L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat has served as a books, parenting, and education contributor at The Huffington Post blog; is a freelance writer for Edutopia; and is the author of six books for grown-ups. She’s also the author of a magical fairy tale, The Golden Dress, and the beautiful A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors. Her poetry has appeared at VQR, The Best American Poetry, and on NPR.
The Introvert’s Guide to Launching a Book
The Introvert’s Guide to Launching a Book
Unless you are Harper Lee, you are probably going to launch more than one book during your career. For the ...
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Why Blog—From the Writer Who Said Goodbye to Blogging
Why Blog—From the Writer Who Said Goodbye to Blogging
Sometimes going back is going forward—especially if you refashion the old, sloughing off what became untenable. This is why I’m ...
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You’ve Got Hate Mail: How to Deal with (Annoying) Critics
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Note from Jane: Today's guest post is by publisher and author L.L. Barkat (@llbarkat). She has one of the most ...
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On Being a Writer With Skin in the Game
On Being a Writer With Skin in the Game
There’s a part of me that is not completely comfortable talking about my writing: the best of it is highly ...
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A Call to Disarm Technology & Hype (And Boost Your Writing Productivity)
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The internet and other technology keeps us on insanely high alert, ultimately producing an effect where we attend to everything ...
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It’s Time for (Many) Experienced Writers to Stop Blogging
Should writers blog?
Author L.L. Barkat argues that writers who already have experience—as well as authors trying to promote themselves—should stop blogging ...
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Steal Your Way to Better Writing
The Novelist by L.L. Barkat
Today's guest post is by poet and editor L.L. Barkat. You may remember her from an earlier guest post, You ...
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You Don’t Need a Degree to Find Your Voice
Rumors of Water
The following excerpt is from Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing by L.L. Barkat. I am opening a ...
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