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Jan.18.2010
(CHECK OUT THE UPDATED LIST HERE)
Why am I doing this, you may ask? Well, I wanted to know, partly for my own selfish reasons. I had heard mutterings about the lack of lit mags in this area compared to the US, but then I started hearing about new lit mags and more new lit mags.... and then I...
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Jan.14.2010
It's been a while since I did one of these so here's my Writers Service Announcement about some upcoming deadlines of interest: Feb 5th: The Verb's Chekhov short story competition: The radio programme on BBC Radio 3 is celebrating 150 years since Chekhov's birth with a Chekhov-themed comp open to...
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Jan.09.2010
We begin with the visual. Ekphrastic poetry is a response in words to a painting, photograph, dance, building, sculpture, Ikea catalog, child’s drawing, or bumper sticker. An ekphrastic poem begins with inspiration from another piece of art and with the intuitive understanding that art begets art...
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Nov.27.2009
Here is an updated list of print journals that accept online submissions. Note that some guidelines specify that the journal does not accept email submissions, but does accept via their online submission manager.
Twelve journals have been added to this update. Each addition is indicated by a...
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Nov.22.2009
(Posted from The Publeconomist, published 11/19/09)
I recently wandered across this Boystown-based (Chicago) blog: Twinks Who Buy Drinks. Cute stuff, check it out. If you’re not sure what a twink is, it’s slang in the gay community for a young, thin guy. The term also usually carries some...
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Nov.12.2009
The holiday was great - the weather was kind and I loved it. The only slight problem was that for some reason I was sick as a dog the first night so was up for most of it. Unfamiliar bathrooms are never pleasant when you're ill. Still, at least I got a lot of the puzzles in my Puzzler magazine done...
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Nov.05.2009
(Posting our Submissions policy from the website)
inGroup Press publishes books with LGBT characters and themes. We’d love to see your work, as long as it contains elements appropriate to our brand. This isn’t the best place to submit your Country Western romance about Dick and Jane, unless Jane...
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Oct.12.2009
Let me tell you something pathetic and sad: When I initially prepared my first novel manuscript for agent consideration, the breaks between sections had little flowers, roses actually, red roses. Yes, instead of working my adverbs or even my fonts, I worried the little roses, making sure that my...
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Aug.25.2009
In nearly every class or seminar I’ve ever taught, and with many of my clients as well, the question of copyright comes up, mostly in the context of How can I be sure no one steals my work? Despite one obscure author’s recent claims that Stephenie Meyer plagiarized her novel, this does not happen...
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Aug.20.2009
I've spent a really quite fulfilling day today simply writing. I'd half-forgotten how fulfilling it can be, as and when it wants to be. Really I've done little else. Here's today's meditation:
Meditation 202
The coolnessof the garden:
something rememberedfrom a time
before your time.Tears, secrecy...
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