Tag: fiction
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Hello October! To start off, let’s celebrate some of the recent successes achieved by our subscriber family–woohoooo! Susan L. Leary unveiled the cover of SENTENCE, out with Nine Syllables Press on December 1st! Mileva Anastasiadou published in Plague Circus in September. Andrew Careaga published in Press Roi‘s 100th Issue, also in September. Five Minutes Lit…
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Hello September! good news stories We’re in the final one-third of 2026. That’s good news enough I guess–given the turbulences this year has already seen. In the litmag arena, not all good either with the influx of AI-generated writing and many venues moving to fee-based from being fee-free. Windows close too early too. If a…
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Happy August! Let’s begin! good news stories Northwest Review, first published in 1957, an independent nonprofit digital magazine produced in partnership with University of Oregon’s Editing and Publishing Program and its MFA in Creative Writing Program, just published its summer 2026 issue. A magzine running for that long is indeed worth celebrating. Five Minutes Lit…
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By now, many of us have settled into the rhythms of summer—or winter, depending on where we are in the world. Where I live, clouds have gathered and it might rain. Our planet keeps at it. In tandem, the literary calendar rarely slows down (In fact, “Publishing is moving too fast”–but more on that later).…
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Hi everyone, how are you? It’s March already! We’ve clocked two months of 2026, and where are we? Let’s take heart that there are writers (and we aren’t one of them!) who pay utility bills with spider drawings –yes this happened– and fun fact: February 23 was David Thorne’s birthday, and we are not the…
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Flash fiction is evolving as writers experiment with new forms and subjects that align with today’s realities. In our fast-paced digital world, social media and online magazines encourage stories that are shorter, bolder, and more interactive, often blending genres and using unconventional structures. Selecting these stories was a thrilling challenge–my gratitude to the talented flash…
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Every year tells a story—I learn, grow, and feel grateful for what has come my way. This one is no exception. The Annual Writing Report 2025 captures the themes and ideas that took shape, the wishes that came true, how writing across genres drives my creative life, what helped during a crisis in my writing-life,…
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Good morning, friends! We are officially into the last month of 2025–how utterly unbelievable is that! We’re also at the eighth edition of this newsletter–and 8 is an auspicious number in my culture, so I’m rather happy we’ve come this far. Let’s get straight to sharing some news from the lit world that caught my…
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Hi friends! I woke up today to unseasonal rains and there’s an unmistakable nip in the air. Autumn might be sooner than usual, and winter, colder. Have you noticed the season changing where you are? Let me know in the comments! It is interesting how a small change triggers a big one. Perhaps you’re more…
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For this blogpost, I’ve combed through my notebooks to come up with a list of five new PROMPTS you may try during the upcoming long weekend: Take an abstract noun–here’s a brief list below–and form an idea around it. Work on the idea to form a plot. Make it reflective and semi-autobiographical. It is amazing…
