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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It’s Been A While
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 »
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.
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 »
November Events Round-up!
November’s gearing up to be a busy month for Juniper Bends! On top of preparing for finals and the beginning of the holiday season, your humble Juniper Bends Author Collective members are putting together several awesome events throughout the month. Here’s the November round-up: Friday Nov. 9th: The Juniper Bends Reading Series’ Third Anniversary As … 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 »
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 »
Introducing!
…the Juniper Bends Author Collective. We are a passionate group of young writers based in Asheville, NC, brought together by our love of the written word–not as a consumable product, but as self-expression, communication, art. We despise boundaries, refuse to be confined by genre or form, and adore the weird and wonderful. Juniper Bends began … Continue reading »
