True fact. Not that we have much choice, now, do we? I suppose we could always write nasty emails demanding quicker responses, but that probably occurs to writers as often as it occurs to them to respond to rejection letters. (PS: DON’T DO IT!) I’m currently waiting upon: Painted Bride Quarterly (date submitted: January 4th;Continue reading “Writers Are a Virtuous Breed”
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When They Came to Delete the Book from the Syllabus
Sorry to have broke my usually reliable blogging schedule. For some reason a billion writing deadlines have piled up on me this week in particular (I’m submitting something to the Tiny Texas House Writing Competition I mentioned a while back and Sucker magazine, which I mentioned even father back; deadline: this weekend) and instead ofContinue reading “When They Came to Delete the Book from the Syllabus”
Submit to Sucker: A Debuting Young Adult Fiction Literary Magazine
Are you a YA writer who’s having trouble finding a place to submit your work, let alone get it published? I noticed when reading the SCBWI newsletter that most recent YA and middle grade writing has been published by a select group of magazines: Highlights, Cicada, and Cricket being the top three. Not that theseContinue reading “Submit to Sucker: A Debuting Young Adult Fiction Literary Magazine”
An Occupational Hazard: Why Writers Resent Holidays
Let’s be honest. We always become really committed to write, to create, to finally-put-that-great-story-idea-on-paper the exact moment that we can’t; namely, when we have other commitments be they to family, friends, traditions, dirty dishes, school, our bodies. It’s convenient. It’s certainly easier to glower and blame an early morning sunrise service, a parade, or aContinue reading “An Occupational Hazard: Why Writers Resent Holidays”
Hannah Karena Jones 