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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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Here's our winner of TOP PICK!
“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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TOP PICKS
1. "The Wild Cats of Tehran," by Debra Kamza
2. "One Billionth of a Lifetime," by Vic Fortezza
3. "The Musings of the White Stork," by Michael G. McLaughlin
4. "Ringworm," by Sophie Bachard
5. "3AM Whistle," by Julie Ann Shapiro
6. If
you have room for another, I also like the touching and funny
Now it's your turn-- Meet Our Guest Assistant Editor
Who is Margaret L. Carter?
Margaret L. Carter received a B.A. from the College of William and Mary, M.A. from the University of Hawaii, and Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, all in English. She has taught literature and composition courses at various colleges but presently works as a part-time proofreader for the Maryland General Assembly. (Sic transit gloria!) Her
first two books were paperback anthologies, CURSE OF THE UNDEAD
and DEMON LOVERS
AND STRANGE SEDUCTIONS. She has published several
works on vampirism in literature, including SHADOW OF A SHADE: A SURVEY
OF VAMPIRISM IN LITERATURE, the anthology DRACULA: THE VAMPIRE AND
THE CRITICS, and THE VAMPIRE IN LITERATURE: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Her stories have appeared in several of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s
Darkover anthologies, and her "Voice from the Void" appears
in THE TIME OF THE VAMPIRES, edited by P. N. Elrod and Martin Greenberg.
Read Margaret L. Carter's short story, Residual Fumes. How will you rate it?
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Everyone's a Critic! Where our guest assistant editors choose their top 10's or top 5's or... Read what they say about each one!
Literary Agent Kelly Sonnack's TOP PICKS
Who will we nominate for the Pushcart next?
Mark Treitel 's TOP PICKS
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THE REQUIRED ACCOMPANYING COVER LETTER by Richard Fein 2. Soap by Jared Wahlgren 3. HILLS LIKE PINK ELEPHANTS by Bruce Stirling
PICKS
Who were nominated for the Pushcart in 2009?
EXCLUSIVES Advice to Writers: from an Editor/Book Publisher In summary, three vital concepts for the process: Persist; Trust; Revise! SHALLA CHATS with Seamus Cashman of Wolfhound Press
SHALLA MINGLES with Mr. Fitness, Alex Cristo “Writers: Get Fit!”
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