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November 4, 2013

New approach for me: The Three Act Structure

I’m not suggesting that the Three Act Structure is new to story writing–it’s been around a long time. It’s just new that I’m thinking…
October 24, 2013

2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines — Poetry

Note: the 2015 Rankings for Poetry are now available. Go here. The 2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines for Poetry is set forth…
October 23, 2013

2014 Pushcart Prize Ranking of Literary Magazines — Fiction

Note: the 2015 Ranking for Fiction is now available. Go here. It is time once again to present the annual Perpetual Folly Pushcart Prize…
October 20, 2013

The Library of Virginia Awards 2013

The culmination of this year’s Virginia Literary Festival in Richmond was the presentation of The Library of Virginia Awards. I drove down on Friday…
October 10, 2013

Nobel Prize Goes to Alice Munro

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to “a master of the contemporary short story,” Alice Munro. That’s pretty exciting news, mainly because short…
October 9, 2013

The Literary Agent Search Has Begun

Literary Agents–can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Or something like that. People love to complain about how agonizing it is to find…
October 7, 2013

2013 Reading: Blacksnake at the Family Reunion by David Huddle

Blacksnake at the Family Reunion: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets) by David Huddle I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of poems by David Huddle, one of the…
September 25, 2013

storySouth Million Writers Award — Notable Stories

Each year, storySouth, a fine online magazine, runs the Million Writers Award competition. It’s a little unusual in that it has both popular and…
September 23, 2013

Hampton Roads Writers’ Conference 2013

For the past several days, I had the pleasure of being down in Virginia Beach for the 5th Annual Hampton Roads Writers’ Conference. I…
September 22, 2013

Reading at The Writer’s Center

I had the pleasure and honor today of reading at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland. This was especially meaningful to me because it…