Tag: fiction
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GUEST BLOGPOST BY CHITAL MEHTA, MFA in Creative Writing from Lindenwood University and Alum of VONA and Tin House MARCH 11 2025 Hey everyone! Before we dive into the third post of this year’s guest blog series, just wanted to have a quick chat. First off, happy belated International Women’s Day! Hope you did something…
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GUEST BLOGPOST BY SUDEEPA NAIR, AUTHOR OF THE SERPENTS OF KANAKAPURAM FEBRUARY 21 2025 About six months before the pandemic shut us inside our homes, I quit my job. There was no single reason for the decision. It just felt right at that time. I gave myself until the end of the year to figure…
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First of all, I want to thank you all for the tremendous response to the year’s first blogpost “Best Platforms for Finding Submission Calls in 2025” that linked to 500+ open submission calls. I hope you found some great opportunities to send your work to. The post, I believe, found the traction that it did…
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2024 was to be a busy year–I knew that at the very onset. Some things you just know will happen, no matter what. I don’t know what it’s called. Clairvoyance? Intuition? But there are other things you already have information of. For example, I already knew that in 2024, I had some career best venues…
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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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Part-I Glass/Fire, my latest book, will be out on November 22, 2024. It is a small book with a small press seeking a small readership. But, and I say this with emphasis, it has a big ambition; meaning, it tries many things — among them are innovative story structures, offbeat and sensitive themes, woman-centric approach, and the way it…
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Fragmentation in structure, in narrative, and in character-building can be divided into three parts: 1) Fragmentation in structure: Meaning a narrative text is subtly nudging you to pay attention through the way it is told. We’re not taking of hybrids, experimental or hermit-crab forms here, but traditional forms, and yet, by moving around the pieces,…
