Archive for March, 2008

5 Essential Poetry Magazine Subscriptions

Every poet should subscribe to as many poetry magazines as possible to read current poets and be involved in the poetry community, not to mention supporting the magazines that may one day publish your poetry.
The more poetry magazines you subscribe to and the more poetry you read, the more you’ll learn and your own writing [...]

The Daily Poet – Poem 1 – March 30, 2008

This is the first poem in The Daily Poet, a column dedicated to modern poetry having an influence on the cultural expression of our society.
The Daily Poet publishes poems that attempt to reflect our personal experiences within the perspective of their greater cultural meaning as influenced by the constant changes of our modern times.
This first [...]

The Daily Poet

The Daily Poet is a regular column dedicated to the poetry of life as it occurs on the timeline of living.
The Daily Poet column publishes a poem a day, or as many days as possible, which reflects our moods and feelings through the observance of the ever-changing world around us as related to our personal [...]

As We Are – A Collection of Real Life Short Stories from 1920s American Life

As We Are was waiting in the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul thrift store on Williamson Street in Madison, Wisconsin, which claims to have one of the biggest used book collections anywhere in the country.
I found it amongst the tailored book shelves that march in strict rows like those you’d expect to find in [...]

Is the English Language Lazy?

Multiple meaning words spread throughout the English language reeking havoc on the substance of sentences.
Homographs, or words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, may or may not have different pronunciations, which adds even more madness to the mayhem.
Are English speakers just too lazy to invent new words, and if not, why do [...]

5 Magazines to Submit Science Fiction Stories

Science fiction writers have a variety of publishing opportunities, and there seems to be an ever-revolving door at the sci-fi conventions bringing in new readers.
If you’ve been polishing up your science fiction manuscript until it’s as fierce as The Sword of Kahless, then it’s time to submit your story to these science fiction magazines.
These sci-fi [...]

Are Modern Writers Smart Enough?

In today’s highly-educated society, it’s impossible for modern fiction authors to know more about any one subject than all of their readers, and this has resulted in the decline of realism in modern literature.
It’s no secret that modern mankind is able to comprehend at levels far beyond any other time in history, as the spread [...]