
DESPERATE WRITER is a magazine for creatives about art, writing and culture. SHOCKY'S CORNER is for poetry; PEN & PAINT is for writers and artists, FOR THE RECORD is for essays, and LETTERS TO POTENTIAL FRIENDS is literature with a Brazilian twist.
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| Issues | 120 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Dear Paying Subscribers,
Dear Paying Subscribers,
I may be the first person who had one essay rejected and another one accepted the same day by the New York Times Modern Love. I don’t know. I didn’t ask. Why remind an editor that one piece didn’t make it through the slush pile, when you ar...
Dear Desperate Writers,
I’m so excited to share the cover of my debut novel, The Scarlet Daughter, that you are getting two posts in one week, one from the spectacular poet and non-fiction writer Lorna Crozier, and another from me! Those o...
Although my mother spread all of my poetry books across the coffee table in her small living room, she was the first to admit that she didn’t understand a thing. For the most part, my poems left her frustrated. More than once she asked me,...
Dear Desperate Writers,
There’s been a lot in the news about AI and writers. Of course, AI trained on writers’ books without our consent or compensation. Now ,writers are being accused of using AI, books are being cancelled for allegedly u...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Award-winning poet turned award-winning fiction writer. In the best book club in town. Woods walker, ocean swimmer, avid reader. Interested in everything to do with books and those who read and write them.
Writer, poet, bon-vivant
Escritor, professor, tradutor, editor.
I am a novelist, screenwriter, and editor. I also teach creative writing at Uvic Continuing Education in Langford, BC and offer online writing courses at mulliganmethod.ca
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