we ARE doing it
The canon doesn’t represent us; it was written by rich, overeducated, able-bodied, academic cis hetero white guys long, long ago in a villa on a Martha’s Vineyard far, far away. We care about social justice, and hope to write complex characters which challenge power structures we hope to alter. Challenging stereotypes can be difficult, …
You open your notebook, flip to a crisp page, uncap your pen and hesitate with that doe-in-the-headlights terror. You open your notebook, your fingers poised above the keys, typing, then erasing, then typing the word “the”, over and over again. And realize as the seconds tick by and the paranoia grows that absolutely nothing is there. …
You’re a wild writer. Being a wild writer, you write a lot of crazy things nobody in their right mind would publish. Keep it in your notebook? No. I dare you to submit your weird work anyways. Here is a short list of un-publishable writing and how you could submit anyways on Poets & Writers, …
Congratulations, you’re starting a new literary publication! You built an awesome website (or on Wix, WordPress, whatever works), advertised, created the publication’s social media accounts, gathered your merry band of head editors and volunteer readers. You’re ready to go live and read submissions. But wait, hold that Publish button: you may have forgotten something. Hit …
Congratulations! You’ve written an awesome piece. You wrote, edited, rewrote, you cut-up, you first thought best thought, you summoned the muse, you just did it. To quote Richard Brautigan: “so what?”* You might perform at the local open mic or workshop it with a group, and you’re going to spend many nights up late …
