Writing
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Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader (Part 1)
I’ve been on the editorial board for PRISM for close to a year now, and what that means is that instead of being rejected I get to reject other people. It’s less gleefully vengeful than it sounds. I can’t speak for the entire magazine, but I thought I’d clear up a few myths about what makes…
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A Writer or an Author?
There are hundreds of websites out there that will tell you that to be a writer, all you need to do is write. I used to read this advice, nod sagely, and then think “This is pablum.” All a writer needs to do is write sounds like something you say to comfort yourself because you haven’t…