Must-Read Poetry: December 2018
Here are four notable books of poetry publishing in December. Before the core of this book—a sequence that considers the pristine “Mary Sue,” a female character in fan fiction who often seems to be the “author’s idealized self”—Collins includes a gorgeous prose poem....
Prologue Or No Prologue
by Bryce (United States) Hi, I have just started to write a fantasy novel, but I am in a bit of a jam. I have a rough outline of the novel, as well as the events that occur within it, and a pretty good plot. On top of that, I have a good array of characters and the...
A bigger boat: Charleston band Susto lands deal with Nashville-based Rounder Records
Rounder Records, the venerable home of such roots-leaning stalwarts as Alison Krauss, Steve Martin, Bela Fleck and Woody Guthrie, quietly announced in October the addition of Susto to its roster. It is, without resorting to hyperbole, one of the biggest breaks for a...
Examples of Epiphany in Literature
In literature, a character has an epiphany when they experience a sudden insight or realization that changes their understanding. The term was made popular by James Joyce and fully divulged in his autobiographical novel, Stephen Hero . According to Joyce , epiphany is...
Diary/Journal Writing
I think laying out your journal in a regular way should be okay. You don't have to have prompts specifically targeted towards language learning, it will naturally come especially when you write about something you know or care about so just write like you would in...
Alan Rosenberg: Police-reporting days still resonate
Hide caption Relationships with cops can last a lifetime. When you’re a reporter just starting to cover a police department, there’s a period of weeks — or months — when the cops are testing you. Will you be fair? Accurate? Will you treat their confidences as...
Exclusive for MoS readers: Discover Gerald Durrell’s Corfu with his wife Lee – a unique tour of the island that inspired the legendary memoir and hit TV series
One of the biggest stars of ITV’s charming Sunday night drama The Durrells is Corfu itself. With its sparkling cobalt-blue sea and beautiful mountainous interior, it is easy to see why the famous naturalist and author Gerald Durrell instantly fell in love with the...
Poem of the week – ‘January Train’
January Train Fields of trees encased in frozen dew. The sun a sullen distant heatless disc. Tractors in a line retired between cold foreground and an almost lost horizon. A smattering of slick and sharded ponds. Sheep, a flock of huffing moving heat. Buckled fence...
What is your review of “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018 film)?
SPOILERS AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SPOILED. FINAL WARNING. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU MAY VIEW BEYOND THIS POINT. AGAIN, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN INFINITY WAR YET, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AVOIDING...
Conducting Electricity: Hearing the entire symphony takes years of practice
Hide caption By Courtney Lewis / For the Times-Union A friend recently asked me, “How do you hear everything the orchestra plays?” I’m going to interpret this as asking how a conductor can hear the sound of the orchestra in enough detail to allow him to change it....
Should You Follow Fiction Writing Rules?
as suggested by Susan Uttendorfsky. All writers are aware of some of the most common rules in writing – don’t use too many adjectives or adverbs, don’t rely on passive writing, use nouns and verbs for stronger narrative, don’t overuse ‘ing’ words, don’t overdo he...
Literary Agent Interview: Heather Flaherty of The Bent Agency
Adult and YA literary agent Heather Flaherty is accepting submissions. Learn what she’s interested in and how you can submit. Originally from Massachusetts, Heather Flaherty is a literary agent at The Bent Agency . She began her publishing career in the editorial...
Primer, and more: Sci-fi films with big ideas and a low budget
Had enough of big-budget extravaganzas where it looks like they spent a lot of money on a lot of things except a writer? Or a movie with stars, but no idea to begin with? Well here then, are just some sci-fi movies from the first 18 years of this century that prove...
‘Howards End’: Matthew Macfadyen on Kenneth Lonergan’s Secret Stage Directions and the Future of Henry and Margaret
Why the co-star of the wonderful Starz series did something for this project that he hadn't done while acting in other literary adaptations. “Howards End” [Editor’s Note: The following interview contains spoilers for the ending of “ Howards End .”] It’s not in the...
What agencies or managers have open submissions Screenwriting
<? PRINT "xml version="1.0"?> Welcome to wap site Page 1 Page 2 Welcome to page 1! Back Welcome to page 2! Back Get the discussion started! Add a flair after posting. When you have an opening with an industry professional use it wisely. As of September...
Journal’s bright birthday bullets hit the target
Sally Rooney stepped into the role as editor of 'The Stinging Fly' magazine, hailed as Ireland's foremost literary journal. Photo: Tony Gavin Ireland's foremost literary journal, The Stinging Fly, is celebrating its 20th birthday this year and this special...
Backwater Planet: a short story by GF Willmetts.
When we sent out generation starships, we don’t expect to see them come back. More so, this was one of the earliest ones. Didn’t even have humans on-board. Just a contingent of primates. Chimpanzees in fact. Bonobos if you want to be precise. A space-buoy had...
How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens?
An invasion of Earth by alien flying saucers is a trope of science fiction. But what if aliens really did find us? If aliens reach out to us, what would happen first? It's a question that has puzzled science fiction fans and scientists alike for decades, and we...
Dubois County farewell a difficult one to spit out
I’ve never been good at telling people how much I love them, so this is going to be hard. Stayner My introduction to Dubois County came in December 2015 driving the streets of Jasper around 9 p.m. I figured I should check out the city before interviewing with The...
An Interview with … Kortney Price
This week we’re talking with associate agent Kortney Price of Holloway Literary and we’re talking special needs characters, favorite books, and how she became an agent. When was the moment that you knew you wanted to become an agent? If I had to mark a specific...
Books: Interview: Gillian Best
Share Bristol-based author Gillian Best ‘s debut novel The Last Wave (Freight Books £9.99) is a deeply affecting tale of a family coming to terms with all that life throws at them. Joe Melia discovers what drives this very talented new voice. Swimming and the sea are...
