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June 17, 2020
How Plot and Character Intersect with Sensitivity Reading
The best way to understand a period in history is to look at the culture���s art and literature. Who knows how historians will make sense of what was said and done in our current era, but living in this moment, the changes that are occurring in fiction are already apparent.
June 3, 2020
Five Things That Make a Good Query Letter
Hello, beautiful people!
Today I want to talk about the thing that scared me the most when I first started looking for a literary agent: the dreaded query letter. I not only was jumping into judgment for the first time, but I had absolutely no idea where to start.
Today I want to talk about the thing that scared me the most when I first started looking for a literary agent: the dreaded query letter. I not only was jumping into judgment for the first time, but I had absolutely no idea where to start.
May 20, 2020
Spotlight: Carling Mars
Carling Mars Carling likes writing dark, spooky, bloody fiction. She’s published one book (a memoir on mental illness), several short stories, and lots of reviews. She helps run the Writers with Mental Illness book club.
View Profile Hi, Carling! What drew you to Salt and Sage?
View Profile Hi, Carling! What drew you to Salt and Sage?
May 14, 2020
Sage Thoughts: Ariane and Margaret
Today we���re talking to two of our Sages, Ariane and Margaret, about their experience of COVID-19 as people who���ve experienced chronic illness.
Sachiko: Morning, Ariane and Margaret! How are you doing?
Margaret: I���m eating chocolate, so that probably says a lot!
Ariane: I’ve noticed a lot of outcry from my chronically ill friends and clients that what everyone is now suddenly experiencing and finding intolerable, is their life all the time, along with a lot of pain around why those people never gave much credence to that fact prior.
Sachiko: Morning, Ariane and Margaret! How are you doing?
Margaret: I���m eating chocolate, so that probably says a lot!
Ariane: I’ve noticed a lot of outcry from my chronically ill friends and clients that what everyone is now suddenly experiencing and finding intolerable, is their life all the time, along with a lot of pain around why those people never gave much credence to that fact prior.
May 6, 2020
Spotlight: Jenna Beacom
Welcome to the Salt and Sage Books Spotlight series! We welcome you into our creative community by inviting you to meet our editors and expert readers, and to hear a little of their own story, in their own words.
We believe that by honoring each other���s voices, we���re able to turn creativity into community and change the world through story.
We believe that by honoring each other���s voices, we���re able to turn creativity into community and change the world through story.
May 1, 2020
Stories That See Us: Sachiko Burton
My grandmother died ten days ago. This is as upsetting as you���d think.
But through the isolation and grief, I recently found a way to reclaim my heritage, identity, and belonging as a Japanese-American.
Heritage
Fumie Suzuki Swenson with Raymond Takashi Swenson
My grandmother, Fumie Suzuki Swenson, was Japanese and married an American.
But through the isolation and grief, I recently found a way to reclaim my heritage, identity, and belonging as a Japanese-American.
Heritage
Fumie Suzuki Swenson with Raymond Takashi Swenson
My grandmother, Fumie Suzuki Swenson, was Japanese and married an American.
