Monthly Archives February 2007

Get Lost in the (Writing Market) Supermarket

We’ve been talking a bit about journals lately: from commiserating with other frustrated voices to listing the usual suspects in high-quality and popular publications. In the process of all this, I just learned about a site that has made me happy. I may be late to the party, but I am digging Duotropes Digest Markets [...]

Most Wanted Journals

Here is my list of the places you would most likely want your short fiction or novel excerpts published. I threw in my comments below. All additional comments or edits happily noted!

Antioch Review
The Atlantic Monthly (fiction issue): They used to have fiction in every issue, but no more!
Esquire: They send nice rejection letters.
Gettysburg Review
Glimmer Train
Granta [...]

Pat Endings and Slapping the Workshop

There’s some MFA and workshop bashing over at Randa Jarrar’s blog Rockslinga. I’ve been known to dis some aspects of the Workshop every now and then, so I can get with the sentiment. Though the comments seem a little bitter…
Read on: In Defense of Pat, or, I heart Pat, or Pat is Your Friend
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