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Not Just Jumping to Conclusions - Sprinting
Get your work into the world:
Los Angeles Review is open for nonfiction, fiction, flash fiction, poetry, and translation submissions.
Santa Monica Review (only paper submissions - SASE must be included) is accepting fic...
Coming of Age in Florida: A Conversation with Evan Griffith, Author of the Novel MANATEE SUMMER
Next fall, join me for a writing retreat in Provence in October 2027—more details available here.
Writing prompt: Write a prose piece or a poem about someone surprising a friend or family member with a gift they didn’t know wh...
Agent List (#46)
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” — Richard Bach
Joyland Magazine is open for short story submissions through November 30 and is accepting novella submissions through September 30.
Fall Is in the Air
Hello fellow scribes,
Anyone else feeling fried? “I don’t like August. It’s too aggressive,” Mr. Bookish said tonight—a good way to describe the long procession of 90-100F+ days we’ve had this month.
I’ve been trying not to look at the...
The Eternal Questions: A Conversation with Deb Olin Unferth About Her New Novel EARTH 7
Wednesday, Sept. 9, “The Art of the Substack Newsletter,” 7-8:30 PM CT - I’ll be teaching this class for the Writers League of Texas - more details and registration link here.
“Ignite Your Imagination: A Generative Course,” two...
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