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Interview with Julia Cooke
27 November 2021 on Blog, Nonfiction, The Writer's Hot SeatJulia Cooke is the author of two books: Come Fly the World: The Jet Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (2021), and The Other Side of Paradise: Life...
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Interview with Lily King
20 November 2021 on Blog, Fiction, The Writer's Hot SeatRecently, I had the privilege of interviewing novelist Lily King, who was visiting the University of New Hampshire as part of the English Department’s long-standing Writer’s Series. She was incredibly...
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An Interview with poet Candice Reffe
25 October 2021 on Blog, Poetry, The Writer's Hot SeatCandice Reffe's poems have been published in Denver Quarterly, Hotel Amerika, Poetry Daily, Riddle Fence, Verse Daily, and Witness, among other publications. Candice spent many years in New York City...
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Jumpstarting Creativity
06 October 2021 on Blog, Storystormby Heidi Turner We’ve all been there—a blank document (or sheet of paper, if you’re into that), an open stretch of time that is filled to the brim with creative...
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From the team: What we look for in a nonfiction piece
24 September 2021 on Blog, Nonfiction, StorystormWhen you submit nonfiction writing to Barnstorm, a diligent team of real-life experts reviews your work—first alone, hunched over their laptops, then together, huddled around pizza and/or beer. These are...
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First Lines and Last Words
21 April 2021 on Blog, StorystormFirst impressions matter when it comes to the way that a reader—or for that matter, an editor— enters a poem. If I am reading for pleasure, I decide whether to...
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Writing Objects and Images in Fiction
07 April 2021 on Blog, StorystormWriting objects and images through the eyes and mind of a character can revolutionize a piece of fiction, opening up an emotional depth and connection to characters for the reader,...
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I Went to AWP and All I Got Was Some Great Advice
24 March 2021 on Blog, StorystormAWP, or Association of Writers and Writing Programs, is the hottest conference for writer nerds like me. In a non-pandemic world, this annual conference would be hosted in a sexy...
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How Microfiction Could Transform Social Media
10 March 2021 on Blog, StorystormI’ll be level with you from the get-go: social media and I don’t get along. Beyond the avatars we create or the companies behind our screens collecting and brokering our...
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Fiction Writers—Go Make Some Short Things!
24 February 2021 on Blog, StorystormWhen I find the idea of writing long pieces really daunting—and I don’t mean novels, or even novellas; I mean short stories, totaling fifteen pages or so—I like to transition...
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Ritualizing Rejections
10 February 2021 on Blog, StorystormDuring the full moon in Leo, on the 28th of January, I wrote down the name of every literary magazine that rejected me on tiny pieces of paper. I then...
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Poetry While Driving
03 December 2020 on StorystormWhat are you listening to while you drive? There are long drives ahead of many of us this holiday season as we retreat to our quarantine dens and visit the...
