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Re: Interview: Award-Winning Editor, Ellen Datlow

MastersReview — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:01:35 -0000

Thank you Annie. It was an honor to interview her. Such a talent.

Re: Interview: Award-Winning Editor, Ellen Datlow

Annie Neugebauer — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:56:51 -0000

Wow, this is a fantastic interview! Smart questions and great answers. I really enjoyed this.

Re: Lincoln Michel on The Vocabulary of Fear

MastersReview — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:26:44 -0000

Thanks so much Jennifer! Lincoln did a great job and I'm so glad we can offer our readers content like this. Thanks for the appreciation.

Re: Lincoln Michel on The Vocabulary of Fear

Jennifer Pruiett-Selby — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:46:41 -0000

This article provides a plethora of information in a short space. In grad school, I took a course on Gothic lit and this would be a perfect opening piece to read, a springboard for discussion and further research. For those of us writing in this genre, it gives us something to think about and consider when working towards a definitive emotional reaction for our readers. Thank you, Lincoln Michel for this golden nugget, and thanks to Masters Review for making this openly available to readers! ~ Jennifer Pruiett-Selby

Re: The Best Writers Workshops in the Country

PDS — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:05:07 -0000

Maybe do a blog on conferences that are great and that people can actually afford... :)

Re: Literary Magazines and Contests with Deadlines in October

MastersReview — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:24:23 -0000

So glad you like it Robert. We do this every month. It really helps out writers!

Re: Literary Magazines and Contests with Deadlines in October

Robert Yune — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:54:35 -0000

This is really cool. Thanks for rounding these up. I'm reposting it on the Pitt Writing Program Facebook page (and crediting you, of course).

Re: Featured Fiction: “What Happened to Eloise” by Manuel Gonzales

Katie Bickell — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 17:44:20 -0000

Oooh, creepy. I wish this was longer - I want more! Feeling chilled...

Re: Flash Fiction Techniques: Part 1

marcnash — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:01:29 -0000

You may cover this in your final part of the essay, but for me flash offers a myriad of non-conventional narrative forms. You simply don't have enough words to waste on an opening or a description of character or setting. This puts a premium on language and much flash fiction is accordingly lyrical. But it's really the opportunities for narrative experimentation. Stories without characters. Stories told in 100 single word sentences. Anti-lipos. One of the techniques I've used is to take a central image and treat it as a gemstone and for each paragraph to turn that gemstone so the light is reflected in a different way through its facets. In this way you can actually explore an image or a theme from all its vantage points and associations rather than leave lacuna and ellipses because of any word limit. Look forward to reading your second part of the essay.

Re: Tips: Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling

Lisa Avedon — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:35:15 -0000

This is a great compilation of writing tips! Thanks for sharing!

Re: Literary Magazines That Reopen Submissions in The Fall

MastersReview — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:13:20 -0000

Pulp, you guys look awesome. Ping us closer to your deadline date and we'll throw out some tweets and info!

Re: Literary Magazines That Reopen Submissions in The Fall

Pulp Literature — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:39:43 -0000

Okay, I know we're not BIG. We're just a small Canadian literary press running on a shoestring. But we're opening for submissions on Sept 15th, along with a bunch of other mags that are actually hungry for new work. Check us out on Duotrope, eh? pulpliterature.com. Thanks!

Re: Critical Essay: Literary vs Genre Fiction

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Re: 8 Novelty Twitter Accounts To Follow – Literature Edition

Melby Murphy — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:01:17 -0000

www.twitter.com/_artidea_ making fun of pretentious art ppl with fart jokes!

Re: Nine Literary Magazines You Should Be Reading

Henrik Eger — Sat, 10 May 2014 00:32:02 -0000

What a gift of a list. May each open up new doors into gardens I had never known. Editor, www.DramaAroundTheGlobe.com

Re: Poets & Writers Abandons MFA Ranking – UPDATE

MastersReview — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:19:31 -0000

Well we certainly were fooled! It's a shame, isn't it? This came off with such validity -- perhaps because we wanted it to be true. Apologies to our readers though, this should have been properly fact-checked. Thank you for the comment, B!

Re: Poets & Writers Abandons MFA Ranking – UPDATE

Sat, 05 Apr 2014 18:44:35 -0000

Unfortunately, the Best American Poetry article was an April Fool's joke. Poets & Writers should be ashamed of its intellectually shoddy survey, but doesn't seem to be.

Re: Nine Literary Magazines You Should Be Reading

Zola Acker — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:24:35 -0000

Great list - I will be checking out the ones on here I'm not familiar with. Thank you!

Re: Book Review: MFA vs NYC

MastersReview — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:51:21 -0000

Thanks very much Ben!

Re: Book Review: MFA vs NYC

Ben — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:23:47 -0000

this is a really smart take

Re: Nine Literary Magazines You Should Be Reading

Howie Good — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:20:59 -0000

you should check out Right Hand Pointing

Re: A ‘Little Failure’ Book Trailer

Andrew Wetzel — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:53:49 -0000

Shteyngart will be at Powell's next Saturday, January 18th at 4pm at Powell's City of Books on Burnside!

Re: Book Review: The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling

elram — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 01:50:32 -0000

I persevered with it until half way through and gave up. Not very enjoyable and I consider this as a waste of money.

Re: Tuesday Tips – Why We Write

Meredith Maran — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:33:19 -0000

Thanks so much for spreading the word. You captured our intentions for the book perfectly. --Meredith Maran

Re: Interview – Lauren Groff with Brooklyn Rail

writemypapers — Sun, 26 May 2013 17:04:43 -0000

I think though much of the discussion during the ToB itself is of the discussion of the books, if that makes sense.
Also, all of these books have more than enough fat to chew on.