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10 Great Places to Inspire your Horror Writing Robert Frost once said, “No Tears in the Writer, No tears in the reader.” This sentiment is particularly true when it comes to horror. If you aren’t afraid when writing the story, or if the story doesn’t at least scare you, you can’t expect your readers…
Ohio born & raised, where I spend the summer months working at a state run park. Rest of my time is spent painting, trying to create that ever elusive masterpiece.
Ok, the biggest comment that I get about our other 10 Horrifying Horror Prompts is that they are not scary… I believe thinking story prompts are going to be scary is like thinking you
Right now we are running 2 major contests, so we’re not going to offer a prize on this one. We will do 2 things for you. The winners will be announced the same night as the Horror story contest
If you haven’t heard, Issuu is a new site/app that is making flip magazine productions must easier than before. The site has 1000s of magazines listed already, and all are free.
My acquaintance with Stephen Crane was brought about by Mr. Pawling, partner in the publishing firm of Mr. William Heinemann. One day Mr. Pawling said to me: “Stephen Crane has arrived in England. I asked him if there was anybody he wanted to meet and he mentioned two names. One of them was yours.” I…
The many faces of writers today have changed from days of old. Now writers are expected to have an audience and a platform before before they even publish a book.
I taught high school English and composition at The University of Akron. I have two college-aged children and write poetry, short stories and novels. Laura Wrocklage Flesher
5 Places for Great Writing Where do writers conjure their best ideas and find inspiration to fill the blank page? While scribblers can scratch out prose anywhere from a cramped airplane seat to a quiet backyard perch, we have 5 heightened suggestions for settings that seem to spark storytelling magic. Writers write everywhere, but when…
The question is simple. Today millions more books are being published than in the past. Self-published books are coming online and going into print with the click of a button. Is the quality of lit getting better or worse? Are we seeing literature go in new directions or is it only being driven by one…
Ok, welcome to our first Winter Storm Tanka Contest. We have a short story contest every season, and I’m starting to feel a little bad that we don’t do a contest for poetry. It’s an oversight really. So this is our first poetry contest. If you notice we never do anything like a “normal” contest….
Should You Ever (ever) Pay to Have Your Work Read? I’ve heard a lot of chatter on the web saying things like if a contests charges to enter, it’s not worth it. I’ve heard the same thing from message boards and facebook about magazines that charge a submission fee. The views that were expressed to…
Here 10 videos for writers. We thought we’d have a little fun. This is from out old html site, but we wanted to bring it over for entertainment, at least.
In a digital age, when social media and electronic communications trump face-to-face interactions, the presence of the glowing screen looms large in our lives.