The moment you find out, you get this warm, fuzzy, ridiculously happy feeling. And then you look at previous editions of the anthology on Amazon to see their popularity/sales ranking. Then you look at those same past editions on Goodreads to see how many people actually read them and liked them. And then you goContinue reading “On Getting Your Writing Anthologized”
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Writing is Like Digging for Diamonds
I was once told that writing is like excavating diamonds. Raw diamonds are naturally stuck in big chunks of worthless rock that is in turn buried deep in the mud. Stories, similar to diamonds, have an essentially perfect, natural form and the writer’s job is to chip away all the rock and crud until theContinue reading “Writing is Like Digging for Diamonds”
Published in The Susquehanna Review: “What to Expect While Grieving for Your Father”
Lots of good news! As some of you know, I had a story accepted by the national undergraduate literary journal, The Susquehanna Review, back in June.* This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for the 2011-2012 issue which means that: My short non-fiction piece, “What to Expect While Grieving forContinue reading “Published in The Susquehanna Review: “What to Expect While Grieving for Your Father””
Dear Writers: Read This For Your Own Good
Making editorial assistants cry is the equivalent to killing kittens: (1) it’s soulless; (2) selfish; and if these adjectives don’t scare you off, at the very least it’s (3) frowned upon. So read about how to avoid this cardinal sin over at the INTERN’s blog. (Here’s a hint: be a smart submitter and savvy negotiatorContinue reading “Dear Writers: Read This For Your Own Good”
“To the New Owners of My Childhood Home,” an Excerpt from Weave Magazine
I live in a pink and green house in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Our living room is orange. Our kitchen ceiling is pink plaid. Every surface in my mother’s bedroom is purple: the rug, the bedding, the walls; she even painted her antique wood furniture lavender. It wasn’t the first house I lived in, butContinue reading ““To the New Owners of My Childhood Home,” an Excerpt from Weave Magazine”
The Scoop on New South Journal
As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the rejection letters I got in the past month was for New South, the official literary art journal of George State University. I submitted a fiction story that I’ve been shopping around for two years now–a story I’ve fixed-up, reorganized, and rewrote at the recommendation ofContinue reading “The Scoop on New South Journal”
I Won and I’m Sharing the Prize with All of You!
I hope you all participated in the awesome free literary magazine contest Writer’s Relief hosted, took advantage of the super-discounted subscriptions, and are looking forward to a lovely journal coming to a mailbox near you! After a long week of form rejection letters (I’ll talk about some of them later) it was a welcome surpriseContinue reading “I Won and I’m Sharing the Prize with All of You!”
Get Writing Inspiration from Your Family’s Dirty Secrets
Secret: I am totally obsessed with family research on ancestry.com. I love picking family members’ brains for memories, dates, and the vaguely remembered names of cousins. I love sifting through the scanned census records, copying out tiny details–like that my great-grandfather (a different branch, not in this photograph) worked at a cigar factory in BerksContinue reading “Get Writing Inspiration from Your Family’s Dirty Secrets”
Sucker Lit Mag Spits Out Responses in 11 Days
I was expecting to have to wait a month to hear back from Sucker Literary Magazine–which is a rather quick turn-around in and of itself–but I’ve already heard back! (I’ll admit it; it was a rejection. But they did give feedback, so I’ve gotten an idea of some things I’m going to change before submittingContinue reading “Sucker Lit Mag Spits Out Responses in 11 Days”
The Literary World Heard Our Prayers and Answered
Remember how I was lamenting the cost of literary journal subscriptions just a few short days ago? Well, someone at Writer’s Relief must have heard our deep sighs of communal depression and is hosting a subscription contest on their website. Read this article, then tweet it, or post about it on your own blog, orContinue reading “The Literary World Heard Our Prayers and Answered”
Hannah Karena Jones 