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Stories Are A Luxury

Larry Jenkins - February 4, 2013

My writer friends may take exception with this, but I don’t think the world needs stories. Stories are a luxury. This idea that stories (and any other form of art) are somehow a necessity is false. It’s a notion that we artistic types often perpetuate because we’re trying to assuage our own insecurity about the […]

Artistic Endeavors in Granite and Clothespins

Jack Campbell, Jr. - May 7, 2012

What I love about writing, especially prose, is that when it is done well, it can accomplish many things at once. You can share a story, paint a precise character, address an overall issue, and create a work of verbal art, all at once. I am in love with the writing process, with the act […]

The Artist (Flash Fiction)

Nancy Cayton Myers - March 28, 2012

So yeah, I’m working this fundraiser tonight at the museum. It’s in this room with ancient stone carvings from Egypt. A bunch of rich people and artists from all over rubbing elbows. Used to come in here with my boys from time to time, that’s how I knew about it and now I work here, […]

All That Surrounds Me

Jason Arnett - March 2, 2012

All sorts of things have triggered something in my head and gotten the idea rolling, then the idea takes hold and I go along and start working it out as I mentioned here. But what kinds of things trigger that moment of inspiration? I’m glad you asked because I was going to if you didn’t. […]

You Influence Me, You Really Influence Me

R.L. Naquin - February 29, 2012

Everything I see, everything I do, eat, touch, and hear influences my writing in some way. Television gives me an idea of what works and what doesn’t in character reactions and motivations. Sometimes If I can figure out within the first five minutes of a show who the murderer is, maybe something went wrong in […]