Tag: literary journal
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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 love helping people get started with getting published, and talk about it often with my friends, so this blog post almost feels past-due. Luckily, the friend who reached out to…
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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? These fees have become a norm, with many prestigious (and not so prestigious) journals succumbing to relying on the writers looking to be published for their support. Some of these…
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A Review of “Club Plum”

“Club Plum is a house party. We play all the good music. The DJ dances and laughs and knows that today is yesterday, and today is tomorrow, and pain is forever, so we’ve got to crack out the joy and ride the beat.” Thea Swanson | founding editor of Club Plum Club Plum is very…
