Monthly Archive: July 2013

Featured Poem 7/8 – “Portrait of My Parents Making Love as a Stomach Virus” 3

Featured Poem 7/8 – “Portrait of My Parents Making Love as a Stomach Virus”

Portrait of My Parents Making Love as a Stomach Virus by Lauren Schmidt   For two days, my father’s eyes were socked in fog. His body’s heat rose on a high flame. His face was...

What Else You Should Be Reading: The Rumpus 0

What Else You Should Be Reading: The Rumpus

Welcome to the new Sunday exclusive of “What Else You Should Be Reading”. The internet is wide and hard to navigate, but I’ve found some treasures I’d like to share with you in a...

I want your questions! 2

I want your questions!

Lovely readers, you may have noticed my brief absence from my usual slot on Saturdays where I babble on about publishing and books and being a professional at this writer thing. Part of this...

Bad Cover Art…Redesigned: The Lake 2

Bad Cover Art…Redesigned: The Lake

Welcome to Bad Cover Art…Redesigned! Where I bring you the most horrible of all cover art I can find on the world wide web and try to come up with an alternative (that I...

The Six Friends You Should Force to Read The Little Prince 10

The Six Friends You Should Force to Read The Little Prince

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: INTRODUCTION A1. If you consider yourself an adult, read the following introduction to this week’s book club book. B1. If you consider yourself a child, skip down to the train...

Challenge Corner #16 – The Interview 0

Challenge Corner #16 – The Interview

Greetings all, and welcome back to Challenge Corner! I hope you’re having a good week – if not, I’ve got a lovely challenge to make it better! This week’s basic challenge is pretty simple:...