Surprises in Interning
I assumed I would be working through some terrible slush pile, where the likelihood of coming across anything worthwhile would be incredibly slim. So my first surprise was reading something pretty good.
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Story Ideas from a Cat
One of the several writing-related blogs, newsletters and mailing lists I subscribe to sent me an email this week with the title, “Story…
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Book Trailers
Today, while reading my Shelf Awareness e-newsletter, a publishing industry mailer, I was reminded of a literary promotional concept that is wildly intriguing to me, and which…
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The Idea of Christmas
There’s a little alleyway behind our house that runs between two streets, one sleepy and residential, the other a busy throughway. Sometimes,…
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Weird Rock Gratitude Post-Paris
Last Friday night after eating a mellow dinner together in the kitchen, instead of going to a local rock show like we…
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Broadside Books
As an undergraduate creative writing student, I spent the majority of my disposable time and income at two independent stores in Northampton,…
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Expectations & Interviewing
There’s something profoundly unnerving to me about reaching out to someone I don’t know and asking them to talk to me. Maybe…
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Running Head
The term running head conjures odd images for me. Immediately, I think in literal terms of a cartoonish, disembodied human head with…
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Hot Pepper Jelly
I came across a small jar of homemade jelly in the pantry a couple of weeks ago, the kind sealed with a…
