Category Archives: WRITING

Exactly a week ago I was sleeping off the drunken effects of a 24-hour sit in Arts Marathon where together with anywhere from two to eight writers I spent a solid day devoted to the creation of story. Not that … Continue reading →

I recently took part in a 24-hour Arts Marathon on the campus of Tunxis Community College (Farmington, CT) and learned quite a bit about artists, people, and myself. When you close people together up in a room, particularly if those … Continue reading →

I was recently asked by a friend to take part in a college Job Fair at Trinity College (Hartford, CT) to offer students some insight on writing as a career. Now far be it for me to claim this status … Continue reading →

Rather dated, but just recently brought to our attention is this article by David Lynn of the Kenyon Review on “Print vs. Internet: An Ongoing Conversation.”  Mr. Lynn questions–as all writers have at some point–the sponge-worthiness (my own standard–you’d have … Continue reading →

Been meaning to spread the word here about Dorothee Lang’s latest project, The Daily s-press, a place that showcases books daily with the focus on new books from small presses (+ indie presses): paperbacks, chapbooks, and e-books, presented by authors … Continue reading →

Loved this article by Kirsty Logan at the Pank Magazine Blog on her experience with joining the Fictionaut group: Some of it is genius, some of it is crap, and some of it is probably amazing if I could only … Continue reading →

Good article at Outsider Writers on the purposes and personal needs and uses of communities founded around a common interest: What is A Writing Community, Anyway?

Fictionaut’s a great colony of writers and between yesterday and (ongoing) today, there are at least 20 hastily written great Valentine’s Day stories by writers that rose to the fun challenge. This group is just one of overwhelmingly good writers, … Continue reading →

I use twitter as the person next to me that’s available for a passing thought but isn’t there right now. I just tweeted: “Uh-oh. I’m beginning to be irked by “moments” that want to pass for flash fiction story.” Flash … Continue reading →

This is an interesting article by New Pages on the importance of the 2-Year College Literary Magazine (thanks to Dorothee of Blue Print Review for pointing this out). There are as many reasons to publish a topical magazine as there … Continue reading →

One of the exercises in Creative Writing as I remember it was to write a story, cut it down to 600 words, then again in half to 300.  I sputtered and sulked. A writer has barely set the stage, just … Continue reading →