Category: Craft Essays
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I invited Sage Tyrtle to talk about “The King of Elkport” , to tell us a bit about the inspiration behind it, what readers should expect, and any similar books that we have read. Here’s what Sage wrote-in for the Guest Blogpost: The inspiration for this book came from thinking about the way rich people…
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This month, somehow, I managed a wonderful mix of publications: CNF in Fatal Flaw Literary, Fiction in The Citron Review and Column in trampset. On the new writing front, sadly, not looking good. I felt encouraged with a truckload of nearly-there decline notices (which are really heartbreaking at the point of receiving them). As they…
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Let’s look at pieces that stand apart from the others and marvel us. Those that make the EiC exclaim: Good Gracious! This is Excellent! Obviously, these are ones litmags get very little of and could do with some more.
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Because story-telling is both art & science, a writer may strive to use the right blend of history, culture, language, and colors of a place to enrich the narrative, and thus mold a piece in the best of what’s available and unique to the writer’s sensibilities. This fertile ground is made use of by many…
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My 8yo son and I watch YouTube recipe videos a lot. It’s baffling how the same dish is prepared in a wide variety of styles, the host of one often sharing a process that might be diametrically opposite to the next video! Like ‘Wash basmati rice and soak for 30 minutes’, and the other says…
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I organized a poll, and out of 4 choices, Top 10 Flash won. So here are my top ten stories from the year, pieces that teach a lot about structure, theme and imagery, apart from being excellently crafted. Happy Reading!
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Hi friends, I write to you to share the anatomy of a debut chapbook. Now where to start? As you may already know, I enjoy writing prose, particularly flash fiction. Two-thirds of my published pieces are under 1000 word fiction pieces, yet it was destiny that my debut collection should be of poems. (Btw, my…
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A VIDEO ESSAY! HOW TO CREATE A SEAMLESS COLLECTION OF PUBLISHED/UNPUBLISHED PROSE OR POETRY PIECES Hey friends, Thank you for following me on this very beautiful journey as I learnt so much about writing and craft, explored new things on the way and shared through my craft essay series. “Collections” is the last craft essay…
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Composite redistribution, and flux define the survivability and newness of any group, species or order. So it is with literature. Enter the newest category in literary arts >>> HYBRID Blending two or more themes, formats or genres is known as ‘Hybrid’ or ‘Cross-genre’ or ‘Multi-genre’. The term holds true for mixing fiction wih nonfiction, noir…
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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. — Plato We know nothing about poetry. Or we know everything! Hey, isn’t poetry the most natural human response? I oscillate from one response to the other. Two-thirds of my published writing of over 200 pieces, is prose, and yet, my debut chapbook will be a collection…
