Book Review: THE WRITER’S DIGEST GUIDE TO QUERY LETTERS

When I first decided to begin writing non-fiction articles, I went through stacks upon stacks of books on how to write the perfect query letter. I quickly learned that although there are inumberable books on the topic, most of them are a complete waste of time. In an effort to save my fellow writers from [...]

the Word of the Week: “sonority”

Composed in 1992, the Fourth Symphony was Lutosławski’s last orchestral piece and his final major work. It is a somewhat unusual symphony, as befits the work of a thoughtful and original composer. For one thing, it unfolds in just one movement. For another, while there are distinct themes, such as we might expect in a [...]

Submission: Narrative iPoem

Yes, yes, I know- I’ve featured Narrative before, but for National Poetry Month I couldn’t pass up on this fun call for submissions.  This spring Narrative is launching a new iPhone app that will make it easier for iPhone (and iPad)  users to access all of their online content.  In celebration of the launch of this app, [...]

the Making of the Cover in 2 minutes

From Orbit, the Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint of Hachette Book Group, comes a brief video showing the cover design process for Gail Carriger’s Blameless, in fast-forward screen-shot animation.

Submission: Poetry Magazine

  “The Open Door will be the policy of this magazine—may the great poet we are looking for never find it shut, or half-shut, against his ample genius! To this end the editors hope to keep free from entangling alliances with any single class or school. They desire to print the best English verse which [...]

Contest: Poetry International

April is National Poetry Month, so this month we’ll be featuring some poetry contests for all of you prose writers out there.    Our first is from Poetry International, a “world class literary magazine based on the campus of San Diego State University which caters to an international community of poets.” Their annual contest awards publication [...]

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