Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Post-MFA writer, Emilie Staat, blogs about finishing her novel, freelance writing, music, multitudes of random media and, oh yeah, living in New Orleans
About Me
- Emilie
- New Orleans, LA, United States
- MFA from LSU in hand (or in a box somewhere), Emilie is finishing her novel while making some sort of living.
What I'm Reading
Friends, Mentors and Teachers
- Jamey Hatley
- The New PolyAnna (Anna Hirsch)
- Stephanie Nash
- Toni McGee Causey
- Clarence Nero
- Craig Brandhorst
- David Madden
- James Wilcox
- Ava Leavell Haymon
- Laura Mullen
- Ronlyn Domingue
- Mary McMyne
- Bret Anthony Johnston
- Moira Crone
- Rodger Kamenetz
- Michelle Benoit
- Laurie Lynn Drummond
- Andrei Codrescu
- Margo Rabb
- KL Cook
- Tom Swick
Local - 504 and 225
- 225 Magazine
- Bustout Burlesque
- Cherry Newsletter
- Coconut Beach
- Constance: A Journal of New Orleans Artists and Writers
- Country Roads Magazine
- Delta Undergrad
- Gambit Weekly
- I Love Chelsea's
- KLSU
- Louisiana Book Festival
- New Orleans Fringe Festival
- offBeat
- One Book One Community
- Readers & Writers
- Southern Candymakers
- The New Orleans Review
- Times-Picayune
- Words and Music blog
- Words and Music/Faulkner House
Writing Blogs and Websites
- After the MFA
- Book Reporter
- Galley Cat
- Gawker
- Guide to Literary Agents blog
- Libba Bray
- Living with Music (New York Times)
- Margo Rabb
- Miss Snark
- Nathan Bransford, Literary Agent
- National Novel Writing Month
- Publisher's Marketplace/Publisher's Lunch
- Script Frenzy
- The Three Ps of Post-MFA '08
- Write or Die
Writers I Read and Don't Know Yet
- Alice Hoffman
- Ally Carter
- Ann Brashares
- Carolyn See
- Dave Barry and Ridley Pierson
- Dean Koontz
- Emily Franklin
- Gaelen Foley
- Harley Jane Kozak
- Herbie Brennan
- Iris Johansen
- Jane Green
- Jennifer Weiner
- JK Rowling
- John Green
- Jon Berkeley
- Jon Clinch
- Kelly Link
- KM Grant
- KP Bath
- Lauren Weisberger
- Lisa Jewell
- Ljane Smith (LJ/Lisa Jane)
- Megan McCafferty
- Nick Hornby
- Philip Pullman
- Rachel Cohn
- Robert McCammon
- Sarah Dessen
- Stephenie Meyer
- Suzanne Collins
- Tayari Jones
- Tracy Chevalier
- Wendelin van Draanen
Film and TV Stuff
Websites That Distract and Inspire Me
- Atlas Quest (Letterboxing)
- Cassettes From My Ex
- Craigslist
- English Fail Blog
- Entertainment Weekly
- Found Magazine
- Internet Movie Database
- Lush
- Overheard in New York
- Pop Candy
- Post Secret
- Ryan (Carpenter)'s a Total Goober
- Smith Magazine - 6 Word Stories
- Something Positive
- The Snackies (Zak Nelson)
- Word of the Day - Dictionary.com
- Word of the Day - Merriam-Webster
- Word of the Day - NY Times
- Word of the Day - OneLook
- Word of the Day - Oxford English Dictionary
- Write or Die (will SAVE your life...or end it...)
MUSIC!
- A Soup Named Stew
- cdbaby
- Circus Contraption
- Dana Abbott
- Daniel Lee
- Dave Golden
- Devotchka
- El DeOrazio
- Flatbed Honeymoon
- I Am Fuel, You Are Friends blog
- ism
- Krista Detor
- Lauren Jordan
- Lazarus Heart
- Lindsay Rae Spurlock
- Loose Marbles
- Magnetic Fields/Stephin Merritt
- New Orleans Bingo! Show
- Patty Griffin
- Silent Cinema
- Simon Lott
- Tanya and Dorise (local)
- The Devil Makes Three
- Zydepunks
Mini Resume (why I call myself Jill of All Trades...)
- WRITER
- Producer's Assistant
- Office Assistant/Manager
- Author's Assistant (3 writers so far)
- Production Assistant
- Paralegal (yes, really)
- Film Extra (mooooo)
- Film Columnist (brlagniappe.com)
- Freelance Publicist
- Fundraising Director (New Delta Review)
- Instructor (4 courses over 2 years, LSU)
- Literary Agent (3 years with David Madden)
- Editor (Delta Undergraduate Journal)
- Freelance Copyeditor
- Housesitter/dogwalker (clientele entirely made up of writers and artists, no kidding)
- Night Auditor (at a BR hotel)
- B&N Bookseller (9 years, 5 stores, 4 cities, 2 states)
- Cashier (Winn Dixie and Target)
COPYRIGHT © 2008 Emilie Staat
| free online dictionary |
No comments:
Post a Comment