Jan 7How Literary Journals Select Short Story Award NominationsA litmag editor shares how he chooses stories for Pushcart, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction & Best of the Net Unless they’re Lauren Groff or Joyce Carol Oates, short story writers tend not to receive lots of fanfare. Publication is often a triumph itself, with some literary journals accepting only…Fiction Writing6 min read
Sep 17, 2021Fiction Writer Terena Elizabeth Bell Recognized with $5,000 City Artist Corps Grant from New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) & the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA)Bell Will Present Her Experimental Short Fiction September 21st as Part of Award Program — New York, NY — Fiction writer Terena Elizabeth Bell is one of 3,000 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) with support from…Writers On Medium2 min read
Jul 14, 2021Promoting Your Self-Published Novel Pre and Post-PublicationFrom Bookstagram to Launch Parties, What Did and Didn’t Work for YA Author Caroline Schley — Caroline Schley’s debut novel THE WEIGHT OF THE SKY was a #1 best seller in the Amazon store at launch, but it’s a triumph that didn’t come easy. Like most self-published authors, Caroline had to manage promotion on her own. …Self Publishing4 min read
Jun 4, 2021The Top 30 Places to Publish Flash FictionThe first time I saw a copy of Writers’ Market, I was 16 years old. For those who weren’t writing before the creation of Submission Grinder, Duotrope, and similar sites, the book basically was a print version of those: a collection of listings with contact names, addresses, and guidelines for…Writing Tips3 min read
May 10, 2021Literary Journals That Pay for Poetry & FictionIn the 1940’s, Ray Bradbury was able to financially support himself and his family by writing one short story a week, selling them to magazines that paid cash for first publication rights. While the science fiction community today generally pays $.08 a word or higher, most non-genre writers are used…Writing6 min read
Apr 30, 2021The Virtual LSPFor One Translation Provider, Brexit and Covid Meant the End of the Physical Office Forever Before the covid-19 pandemic, 78 to 83 percent of people who worked for language services providers (LSP’s) worldwide reported into a physical office, according to Common Sense Advisory. But last March, everything changed. On Friday…Translation Services10 min read
Published in The Brave Writer·Feb 14, 2021What Great Expectations Can Teach You About Writing FictionCreative writing lessons from Charles Dickens — From foreshadowing to characterization, Charles Dickens was master of many a literary technique — so much so that his Great Expectations is taught as an exemplar in high schools across the country. As writers, though, it isn’t enough to simply understand what these devices are. …Books4 min read
Published in The Brave Writer·Feb 1, 2021Show Don’t Tell? Austen & Dickens Say to Hell with ThatHow Jane Austen and Charles Dickens broke the most common writing advice of our times — ‘Show, don’t tell’ is probably the most over-prescribed advice in fiction writing today: Don’t tell your reader the character’s emotions, show them. On the whole, it’s a pretty good tip. It’s one thing to write “she’s sad,” yet quite another to show readers a woman alone in the corner of…Charles Dickens3 min read
Jan 28, 2021Fiction Writing Lessons from Jane Austen’s Pride and PrejudiceFrom crafting fantastic villains to incorporating silence as dialogue, Jane Austen was master of many a literary device. Her Pride and Prejudice is so belovedly well-written that in the more than 200 years since its initial publication, the novel has never once gone out of print. …Jane Austen5 min read