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The Dark Magazine is Seeking Dark Fantasy and Horror Tales – Pays up to $180/story

by Brian Scott Source link The Dark Magazine (est. 2013) has updated its submission guidelines and is inviting emerging and seasoned writers to submit their best dark fantasy and horror tales for possible publication in a… ***

An Italy Food and Wine Writing Workshop in April 2018

by diannejacob Source link Because I had such a blast at last year’s Italy food and wine writing workshop, it was easy to say “Yes!” when co-host Demet Guzey suggested we do it again. Because of the small number of rooms in our spectacular villa in Verona, we can host only 6-7 students. That just means mores

Human Nature Is the Great Constant

by JW Source link I think humans are the most interesting thing I know about. They’re inexhaustibly interesting. And I think one of the great beauties of the novel as a form is that it shows us that human nature is the great constant. Human nature is the same in all places, in all times,s

Writing Resources: The Chicago Manual of Style

by Melissa Donovan Source link The Chicago Manual of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style is the most widely used resource for American English style, grammar, and punctuation. If you’re working on any kind of writing project and need a solid reference that provides answers for how to consistently apply style and grammar, then thiss

Parentheses: How to Use ( ) Correctly

by Liz Bureman Source link People ask me all the time (and by all the time, I mean never), “Liz, what is your favorite grammatical/punctuational structure?” It’s hard to narrow it down to just one (although you’re probably already aware of my love for the Oxford comma), but if I happened to be in as

Featured Indie Book: Mirror Me (Tara St. Pierre)

by Alan Kealey Source link Featured Indie Book on Indie Author News: YA Paranormal Fantasy Mirror Me by Tara St. Pierre. Mirror Me is about a girl who can’t get over something that happened a year earlier. She’s…

The Law Finally Catches Up With Tate Publishing & Enterprises

by noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Strauss) Source link Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Today, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter filed eight felony charges and one misdemeanor charge against Ryan and Richard Tate, respectively CEO and founder of vanity publisher Tate Publishing & Enterprises, for alleged fraudulent business practices. According to local news station KFOR, Thes

30 Tips that Help You Become an In-Demand Freelance Writer

by Stefanie Flaxman Source link You may or may not know that I haven’t always been Copyblogger’s editor. For many years, I was a Copyblogger reader. I didn’t know Brian. I didn’t know Sonia. But I pretended that I did. Of course I didn’t tell anyone that … I just received so much guidance froms

Are Thank You Notes a Thing of the Past?

by Grammar Chic, Inc. Source link Pretty soon, you’ll be unwrapping boxes and reveling in gifts—but as you do so, don’t forget to thank the gift giver. There is no better way of doing so than by penning a thank you note. Yes, the thank you note—once a staple of American social etiquette, today relegateds

Gone by Samantha Seto

by Chicago Literati Source link In a small house hidden among evergreen trees and a misty, tall mountainside, Ava pushes the black wired […]