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  • 6 Ingredients Editors Are Looking for in Your Short Stories

    6 Ingredients Editors Are Looking for in Your Short Stories

    By mixed-media artist and editor of The Ekphrastic Review Lorette C. Luzajic. Even the most seasoned writers can find the submission process intimidating. You write out your heart and soul and then wait for the judge to weigh in on your words. You might be waiting for months on end, fingers crossed, only to have your hopes dashed when…

  • 6 Ideas for Marketing Your Book on the Cheap

    6 Ideas for Marketing Your Book on the Cheap

    By Willie Handler, author of two satirical novels, The Road Ahead and Loved Mars Hated The Food.     I’ve heard so many authors complain that what they hate the most about the publishing process isn’t querying or editing, it’s marketing. And no wonder. Marketing requires a completely different set of skills and has nothing to do with your…

  • 11 Short Story Forms to Expand Your Writing Practice

    11 Short Story Forms to Expand Your Writing Practice

    By mixed-media artist and editor of The Ekphrastic Review Lorette C. Luzajic. Has your writing practice become too predictable? Do you feel like you are always telling the same story, in the same way? Short fiction writers might stimulate imagination by trying poetry on for size, or by taking a writing workshop. Reading short fiction by other authors is…