I recently joined the inspiring team behind the Animal Rights Show to talk Writing for Animals. I hope you enjoy it! Link
We live our lives surrounded by euphemisms. People don’t die, they leave us or pass on. People aren’t fired they are let go or RIF’d. Animals are also surrounded by euphemisms, usually when it comes to humans doing something bad to them. Like killing them. You don’t have to look far to see these euphemisms,…
Writing for Animals alum Mary Akers was featured in The New York Times this week. Mary works to care for hermit crabs and a number of wonderful quotes were included, such as: “They’re not mammals, but that does not make them any less valuable,” she said. “I’m sure they’re valuable to each other.” More
Midge and I recently joined Our Hen House for a lively discussion about all things writing for animals. Enjoy!
More than 80 billion chickens are killed each year. And in the US, more than 200 million turkeys die each year, along with 26 million ducks. These are horrific numbers. And yet it’s hard to see any end to the endless ads for chicken wings and chicken patties on TV ads. So how do you…
I’ve long believed that some of the most effective forms of writing are letters to the editor. People love to read letters, particularly from a shared neighborhood, city or passion. In this case, we recently saw a letter in one of our most popular local magazines penned by Tom Cat (via Writing for Animals alum…
We recently participated in a Q&A with Elise Myslinski of Wizard of Claws. In the interview we talked about publishing, reading and writing — and how all writers can improve the world for animals. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: In your professional experience as both writers and publishers, how have attitudes toward animals and animal…
From the snake tempting Adam and Eve to the sheep that saved Odysseus from the Cyclops, animals have featured prominently in literature from the very beginning of literature. Today, animals play leading roles in many bestselling novels, from the dog Almondine in The Story of Edgar Sawtelle to Marcellus, the Pacific octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures. In a…
