Month: April 2007

  • Back to the grindstone

    As Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast.  If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”  True, Ferris, true, though if you stop and look around for too long, you can also get behind on pretty much everything you need to be doing in order to pay bills…

  • Writing thoughts and questions

    Do you have any thoughts on why writers can’t tell if their own writing is any good or not? I mean, I think there are probably some writers who do know (or believe) that their writing is good, and there are probably some writers who do know (or believe without any trouble) that their writing…

  • I Will Shout Youngstown

    I have been officially interviewed at the “I Will Shout Youngstown” blog.  If you haven’t checked out that weblog before, do take a look.  Tons of really interesting entries there about Youngstown and issues related to community revitalization, a subject many American cities are faced with at the moment.  I talk mostly about Youngstown in…

  • Females, the Fantastic and Tin House

    Hey all you gals working in the tradition of the fantastic with your writing, check out the guidelines for the Fall issue of Tin House.  Give it a chance.  Send them a story, poem or an article of some sort.   UPCOMING ISSUES: We will read until May 31, 2007 (postmark date) for the Fall…