Linked Stories by Gina Isabel R.
Find me also at @RiffleComics, @RiffleHistory, and @RiffleWorldLit and their respective Tumblr blogs.
This is all part of the larger paradox of fiction, where the characters must be specific enough to be anyone. In the end, the packaging may simply serve as an introduction. The true meeting takes place when the book opens, and a stranger reads about — and comprehends — a stranger.
And when I politely explained the submission policies, e-mailed me again to point out that the industry is all about word-of-mouth and his blog has tons of followers and so I better do what he said:
(Submission from LinkedStories, thanks!)
My life. I wish I’d saved that e-mail.
Tsundoku (Japanese) - The act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books - Via untranslatable words @FreeWordCentre
1. #amwriting
Writing can be a solitary experience, and Twitter is a great way of connecting with other writers. It’s like a virtual watercooler. #amwriting is a hashtag started by Johanna Harness as a way of supporting writers and fostering a sense of community. It even has its own website at amwriting.org. Use it to tell us what you’re working on, support and learn from others, and share your experience.
burning your gut,
don’t do it.
I’ve been at the AWP Conference this week and met Ron Capps, founder and director of the Veterans Writing Project.
What is the VWP?
At the Veterans Writing Project we believe that every veteran has a story. We also know that some of us need a little help telling that story. So we provide no-cost writing seminars and workshops for veterans, active and reserve service members, and military family members. We’re also building an archive of writing by members of the military community. We publish a quarterly literary review, a podcast and an ongoing scroll of writing by our friends on our sister site, O-Dark-Thirty. Soon, we’ll begin publishing books through our publishing branch, BCG Books.
I attended a panel later about narrative memoir and the unique situation student veterans face in our colleges when they become students of fiction as well. It was a very interesting panel that raised questions about how to create an open environment, how to help non-veteran students understand (or at least not stereotype) their veteran counterparts, and how to build a syllabus.
As you well know, this topic is fascinating for me, and I hope more people will join the conversation. Here’s one way: this month’s reading pledge.
