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Pulling a Geographic 17 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
From the Electric Literature blog, Letters from a Young Novelist #3: In recovery language, we have a phrase called “pulling a geographic,” which is an illogical belief that switching locations will s...
Barry Hannah on First Person vs Third Person POV 30 Jun 2013 | 01:00 am
From the Barry Hannah interview in Paris Review: “Third-person singular, past tense, is most natural and inevitable, I guess. But you’d best beware the monotone in it and the temptations toward false...
Roberto Bolano’s 2666 20 May 2013 | 06:49 am
I’m rereading Roberto Bolano’s 2666, and I love this passage so much I’m going to share it with you: “It was raining in the quadrangle, and the quadrangular sky looked like the grimace of a robot or a...
“Making a Literary Life” 16 May 2013 | 06:43 am
This is from “Making a Literary Life,” by Carolyn See: “Your ego is a big, messy, undisciplined, anxiety-ridden dog. It barks and whines and pees on the floor and sheds all over the furniture and take...
How To Give Up A Novel 14 May 2013 | 06:43 am
Spend four hours reading your novel. Feel abjectly depressed about its suckitude. Wrestle with 1) the feeling that you should give it up 2) the feeling that you have nothing else going for you. Mope a...
Walden, a Video Game about Henry David Thoreau 30 Apr 2013 | 06:55 am
If you’ve ever wanted to play a first-person game based on Thoreau’s Walden, here’s your chance. The teaser below shows some clips from the game where you try to live like Thoreau:
Should I Go To Grad School? 27 Apr 2013 | 11:09 pm
From an article by Joshua Rothman in The New Yorker about whether or not to go to Graduate School: Last week, one of my college friends, who now manages vast sums at a hedge fund, visited me. He’s the...
Interview with Peter Levine, author of “The Appearance of a Hero” 22 Apr 2013 | 12:00 pm
Peter Levine recently published “The Appearance of a Hero,” a collection of linked short stories revolving around the central character of Tom Mahoney. In an unusual move, none of the stories are told...
33 Mistakes You Can Make While Attempting To Write A Short Story 2 Apr 2013 | 03:29 am
Trying to cram a novella into the space of a short story Knowing that you’ve tried to cram a novella into the space of a short story space yet refusing to write the novella Writing five, non-overlappi...
Publishers of Short Story Collections 14 Mar 2013 | 04:44 am
I’ve added a new page for short story collection publishers in the right sidebar. This isn’t meant as a substitute for the legwork necessary to determine where to send your collection — the best resea...
