March 6, 2015

Here is a useful tool, an emotion wheel

http://www.creativindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/poster1.pdf

March 5, 2015

Markets -

 

Tahoma Literary Review
 http://www.tahomaliteraryreview.com/ 
Submissions Now Open for Issue 4
Submissions of creative writing for Issue #4 of TLR are open through April 30. We welcome your poetry, fiction, flash, nonfiction, and flash nonfiction.


Phantom Drift (Melanie - note they are fond of Magical Realism)
http://www.phantomdrift.org/#!/sitepage_4 
We are looking for fabulists flash fiction and short stories. We like stories that favor the unusual over the usual; we like stories that create a milieu where anything can happen. Stories can take the form of myth or fable. They can invent or suggest an unreal ambiance or describe a realistic landscape gripped by a surreal or unexplained event.

We are fond of Calvino, South American Magical Realism, and Talmudic legends. Kafka and Orwell now and will forever totally rock.










March 2, 2015

Writing Excuses, a podcast with Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, Howard Taylor, have changed their format this year with their 10th season. They are doing a master class-- teaching writing, giving assignments.

I have always found their podcast informative and enjoyable They are only two months into this master class so there is still time to give it a go from the beginning if you would like to do so. I'll add the link to the bottom of this post, it will take you to Season 10 which gives you the 'liner' notes, you can also link to the podcast transcript or download the podcast itself. (I recommend listening if at all possible, much more enjoyable.)

BTW - even if you don't do the homework it is worth the listen

http://www.writingexcuses.com/category/season/season-10/

Keep writing