I belong to the Dallas Writing Practice Group. A recent assignment was to write why “I am a writer”. Here’s what I wrote … I’m a writer because I enjoy writing. I get my ideas from the world around me as well as the fantasies within me. I try to write for a regular period [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Book Review: “Tiger Tank Manual: Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger 1 Ausf.E (SdKfz 181) Model (Owner’s Workshop Manual)” by David Fletcher, David Wiley and Mike Hayden and published by Zenith Press.
Posted in Book Review, English, History, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Military History, Reading, United States History, tagged 1940s, Armor, German History, Germany, Military History, North Africa, Tank Museum in Bovington, Tanks, Tiger 131, United Kingdom, World War II on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Tiger Tank Manual: Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger 1 Ausf.E (SdKfz 181) Model (Owner’s Workshop Manual)” by David Fletcher, David Wiley and Mike Hayden and published by Zenith Press. The Tank Museum in South Dorset in the United Kingdom (UK) was in a unique position to write a new chapter in the Tank story with its own [...]
Short Story Site of the Week: ELQ/Exile Magazine and Exile Editions
Posted in English, Flash Fiction, Humanities, Poetry, Reading, Short Story, Short Story Site of the Week, Speculative Fiction, Writing, tagged Literary Fiction, Poem, Poems, Short Story, Writing, Writing Life on February 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
About ELQ Magazine (Exile: The Literary Quarterly) is now an 8×10 perfect bound 160 page magazine. We have received great feedback on our format change, and continue to receive national and international recognition for maintaining our decades long tradition of being a forum which presents a rich and varied selection of new and established authors [...]
Poetry: Your Best Friend by Jimmie A. Kepler
Posted in English, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Poetry, Reading, Writing, tagged Growing-Up, Jimmie A. Kepler, Love, Memoir, Personal Experiences, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Writing on February 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Your Best Friend If ever you find yourself being broken apart, Because the one you trusted has broken your heart, And all the time you find yourself crying, While on the inside you feel like you’re dying, Call on me if you feel lonely, Come to me when your life needs to mend, From time [...]
Poetry Site of the Week– Wet Ink: the magazine of new writing
Posted in English, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Poetry, Poetry Site of the Week, tagged Poem, Poems, Poetry, Writer's Life, Writing, Writing Life on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
About Wet Ink Wet Ink is put together by a passionate team of writers and a designer who decided to do something about the lack of opportunities for writers to publish their short works and readers to access them. After much discussion, that ‘something’ became Wet Ink—an attractive quarterly magazine that showcases the best new [...]
Short Story Site of the Week: Stumble Magazine
Posted in English, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Short Story, Short Story Site of the Week, tagged Short Story, Writer's Life, Writing, Writing Life on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
About Stumble Magazine: Founded in 2008, Stumble is an independent magazine devoted to short fiction and photography. We publish new content regularly on the web, and a print edition twice a year. Stumble publishes new and emerging artists as well as established writers and photographers. Our mission encourages a diversity of content, and we strive [...]
Poetry Site of the Week: Gadfly Online
Posted in Poetry, Poetry Site of the Week, Reading, Writing, tagged Poem, Poems, Poetry, Writer's Life, Writing, Writing Life on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Gaga knows. Obama knows. Banksy knows. If you’re reading this, we’re willing to bet you know, too—culture and the arts translate directly into our everyday lives. Gadfly Online is there to throw those cultural transfusions into high relief. Gadfly is for people who itch to know more about the arts, personalities, and cultural events of our [...]
Writer’s Life: A Mixed Bag
Posted in English, Flash Fiction, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Reading, Science Fiction, Short Story, Speculative Fiction, Writing, tagged Jimmie A. Kepler, Personal Experiences, Science-fiction, Short Story, Writer's Life, Writing, Writing Life on February 15, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Rejection: I received a note from one editor that was discouraging. A couple of items they had accepted aren’t being published. No, they weren’t rejected. They returned first rights back to me. The magazine is going on hiatus for a while and if no funding is found going out of business. So, I’ll need to [...]
Short Story Site of the Week: Stupefying Stories
Posted in Book Review, English, Flash Fiction, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Poetry, Reading, Science Fiction, Short Story, Short Story Site of the Week, Speculative Fiction, Writing, tagged Book Review, Science-fiction, Short Story on February 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
About STUPEFYING STORIES STUPEFYING STORIES is a direct-to-ebook-only original fiction anthology series. Each month, STUPEFYING STORIES is committed to bringing the freshest new fiction by the hottest new authors directly to your e-book reader, tablet, phone, or other mobile device. It’s not a magazine? STUPEFYING STORIES is often mistaken for a magazine because we release [...]
Poetry Site of the Week: Duotrope
Posted in English, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Poetry, Poetry Site of the Week, Reading, Writing, tagged Poem, Poems, Poetry, Writer's Life, Writing, Writing Life on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Duotrope, an award-winning, free writers’ resource listing over 4125 current Fiction and Poetry publications. Use this page to search for markets that may make a fine home for the piece you just polished. Use the menus at the top and right to explore the rest of the free services we offer writers and [...]
