I wanted to write a YA novel that my grandkids could read, unlike my other writing. An agent took it and nearly made a deal, but I would have had to sign a contract to do a series and I couldn’t bring myself to. I just could no longer worry about how many books I’m […]
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The magazine’s annual contest calls for participation by authors writing in English and in the BCMS languages. The contest is international in format, and there are no geographical restrictions so long as the submissions are in one of the languages specified. Hourglass Literary Magazine is an annual and bilingual magazine which is being published in print and […]
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/ This is a site where you’d be honored to publish your work. The graphics, the art work, the poems, essays, and stories knock your literary socks off. Established in 2000 as a bookselling site specializing in collectible Beat Generation and small press poetry books, over the past decade, EM has morphed into an online […]
Go see this inventive cartoon starring marionettes who are more expressive than most in-the-flesh actors. This is like a Grimm’s fairy tale with humor and an ending that feels like you wished on a star for it. Who wouldn’t be moved by a story of a nine-year-old boy who accidentally kills his nasty drunken mother […]