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Countdown to 47.1: Pre-order Today!
It’s been a little quiet on the blog lately, and that’s because we’re busy putting the finishing touches on Puerto del Sol 47.1 – and it’s shaping up to be a great issue. 47.1 will officially ship later in May, … Continue reading
Posted in Issue 47.1, Puerto News
Tagged issues, orders, pre-order, Puerto del Sol 47.1, shipping
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Letting Some Airport Fiction Go
Dominique Browning’s recent NYT article brought up a topic I’ve been returning to more and more recently: the joys of plot-based suspense fiction. I’m probably way behind the internet-times in commenting on this (after all, it’s been a couple months since … Continue reading
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Five Short Stories that End with Grace
The ending of a story is always a tough time for me, both as a writer and as a reader – it’s the ending of a story that either elevates or destroys the piece as a whole. Often while reading … Continue reading
Avoiding the Plea for Patience
I’m a bit of a pessimist. I’ve tried to work on this, but it turns out I’m pessimistic about the concept of self-improvement. So when Kelsie recently posted on her favorite story beginnings, it made me think of my least … Continue reading
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Remembering Important Things
Lovely post over at the Gulf Coast blog (out of University of Houston) by Chuck Carlisle on the need, and vitality, of poetry: “Making Sense of Things.” I don’t consider myself an expert on poetry or a strong, or even … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Happenings, The MFA Life
Tagged Chuck Carlisle, Gulf Coast, Making Sense of Things, poetry, UH, University of Houston
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Internet Presences
Over the past few years, I’ve been asked a lot about the importance of a writing avatar: Should I blog? Should I have active writerly Facebook/Twiter/Tumbler etc accounts? Will I have a better shot at getting published if people recognize … Continue reading
Journals I’m Reading: A cappella Zoo
One of the journals I picked up at AWP was the slim Spring 2012 volume of A cappella Zoo. I’m becoming more interested in magical realism, thought I technically haven’t written much in that area, so this journal was an … Continue reading
Posted in The MFA Life, The Writer's Backstage
Tagged A cappella Zoo, lit mags, literary journals, magical realism
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A Daily Serving of Spam
I was warned we’d get a lot of spam in the comments section of the blog, and we do. How we do. That’s why we have a manual comment approval system, so that the spam doesn’t get out to you, … Continue reading →