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Entries from January 2008

The Ivory Hunt

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Authors, Featured Short Story, Randy Zuniga

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Better Than the Love of Women

January 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Authors, Joseph Itiel, LGBT Literature, Series

by Joseph Itiel
…Saul’s son Jonathan was deeply attracted to David and came to love him as much as he loved himself (I Samuel, 18: 1).
I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan; how dear you were to me! How wonderful was your love for me, better even than the love of women (II Samuel l: 26).
Crown [...]

The Will of the Watch Part I: Murder, Mayhem and Other Fun Activities

January 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Adam P. Rothstein, Authors, Series, The Will of the Watch

by Adam P. Rothstein
Prologue
With a thunderous clang the mighty hammer struck a small piece of hot, glowing metal. It was immediately raised back into the air, and the process was repeated several times, each swing hitting its malleable mark with the precision of a master bowman. Looking up from his work, Hephaestus wiped the sweat [...]

Weekly Creative Writing Tip: Where Are You Coming From?

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Creative Writing Tips

Choose a point of view and stick to it!

Point of view is the perspective of the narration in the story, generally of first, second, or third person. You need to determine who is going to tell your story and how much information they’ll reveal to your reader. Is your narrator directly involved in the action [...]

Flash Fiction Prompt #3

January 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Flash Fiction Prompts

If Sadness Was a Smell, What would it be?
Write a flash fiction piece based on a smell. Describe what your character feels by associating that with a certain scent. For instance if your character is sad maybe the smell associated with that would be the smell of rain on hot asphalt or grandma’s old [...]

Editor’s Note: Another Great Find

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Editor's Notes

I don’t know what I was looking for when I found this, but I thought I’d share it with you. It’s a discussion regarding online publishing versus print publishing,
“This time around we asked our panel of writers and editors to give us their thoughts on online versus print publishing.”
- Kelly Spitzer
What’s great is most of [...]

Carol of the Bells

January 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Authors, Brooke Kenny, Featured Short Story

Editor’s Note: Best Submissions Letter, So Far

January 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Editor's Notes

What does it take to get a publisher to read your work? A damn good cover letter should do the trick. Here’s one I received that had me reading the attachment instantly:
Dear Editor,
If you received a mysterious note asking you to go to a parking garage to meet your Maker, what would it take for [...]

Deception

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Authors, Corey Crossfield, LGBT Literature, Series

by Corey Crossfield
The streets are empty as is my life. How does someone get to this point? So entrenched in their own lies that they actually start to believe themselves, and your life becomes one big deception. I read somewhere once that self-deception is the worst kind of lie. You lie so much to others [...]