Insights from Judging a Writing Contest
Hemingway Birthplace Home, Oak Park, IL I just wrapped up serving as one of the judges in the Hemingway Shorts contest sponsored by the Hemingway Foundation of Oak [...]
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Jun, 2016
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Apr, 2013
The Many Lives of a Story
Today I bring you what I think is a most inspiring post: My longtime student Diane Hurles has shared here before how she managed to find her voice as a memoir [...]
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Jun, 2012
Literary Magazine Layout
The past few days I've become obsessed with creating a book in blurb, as I am handling the layout of the literary magazine my son's school is publishing. It's [...]
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Sep, 2011
Submissions: My Worst Submissions Story Yet or the Peril of Simultaneous Submissions
Since I'm always waxing about how to get the submissions process done right, I thought I'd share, for a change, the story of my own worst mishap. In February of [...]
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Jan, 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 [...]