Julia Michaels, interview: I’ve never wanted to be famous
Working on being a pop star: Michaels is adjusting to her fame I feel bad for reminding Julia Michaels that she’s making another stadium appearance tomorrow. The LA pop songwriter turned singer will be playing Issues, the biggest-selling song by a new artist in 2017,...
A Review of Poetry and Pearls and Author Interview with N.R. Hart
When I think of the word, “romantic”, my mind immediately goes to N.R.Hart and her #poetry. N.R.Hart is a poet who can say very much with very few words and the results are always deeply beautiful. Poetry and Pearls, is a gorgeous book, each piece in the collection...
Screams! We interviewed Big Bang Theory co-creator Chuck Lorre
Yeah, the GuptaEmails are depressing us like nothing before. And ja, we have a tension headache from Brian Molefe’s career yo-yo. But chatting to the comedy behemoth who co-created the theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Yes, really) and our beloved BBT gang...
Interview With ‘Legion’ & ‘Fargo’ Cinematographer Craig Wrobleski
Craig Wrobleski Legion 2017 has been a great year for television, and it’s not even half over. My choice for best show this year is far and away FX’s Legion . Created by Noah Hawley, who also brought Fargo to FX, Legion is based on Marvel’s X-Men character by...
Interview: Luke Wright, Spoken-word poet of ‘The Toll’
Luke Wright is one of the UK’s best spoken-word poets. That’s the safe thing to say. The right thing to say is that he eludes all attempts at definition, let alone comparison, while he is on the stage, building entire worlds out of his voice. His is the 21 [...]Click...
‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Spoilers: Creator Charlie Brooker Admits Being Pro-Technology, Hints Possibility of Another “San Junipero-Style Story”
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 6:21 AM UTC ‘Black Mirror’ season 4 creator Charlie Brooker admitted that he was actually pro-technology despite creating the dark and satirical series. He also hinted of the possibility of another “San Junipero-style story” during a recent...
Columnist publishes new book
McCOOK, Neb. — Long-time McCook Gazette columnist, Walt Sehnert, whose “From Days Gone By” is published each Monday, has written another book, this one about his experiences in Korea during the Korean War. A life-long baker, he used those skills during his Army...
Sea of love: an interview with writer Michael H. Ward
Taking its well-deserved place in the canon of AIDS literature, Michael H. Ward’s memoir The Sea Is Quiet Tonight (Querelle Press, 2016) covers a lot of ground, taking readers to Fire Island, Manhattan, Boston and Florida, to name a few locations. It also travels back...
Interview: AirLands on life, creation and “So Much To Keep”
AirLands has just released their brilliant new sophomore LP " So Much To Keep ", a peak inside to the state of mind of Kevin Calaba (formerly of Stars of Track and Field). The album is a whimsical dream made up of ten tracks produced by Marcus Paquin (The [...]Click...
Must-Read Poetry: December 2018
Here are four notable books of poetry publishing in December. Before the core of this book—a sequence that considers the pristine “Mary Sue,” a female character in fan fiction who often seems to be the “author’s idealized self”—Collins includes a gorgeous prose poem....
“Birnam Wood” Hélène Cardona (Salmon Poetry) – poetry review
“Birnam Wood” is a collection of José Manuel Cardona’s poems from the Spanish by Hélène Cardona presented in both the original Spanish and English translations. José Manuel Cardona (1928 – 2018) was a Spanish poet forced into exile in France and worked for the United...
A bigger boat: Charleston band Susto lands deal with Nashville-based Rounder Records
Rounder Records, the venerable home of such roots-leaning stalwarts as Alison Krauss, Steve Martin, Bela Fleck and Woody Guthrie, quietly announced in October the addition of Susto to its roster. It is, without resorting to hyperbole, one of the biggest breaks for a...
Prologue Or No Prologue
by Bryce (United States) Hi, I have just started to write a fantasy novel, but I am in a bit of a jam. I have a rough outline of the novel, as well as the events that occur within it, and a pretty good plot. On top of that, I have a good array of characters and the...
Diary/Journal Writing
I think laying out your journal in a regular way should be okay. You don't have to have prompts specifically targeted towards language learning, it will naturally come especially when you write about something you know or care about so just write like you would in...
Examples of Epiphany in Literature
In literature, a character has an epiphany when they experience a sudden insight or realization that changes their understanding. The term was made popular by James Joyce and fully divulged in his autobiographical novel, Stephen Hero . According to Joyce , epiphany is...
Nicholas Lezard’s Choice: ‘Kudos’ by Rachel Cusk
book cover The great thing about Kudos is that while you couldn’t call it comic, there is humor in it I can tell you the exact moment when I realized I was reading something special, something more than an ordinary novel. The central character, Faye, is listening to...
Alan Rosenberg: Police-reporting days still resonate
Hide caption Relationships with cops can last a lifetime. When you’re a reporter just starting to cover a police department, there’s a period of weeks — or months — when the cops are testing you. Will you be fair? Accurate? Will you treat their confidences as...
Exclusive for MoS readers: Discover Gerald Durrell’s Corfu with his wife Lee – a unique tour of the island that inspired the legendary memoir and hit TV series
One of the biggest stars of ITV’s charming Sunday night drama The Durrells is Corfu itself. With its sparkling cobalt-blue sea and beautiful mountainous interior, it is easy to see why the famous naturalist and author Gerald Durrell instantly fell in love with the...
Poem of the week – ‘January Train’
January Train Fields of trees encased in frozen dew. The sun a sullen distant heatless disc. Tractors in a line retired between cold foreground and an almost lost horizon. A smattering of slick and sharded ponds. Sheep, a flock of huffing moving heat. Buckled fence...
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