One for the Brits … Chroma: Queer Literary Journal and rukus! Federation Ltd are looking for a dynamic and fearless Intern Press and PR Officer to promote Fire This Time:Queering Black History Month. The event, to be held in October 2006, is the first time Black and Asian LGBT artists and writers are joining together […]
Linda Donovan – The Impact of Style The philosophy of To Write Well (click for website) is that writing is a complex process that begins with having something to say and proceeds through learning to say it well, mastering specific skills along the way. Their ten week online course, Impact of Style, is designed to […]
Ambit 185 My contributor copies arrived this morning – it’s a wonderful cover! I’m going to sit down and read through this issue over the weekend, carefully avoiding my own story. I never read work once it’s published, because until I decide to send it out again somewhere else, I don’t want to think of […]
Titles I want to revisit the subject of titles because they are so important, and so few writers (me included) really bother with them as much as they should. Why do titles matter? This is why. The Great Gatsby” might have been called ‘Under the Red White and Blue’, then Fitzgerald seriously considered ‘The High […]
Working Women: Stories of Strife, Struggles and Survival Second Call for Submissions: Please post or forward this second call for narratives, papers, and contributions to a book that focuses on the current global trends among professional women to survive in the workplace. Kogi Naidoo, B.A., B. Ed., M.Ed., D. Ed.Fay Patel, B.A., B. Ed., M.A., […]
Last week’s lottery numbers I’ve been talking to the editor of a new British webzine who’s already in despair about her submissions. They all seem the same, she says. I think every editor out there knows the feeling; you read dozens of well-crafted stories but none of them say anything interesting. This is why talent […]
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