When we think about adventure romance stories, there are a few stalwart examples that come to mind like The Princess Bride which is the perfect rom-com adventure. A few others are Stardust, both a novel by Neil Gaiman and a movie of the same name, the 90s The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, and […]
Oftentimes the decisions of literary agents can seem bewildering. Why do some authors get hundreds of manuscript requests, while others don’t get any? How can an agent possibly judge the strength of a project from only a query? How can they determine a book’s potential by the opening pages alone? The world of literary agents […]
By: Vanaja Malathy What is love? Love is love! Does love happen among the equals? not always…remember the Vendetta between two families of Romeo and Juliet Does love happen between two youngsters? not always… recall Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita Does love happen between people of the same race? not always… Othello was moorish and Desdemona, a […]
By: James Aitchison The world does not wait.I will.Hear my voice in thestillness. In the calmnessthat defies distractions.Know the passages oflives and fates,know of the death thatfollows each death,know of love beyond love.The world and its opinionsare not important.I will absorb your fears andyou will achievea soul at inner peace,wherein is found eternity.Let that be […]
By: Ramlal Agarwal Raj Kamal Jha is an IIT student and holds a Master’s from the University of Southern California. He is the chief editor at The Indian Express, the largest newspaper in India. He appeared on the literary scene in 1996 with his debut novel, The Blue Bedspread, and has so far written six novels. His latest, […]
By: Bruce Levine Spring Erases Winter The season of snow Comes to an end As all things must Winter melts with The residue of ice Making way for the spring As the budding of trees And crocuses sprouting Forecast the changing seasons And the clock moving forward As days last longer Lighting the path To […]
As writers, most of us are fairly addicted to that first spark of an idea, the kind that can occur at odd times and burble up, say, at first light, when you’re only half awake. It comes from beneath full consciousness so that you could swear it’s a nearly audible unknown voice telling you something […]
By: Harrison Abbott My brother Freddie was sentenced to be executed. He’d been on Death Row for years; but he was due to be killed next week. On the Tuesday. So I drove over to see him for one last time, on the Saturday before. Freddie was always crazy. He got beaten up a lot […]
By Jim Bates After somber rainPretty morning glories bloomUnexpected gift. Belief they will growCarrot seeds planted with careFaith in Nature’s hands. Woodland stream babblingBubbling along trickling songNature’s lullaby.
By Nolo Segundo The Ocean Between Two SoulsSNOWFALLWhen Time Melts The Ocean Between Two Souls When you tryto understand anotherand find a wall put up in haste,orcome upon an old moatwith more mud than wateryet still impassableandyou wonder once againwhy there’s alwaysan abyssbetween you and the other… But it must be so,for you arethe castlewhose […]
By: Wayne Russell Wheels of ReinventionGet the Balance Right War Dance Cradle of Time (memories fade) Springtime Where Are You? Wheels of Reinvention Another rainy night,driving in darknessilluminated only bypale headlights.In the rearview mirror,the past evaporates,right before my eyes.The hurts and traumas,now scatter like leafymemories, dead to theworld.Tonight, I’m leaving itall behind, in ghostlyplumes of […]
News that (insert any book that’s not yours) is adapted for a television series is as welcome as hearing your ship has come in, but you’re at the airport. “Congratulations!” is the subtext for “Where’s my book-to-screen adaptation deal?” You want to go on that ride with your book? Buckle up. (How to Adapt a […]
