By Tabussum Sumaiya An intimidated girl once became a WolfLosin’ her soul into oblivious damnationIndiscreetly the ferocious pursuing the moonForgetting the shine might be a deception! Radiance that was irresistible for heartEnchanting was that dazzling lightLittle did the Wolf know tricky art,Sooner her eyes gonna blind of the bright! Once the light that hypnotized her […]
By: Carl Papa Palmer The old crabapple treeadorned spectacular withwhite blossoms last Mayby the main entranceof Sacred Heart Chapelnow a barren trunkof splayed gray brancheseach twined with stringsof bright points of lightin the cold snowy morningcelebrating this time of year. Stained glass glows familiarfrom the church windows,beacons to come inside. Memory moves my handreflexive to […]
By: James Aitchison Man, accept the pattern of life.Embrace the weatheringthat precedes happiness.Your hammering anger isbut a distraction.Know that the paths of men areintertwined, their feet havetramped the long centuries.Each journey brings new tests,as you progress to eachnew level of reasoning.You will break chains indark streets, you will singin the tortured night.The casing of your […]
By Bruce Levine February daysEnd of winter comes closer Spring equinox nears Making year’s resolveJoyous days tobogganingLife’s journey renewed Harvest days are goneFireplaces filled with logsWarming heart and soul Squirrels gathering nutsBears catch salmon in riversFood stored for winter Deer racing through woodsBirds roosting in the treetopsA winter day begins Winter days and nightsFireplaces filled […]
There’s an adage that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. And, well, you might say that a magazine article is literature designed by a committee. Usually, the collaboration between editor and writer works out just fine. But every so often, you wind up with the camel. After 15 years of freelancing and […]
What makes Southern literature? Or, if you prefer, what makes literature Southern? At a certain level of generality Southern literature consists of themes befitting any setting: family, community, race, poverty, language, cuisine, morality, religion, change, a sense of place and the burden of history. Yet Southerners discuss these with our drawling dialects and distinct idioms. […]
Your writing could always be better. It’s an unfortunate reality of this job: No matter how long you do it or how much you learn, everything you write has room for tweaking to get a little closer to elusive perfection. You could go cross-eyed re-reading a piece before submitting it. Eventually most of us get […]
There’s a ton of advice out there about how to carve out moments in your day to create time to write: wake up an hour early, write in 10-minute intervals to get something down, write during your lunch break at work; the list seems endless. In between juggling work and home life, writers are left […]
As a writer, you’re creative. You have notebooks full of scribblings in every room. You have sticky notes you can’t even read. Your computer? It’s a mess of bookmarks and files stored in a random collection of folders. It doesn’t matter if you’re a freelance writer or a novelist working on the next epic masterpiece, […]
In January, 2023, I gave away 60,301 books on Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo combined. And that’s just for one title. I nearly died of excitement. Not only did it mean 60,000 people were willing to take a chance on my book, but it meant exposure, sales and several other big wins for […]
This interview first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2023 issue of Writer’s Digest. When I catch up with Jean Kwok, she’s just returned from the American Library Association conference in Chicago to her home in the Netherlands. “Librarians are the best, aren’t they?” she says. “They’re a very important part of my life because I was […]
Patience Griffin is the award-winning author of the Kilts and Quilts series of contemporary romances. She grew up in a small town along the Mississippi River, enjoying life in a close-knit community. She loves to quilt and has gained national recognition with her September 11 Story Quilt, which has toured the country as the property […]
