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THE ART OF SHORT FICTION What is it? Author Charles Blackstone tells.

WRITING GREAT SHORT STORIES Elizabeth Kadetsky who teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and at Columbia University’s School of Journalism serves up some advice.

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CRAFTING CHARACTERS THAT JUMP OFF THE PAGE Punching up your fiction? Where there's a tipster, there's a way. Discover Robert Gregory Browne's secrets to getting multiple book deals.

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BIOFICTION INTRODUCED Even as she receives 5 stars on Amazon for Trine Erotic while editing/publishing Entelechy: Mind & Culture, Alice Andrews takes time to chat about the esoteric world of this mind-bending read.

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“Duotrope Digest ”

"...think of Duotrope’s Digest as a matchmaker of sorts. If you write fiction or poetry, we can help you find appropriate markets for your work."
--Shannon Wendt, Duotrope creator

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TOMATO

by Linda Leedy Schneider

Red, round, ripe-
full of the sun's heat
familiar in my hand
like a newborn's head

Little pumpkin
of pleasure
dressed in
six scalloped leaves

Leaves that held
the flower
that needed
the bees or a breeze

To start
the seeds
in these
red ovaries.

Sometimes,
there is
so much sex
in my sink

I need to
turn away
and quickly brown
the bulbous onions.

*Previously published in The Spoon River Poetry Review

LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER an award winning internationally published poet and writer, a poetry and writing mentor, a clinical social worker in private practice and an instructor at Kendall College of Art and Design. She has also been a member of the faculties of Aquinas College and Ferris State University. She leads writing groups at Gilda’s Club for people living with cancer. Linda's volunteer work in orphanages in Albania motivated her to submit writings and poetry for publication. Her work has since been published in many literary magazines including Rattle Literary Magazine, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Pudding Magazine, WordWrights, Driftwood Review, Poetry Midwest, and Miranda Literary Magazine. She has written four collections of poetry including “Through the Lattice” (Argonne House Press, 2002). Many of her writing students have had their work published as well. Linda believes that a regular writing ritual leads to authenticity and personal growth. She is also a Workshop Director at the International Women's Writing Guild Conference held annually at Skidmore College in New York.

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