🧵 Thursday Thread: WITD CLASSIFIEDS

Yay! It’s time for the fall edition of the WITD CLASSIFIEDS!

We’re excited to do this again! It’s been a while! The WITD Classifieds idea emerged during a summer Live Salon (the open mic readings at the end of The Visceral Self, when writers wanted a way to connect and find/share resources and links to each other’s published work, services, etc., and & I said to each other—hey, WITD can help with that!).

Our last edition, here, was a lot of fun.

And here are some examples of what you might post in WITD CLASSIFIEDS:

• Offers of specialized services you offer free or at a low/reasonable cost: This can be professional or not—everyone is an expert at something, whether it’s resume writing, copyediting, dog training tips, navigating insurance fiascos, downsizing, trail running, etc. etc. What’s your superpower and can you share it? Please let us know!

• Celebrations: Did you publish some new work lately? Or do you have other things going on that you’re excited about? we want to know! Are your tomatoes amazing this year? Did you finally clean out your basement, start a podcast, finish a knitting project, cut your own hair, launch a kid off to kindergarten or college, house train your dog? Tell us so we can clap for you.

• Stuff to give or sell: You’ll have to specify whether you can mail it or not and who pays postage, but this could be a fun and valuable info exchange. And Guess what? I’m told you can create an image using Imgur, so if you can figure that out, all the better!

• Reading/Writing groups or manuscript swaps: Obviously this one makes all the sense, but please do use common sense and caution (see note below on critiquing!). This kind of thing can happen on Zoom, by email, or in person, depending, so you may want to state your preference.

• Another way to connect with friends: As with our friendship threads, you could use the Classifieds to find other WITD members who want to meet up in person or virtually, not just for writing-related reasons, but also for other things—hiking, crafting, cooking, book groups, you name it! For more on how to connect with WITD friends, do check out the guidance in this post, then head back here and give it a try! Just in the last month or so