by Editor | Sep 19, 2017 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Process
By Lenore Gay Flannery O’Connor in Mystery and Manners wrote: “The longer you look at one object, the more of the world you see in it; and it is well to remember that the serious fiction writer always writes about the whole world, no matter how limited his particular...
by Editor | Aug 22, 2017 | Articles, Short Stories
By David Finkle The weird little man standing next to me had been muttering to himself since the play began. The sound effect was that of a storm gathering in the far distance, but since the rumbling-like mumbling didn’t suggest a storm traveling all that quickly, I...
by Editor | May 17, 2017 | Articles, Writer to Writer
By Michael Laser Recently, I learned, to my great surprise, that a story I wrote has become an international bestseller. Nearly three million copies have been sold, and translations are forthcoming in dozens of languages. A movie version opened in the U.S. a few...
by Editor | Mar 28, 2017 | Articles, Short Stories
By David Finkle | davidfinkle.com FOREWORD In presenting the following manuscript, I’m asking you, the reader, to recognize as true a series of (almost entirely) serendipitous incidents that will strain credulity to the breaking point and possibly far beyond...
by Editor | Feb 15, 2017 | Articles, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer
By Scott Stambach, author of The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel In the midst of teaching geometry to a class of fifteen-year-olds, I received that dreamy call notifying me that my first novel was going to be published. At some point in my lecture, a New York...
by Editor | Jan 3, 2017 | Articles, Writer to Writer, Writing Process
By Lenore H. Gay In my novel Shelter of Leaves, character names carried meaning. An excerpt from the prologue: “Beside her swimming pool, Elaine closed her eyes against the sun. She imagined a drifting boat flanked by trees; crimson, marigold and burnt sienna leaves...
