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Just opened a store at CafePress! The One Real Story Shop. Now you can sport gear from your favorite online creative writing center and spread the word about One Real Story. Don’t fret I’ll be uploading more designs soon. The current product line consists of signs from random places, because, as you know, there’s [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Just found something of interest. According to the editor over at the Novel and Short Story Market blog,
“The 2008 Byzarium Bad-Fic Contest wants 1500 word stories, and they’ll pay you $10 and a 1 year subscription for your worst stuff. “Announcing the Annual Byzarium Bad-Fic Contest! That’s right, people, we want to see it–the [...]

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LGBT literature is a term for literature produced by people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. This genre includes literary works where the characters, plot lines or themes concern the gay and lesbian community. According to the Writer’s Digest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender literature has officially positioned itself as a new and thriving [...]

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It’s that time. Right now I am looking for some poetry for the One Real Story poetry reading. I will be accepting one poem to feature in a poetry podcast. If your poem is selected, it will be read aloud to all our visitors. Even if you’re not an established poet, this could be your [...]

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The short story form has been honed into one of the greatest feats in American art. Yet some are worried it is a dying breed of the written word. There are efforts attempted at saving the short story. Stop your fretting, short stories are here to stay. As more and more American find themselves with [...]

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