Out Now: The February Issue
Out Now: The February Issue
On Reading and Writing Cozy Literature
These stories have become my indulgence in escapism, and an antidote for doomerism.
Punting Stories into Rivers
Water likes to take the path of least resistance, and when I’m stuck with a bad case of writer's block, finding that path of least resistance helps.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Craft
Something as simple as a format, theme, or adherence to style can not only provide a jumping off point to get that curser moving, but I have found that it actually gives me room to be inventive in a substantive way. If nothing else, it provides a false, reminiscent whisper of my teenage rebellion. What’s more motivating than that?
The Fragmented Brain: On Trauma, Memory, and Erasure
Poetry offers one answer: fragmentation. If I have gaps in my memory of the event, I can leave the gaps in the poem with white space, enjambment, or incomplete sentences.