by Penny Freeman | Jan 18, 2014 | Featured Friday, Writing
BY SARAH HUNTER HYATT I recently read a wonderful blog post about getting writing inspiration. It was called “31 Ways to Find Inspiration For Your Writing” by Leo Babauta for the blog writetodone.com. As I read through the long list of ways to get inspiration as a...
by Penny Freeman | Dec 12, 2013 | Featured Friday
BY A. F. STEWART Author’s note: This bit of flash fiction is a sequel, of sorts, to the short story, “Conversation in the Country Club”, which appears in my book Passing Fancies. Jonathan Kellar poured the wine into the crystal decanter and smiled...
by Penny Freeman | Dec 6, 2013 | Featured Friday, Writing
BY J. AUREL GUAY Editor’s note: as a fresh approach to introducing our authors to their audience, Featured Friday will now include their short stories, in addition to their insight and commentary. For our inaugural offering, J. Aurel Guay has allowed us to...
by Penny Freeman | Nov 8, 2013 | Featured Friday
WHAT IS STEAMPUNK BY SCOTT E. TARBET This article is reposted by permission from the author’s website. Quick—the girl to the left. What’s her deal? If you guessed, “She’s a Goth,” with all that entails, you could be excused. Likewise if you guessed she was into...
by Penny Freeman | Oct 25, 2013 | Featured Friday, Writing
BY J. AUREL GUAY It was fiction that first inspired me to become a scientist. I most blame Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island. In the story the character Cyrus Smith uses his scientific knowledge not only to help the group of castaways survive, but to forge amazing...
by Penny Freeman | Oct 18, 2013 | Featured Friday
BY SCOTT WILLIAM TAYLOR The author’s other definition. Almost every writer has, at one time or another, heard that being a writer is like having a second job. Some writers turn their part-time job into a full-time career. But for the mass majority, we work...
