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Posted in Getting Published, Writing on Apr 29th, 2008
I’ve written before about how to get your work out of the slush pile and into the literary magazines that are out there, but the current Poets & Writers has a whole bunch of great tips that apply to writers of all stripes and so I figured I would pass on the knowledge. Let me […]
Posted in Getting Published, Jobs, Writing on Dec 10th, 2007
Another aborted book. This time it’s The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek. The first few stories weren’t bad (there was one I remember from Best American Short Stories: “Chopin in Winter,” which is great) but after Chopin it just got very boring and very slow. Makes you wonder if there’s anything to this idea […]
Posted in Creativity, Getting Published, Writing on Nov 6th, 2007
I did this last year and unfortunately won’t have time to participate again this year. It’s a great experience even though I never met with of personally talked to anyone in real life while I was doing it.
What is NaNoWriMo? Thousands of people sign up to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. You […]
Posted in Getting Published, Writing on Oct 23rd, 2007
If you’re like me, when you submit your stories, essays, or poetry to literary journals or magazines, you want to give yourself the best chance of getting published. At first glance, that means submitting to as many places as possible.
On my last round of submissions, I sent out two stories to a combined 25 different […]
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