28Feb, 2011
Every Story Has Its Own Integrity
Every story develops its own integrity. There are things that belong in it, and things that don’t. If you’ve worked on it for a while, it will take on a life of its own. I was reminded of that again the other day when, in the midst of overhauling my book manuscript, I was going through a chapter about [...]
3Jan, 2011
Best Literary Magazines for Nonfiction
For those of you whose New Year’s resolutions include getting published or publishing more: The first rule of the submission game is: don’t submit your writing just anywhere. Have a list of the top journals you’d like to get published in, and send your work there. If they reject it, submit it to your second tier of magazines, and [...]