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Writing Prompt and Contest!
It’s time to flex your writing muscles again and have a little fun with words. This time, we’re going to go full word-nerd! Even if you’re not a writer at heart, give it a try: Writerly Friday Contest Guidelines: Submit your story no later than July 21st to Questions@BernetaHaynes.com for a chance to have your story featured…
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Yes, the U.S. hates poor people. Big surprise.
The United States hates poor people. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, nor should it surprise anyone to hear Trump (perhaps the most accurate and vulgar embodiment of this country) say he doesn’t want a “poor person” in his cabinet. The US president told a crowd on Wednesday night: “Somebody said why did you appoint a rich…
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The Responsibility of the Writer….
I think that the idea that I’m writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There’s even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Queer Writers, Women’s Voices and the Future of Sci-Fi…
The Women’s Prize for Fiction: Why female voices matter more than ever (The Telegraph) Yet this is surely what we need now more than ever – female protagonists who are blunt and sassy; snarky but strong. Characters who are not necessarily likeable or even admirable, but entirely themselves without any inhibitions. And that means rescuing overlooked…
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Amanda Howard, author of A Dancer’s Diary
When and why did you begin writing? A Dancer’s Diary has been in the making for about 5 years now. The reason I started writing was mostly because I wanted to share my love of health, fitness, and dance with others. I have always been taught to love learning and to share it with others…
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Linda M. Crate, author of Blood & Magic
What have you written so far? I have written scads of poem, many short stories, personal essays, a few reviews, several chapbooks three of which are published: A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn, Less Than A Man, and If Tomorrow Never Comes. I have written several fantasy novels four of which are published: Blood & Magic,…
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Dystopian Fiction, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Comic Books…
A Golden Age of Dystopian Fiction (New Yorker) Dystopias follow utopias the way thunder follows lightning. This year, the thunder is roaring. But people are so grumpy, what with the petty tyrants and such, that it’s easy to forget how recently lightning struck. “Whether we measure our progress in terms of wiredness, open-mindedness, or optimism,…
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Mooniana and the Secret of the Lost Chronicles of Sophia by Miranda Moondawn
In every epoch and age there are a handful of souls who hear the Earth’s voice, hearken to the Muses’s song and drink from the font of the Goddess of Wisdom. These are the poets, artists and visionairies of our world: the creative geniuses like Dante, Milton and Blake, whose inspiration and insights have shaped…
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Of Iron and Devils by B. H. Young
The Iron High Guard has stood as the enforcers of law for hundreds of years. They are the monsters at the gate that keep the devils at bay. On the morning that a raven arrives bringing news that a Province Steward has been murdered, Clint Godzton and his men are sent to investigate. What he…
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Miranda Moondawn, author of Mooniana and the Secret of the Lost Chronicles of Sophia
When and why did you begin writing? I first began writing in my late teens. I had read a lot of fantasy and adventure books as a child, but my first major impetus for writing came from a most unexpected source – from pop and rock bands and artists like the Beatles, Neil Young, Kate…
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