Antisocial or socially isolated?

Since making my lifelong desire to write fiction known within my immediate professional and social circle, I have come face to face once again with some of the quizzical expressions and misconceptions I experienced as a child who lived primarily in an imaginary world.  While undoubtedly supportive and well-meaning, many friends are simply unable to conceal their lack of understanding [...]

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Cornered

“Suddenly it seemed to him that he had reached the end of the road, that ahead of him, blocking the way, was a wall with a sign on it saying, STOP, ABYSS, and then he saw that he could not go back, that the road he had traveled had disappeared.” ~ Jose Saramago, The Double

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newpages.com

I found this website last night.  It provides a comprehensive list of literary magazines and journals that publish short stories, nonfiction, poetry, essays, criticism, book reviews, and art, as well as summaries of the genres and styles in which the editors are most interested and whether or not they accept submissions from unpublished writers.  Check it out!

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On my bedside table now…

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Dubliners by James Joyce How To Be Alone: Essays by Jonathan Franzen  The Poet’s Companion by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux Oscar Wilde: A Life in Letters by Merlin Holland The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life by Edward Mendelson (Frankenstein, [...]

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Hello world!

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