This one goes out to all those living in the great state of Nevada: Nevada Magazine is sponsoring two contests,…
Good Reads: a social networking site for book nerds
A few days ago my boyfriend and I were talking about our ideas on cool websites we should start. He…
10 Writing Tips from Writers You May or May Not Have Heard Of
Here is a list of ten tips for writing fiction by a bunch of pretty good authors you’ve heard of…
Review: Push (Precious) by Sapphire
This book was originally published under the title “Push”, but has been re-released under the title “Precious” so as not…
NPR's Three-Minute Fiction Contest
Writing contests are too numerous to name, and very few are the kinds that actually lead to notoriety and a…
Review: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
About the author: Chris Cleave is the author of three novels, Little Bee, The Other Hand, and Incendiary. He also…
Featured Website: 826 Valencia
While reading Dave Eggers’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, I became interested in the magazine, Might Magazine, that he…
Oldies but Goodies Part 1: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
About the Author: Dave Eggers is a writer, publisher, and editor. He is the co-founder of the literacy project 826…
Among the Missing, collection by Dan Chaon
About the author: Dan Chaon is the author of two novels, Await Your Reply and You Remind Me of Me,…
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Grade: A This is chick-lit-historical-fiction at it’s best. Every turn of the page is murder, mayhem, rape, and forbidden love…
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