Just wait
By Pamela JaneA short story rejected in grade school becomes a cause of action.
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Features
Literary treaty
By Alicia AnsteadColum McCann writes novels and short stories. Both genres express an internal autobiographical truth. Here's how he does it.
"Gargoyles and Stars," the Two Roads Diverge Contest winner
By Caroline BockMeet Lydia, a cheerful and humorous woman on the hunt in New York City for her parked car. Despite vibrant memories, her loyalty to the past is trumped only by the fact that it doesn’t exist outside of her imagination.
Price of promotion
By Anica Mrose RissiTake these steps for a DIY book launch.
Obsessed by story
By Megan KaplonMegan Mayhew Bergman moved from short form fiction to nonfiction to a novel. She says she's not a thrill seeker. But her work may prove her wrong.
Departments
The fix
By Joan Axelrod-ContradaToughen up about critiques.
Out of the shell
By Kerrie FlanaganDon't let being an introvert stop success.
Word key
By Nicki PorterHow seriously should you take SEO?
Clear the calendar
By Susan JohnstonBooking software can tame the scheduling beast.
Rising tide
By Meredith QuinnA crash course sparks networking and collaboration.
Smoke break
By Melissa HartRotating editors choose flash fiction for an online lit mag.
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Take Note
Erica Jong, The Creative Penn, DIY website creators and more.
Markets
Literary agents
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How I Write
Katherine Heiny: "I grew to love the challenges and rewards of the short story – the way you have to be precise and condensed and make every word count."