Story Street Writers
Are you looking to expand your writing life? Your writing community? Your exposure to literary agents, editors, and publishers? Writers conferences can provide all of these potentially life-changing benefits and more.
At writers conferences members of the literary world come together to learn, educate, network, and celebrate the magic of writing.…
Once a month we provide our newsletter readers a list of publications and contests that are open for submissions. This month, we have a special contest we recommend for the novelists out there… even if you haven’t started writing yet.
The Gutsy Great Novelist Page One Prize is accepting entries until July 16, 5:00 PM (ET).…
When my husband was in his final semester of graduate school, his roommate, Steve, was unsuccessfully searching for a job. At a time when rejections were more formal and arrived on embossed letterhead, Steve decided to decorate his apartment with a collage of dismissals, near misses, and best wishes.…
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta joins The Epilogue… to talk about how myth and memoir can intersect and how to combine the mythology that surrounds us with the personal to make your story special.
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David Slayton talks about writing the books that he always wanted to read growing up, and how the challenges that he faced helped to form not only himself but his work. Give it a listen on The Epilogue…
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When was the first time a book broke your heart? Is its memory still vivid enough to pinpoint where you were, what time it was, the moment that the crest of emotion forced you to put the book down for several deep breaths? …
