Hello WordPress. How are you? I heard you traveled recently. Did you have fun in New York? Or were you sitting in your room all along, drinking beer and watching Game of Thrones? Yeah, we were doing the same thing. Welcome back to the Juniper Bends writing experiment! We haven’t been super active recently because … 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 »
What I’m Reading
Everybody knows that good writing takes good reading. To make up for the un-writing I am doing, I am reading many many books, all by women.
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 »
Juniper Bends: A Reading Series (Recap)
Hey friends. A big fat thank you to our readers at the JB Reading Series last Friday, John Crutchfield, Katherine Min, Katey Schultz, and Chett Tiller. The line-up was diverse, engaging, energizing, and tons of fun. This reading was particularly exciting for me since we had four “prose” writers reading wildly varied work. John sang … Continue reading »
Juniper Bends: A Reading Series
Before there was the Juniper Bends Author Collective, there was the quarterly reading series featuring established and emerging writers from all genres. Our friends Matt & Mesha, amazing writers both, began the reading series 3 years ago this November, and they hosted a wide array of regional literary influences, from Blake Butler to Kate Zambreno, … Continue reading »
Avoiding Literary Masturbation (Or Three Things You NEED To Consider About Audience)
There are many reasons to write. Whether you write for self-expression, to get stuff out of your head, or simply for the pure joy of creation, being a writer is not defined by sales, profits, or bestseller status. However, in terms of writing as a career or even as a devoted hobby, it doesn’t matter … Continue reading »
You Aren’t Too Good For Fan-Fiction
Chapter 1- Forgotten Hope Mary’s tears slowly trickled down her face, dropping and mixing with the water and sending ripples flowing outwards from the spots where the landed. The little noise they made was drowned away by the sobs of the child, who stood waste deep in the salt-less sea. The moon was shining and … Continue reading »
Writing Prompts From Redaction! Pt. 3
Our friends, Matt and Mesha, originally built up Redaction for an undergraduate research project. The fact that it’s taken on a life of its own proves that a good idea lasts long after its creators leave. For those folks in Asheville, the Redaction group meets on Fridays in the UNCA Writing Center. We welcome serious … 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 »
Chett Tiller: Lies A Lot
Chett Tiller is named after a grandfather who he never met and raised to be a scientist or a mathematician for NASA. Unlike NASA, Chett has proved that there’s life on Mars, little green life that wants to turn your brains into some kind of delicious and gray empanada. He is, after all, an investigator … Continue reading »
