, I read, I write, I blog: lenileanne.com

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Getting Out of Our Own Way

I recently came across an article that was published on Flavorwire last year about two magazines included in the 2013 VIDA Count, one which did well and one which did not do so well. The VIDA Count...

Things women writers can do to level the playing field. 

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Men are freer than women to meet their expected role, as breadwinner, or not, to be a good father, or not, to keep their yard neatly trimmed, or not, to write, or not. Women are given 'freedom,' i.e., 'permission' to write, as long as their houses are well kept, their children are well cared for, and their spouses are given attention.

Poet Elisa A. Garza in her guest post, My Writing Projects Will Wait, for now-defunct Vida blog, Her Kind. http://vidaweb.org

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There is only a slight difference between passion and rage. Passion will drive you to write the great American novel. Rage will get you a 6 year sentence for burning somebody’s farm down. The two can very easily intertwine.

Jayme K., How to Be Pissed Off as An Adult In A Socially Acceptable Way (via thatlitsite)

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I read my first copy of Tin House this morning, over Sunday morning blueberry pancakes and coffee. I fell in love with the literary magazine and came across this article while looking up subscription info. I was happy to subscribe before. Now I’m THRILLED to support a publication which supports women writers so consciously and with such determination.

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A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a college dance. (Phyllis McGinley)

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Brain function ‘boosted for days after reading a novel’… full article 1 / 2 

photo credit: Audrey Hepburn by Mark Shaw - Marilyn Monroe by Elliott Erwitt - Barbara Laage by Nina Leen - Michelle Williams as Marilyn by Annie Leibovtiz

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We knew this! (great photos of famous readers, too!)

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All the cool girls are reading books these days.