Okay, so this sounds crazy, right? I’m telling you how to read. I mean, unfiltered craziness. However, I’ve noticed a lot of people doing it wrong and decided to draw up this handy guide. You see, reading isn’t as cut and dried as you might think (gasp!). It’s not just an exercise for people who … Continue reading »
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Why NaPoWriMo?
It’s April, which means baby animals, Earth Day, sunshine, and poetry. (If this list isn’t gritty enough for you, try October, month of blindness awareness, pizza, opals, and pagan celebrations.) April is a good month for poets. We can sit on the porch, wear sunglasses, and write. Winter gets me into the bad habits of watching lots … Continue reading »
Submitting On Your Own, or, EEK! Duotrope is Paid-Only!
Avid submitters: Duotrope, everyone’s favorite free submission manager, is PAID-ONLY as of January 1st. Now, after you get over that initial panicked moment of despair, anguish, and terror, consider this: writers have been around since long before Duotrope existed. Persevere through this difficult twist by either coughing up $50 or utilizing that nifty tool, networking.
5 Words One Must NEVER Use in Poetry
There are many things worthy of a poem: the weather, an especially delicious cupcake, the erotic whoosh of a freshly laundered cotton dress, dreams. In truth, the realm of the poetic is wide open to discovery and exploration (of the non-colonizing variety, please). However, there do remain things that should never be touched by the … Continue reading »
Writing Prompts from Redaction! pt. 2
To continue the thread of Amy’s post re: writing prompts from our writing group, here are some flotsam & some jetsam. As an imagist poet, the series of concrete image writing prompts we utilized throughout the summer were not only handy, but miraculous: 5 concrete images on the topic “Friday Night” (I did more than … Continue reading »
Highlights from Summer Redaction! 1
Involving crazy writing prompts, which you are welcome to steal. We’d love it if you’d share. Over the summer, our writing group, Redaction!–which is a collaborative community space where anyone can share their writing and receive thoughtful critique–took a more experimental turn. Instead of bringing in pieces of writing, we got together and wrote short … Continue reading »
What is An Author Collective?
Let’s be honest: writing has never been a path to fame or fortune. As writers, very few of us achieve overwhelming economic success. Enough to survive, to keep us together between grants and residencies, or just enough to keep writing for the demands of publishers. Publishers themselves are mostly looking for the “next bestseller,” and … Continue reading »
