My Latest Project
This announcement is about two months overdue, but I wanted to share my latest project with all of you! I (along with two friends) have…
New Publication!
I’m excited to announce that my poem Confessional appears in Issue 5 of the Orange Couch, which dropped today! Please go check it out, along…
Scaling the Cliff: Submitting to Literary Journals for the First Time
A friend asked me today about getting published in literary journals and magazines, and I want to share my response with all of you. I…
I’m Back!
Hey folks! I’m back! First, allow me to apologize for the lengthy and sudden absence–I was, unfortunately, too ambitious with my original posting schedule for…
Exciting News!
So excited to announce that my flash fiction piece “Honey Hibiscus” appears in Volume 6 of Spare Parts Lit! Please head on over to check…
Advertising Revenue is Dying
The key findings of a Tow Report written by Elizabeth Anne Watkins say it all, but there is one in particular that gets to the crux of…
Content Matters, So Let’s Change the Structural Convention
“[T]he way we structure content says a lot about the values we share.” One argument I have made for many years is that language matters. In…
SEO Versus Quality Control: Where is the line between optimization and staying afloat?
In the Boston Globe article Confessions of a professional clickbait writer, Ben Kissam touches on some of the controversy surrounding the different approaches to driving traffic. …
Lit Mags and Reading Fees: What is the Solution?
For a number of years now, reading fees have been a hot topic in the writing community. Why should we be paying to be rejected?…
Online Communities
Instead of the normal Tuesday Review, you lovely folks get to enjoy a class assignment examining online communities—kind of like what I’m trying to build…
Recommended Reading
One of my favorite things to do is recommend reading. Books, journals, authors, individual pieces. If a friend asks me for a recommendation, they will…
Workshop Best Practices
Workshops can be tricky! Despite their usefulness, it is very easy for them to become something that writers dread. I have been in workshops wherein…
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