Get Your Dumb, Lazy Ass in There and Start Writing!
BY TOM LARSEN I wrote my first short story at ten years of age. Back then, magazines would have a back page full of two-inch ads for everything from X-ray-vision goggles to correspondence courses in taxidermy. One of the ads was from a company with an address in New York City – Lexington Avenue, so […]
Move Over, Hemingway. Kindergarteners Hold My Compass.
BY AMY HADDEN Writers. Each stroke of the marker let out a faint ‘shhh’ across the yellow chart paper. Its scent danced over the rainbow carpet, settling over the 20 criss-cross bodies sitting at my feet. ‘What do writers do?’ I asked. Energy surged. Hands rose, arms waved, eyes pleaded – eagerness known by every […]
The Best Writing Tip: You’re Never Too Old!
BY SARAH DAS GUPTA It had taken five very sexy young firemen to move me to the ambulance on that hot July afternoon. I couldn’t move my right side, which obstinately refused to obey orders. A barrage of X-rays confirmed that in addition to metal knee joints, I was now the proud possessor of a […]