August 19, 2014 Matthew Limpede Books Magazines Authors Every Kiss a War by Leesa Cross-Smith August 19, 2014 Matthew Limpede Books Magazines Authors Leesa Cross-Smith’s debut collection is a fearless exploration of relationships. No love, lust or loss is left off the table in this sensual feast of a book.
August 18, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers Mistakes Writers Make When Submitting to Literary Magazines August 18, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers Are you guilty of making one of these mistakes?
August 12, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers Bringing Together Writers at Every Level: The Hands On Festival August 12, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers The founder of Burlesque Press, Jennifer Stewart, wants writers at all levels to get involved in the literary community.
July 28, 2014 Patrick Roesle Tips for Writers The Most Important Writing Advice July 28, 2014 Patrick Roesle Tips for Writers I am actually going to give you the most important writing advice you will ever receive. No joke.
July 22, 2014 Brooke Fossey Tips for Writers My Path to Getting Published – The Blog Tour July 22, 2014 Brooke Fossey Tips for Writers In the same spirit of the recent and popular blog tour, “My Writing Process,” Carve has decided to kick start a slightly altered version.
July 21, 2014 Patrick Roesle Carve Staff and Community Mason Hickman, Reading Committee July 21, 2014 Patrick Roesle Carve Staff and Community Mason Hickman is a Carve reading committee member, professional massage therapist, and lover of literature.
July 16, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers 10 Tips for Writing Revealing Dialogue July 16, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers Screenwriter John Trubly says, “Dialogue is not real talk; it is highly selective language that sounds like it could be real.”
July 14, 2014 Brooke Fossey Carve Staff and Community “Missing Teeth” by Bryan VanDyke July 14, 2014 Brooke Fossey Carve Staff and Community “Missing Teeth” is an absorbing piece built around Bernie Patton, a character who is quietly unpalatable while remaining completely compelling.
July 7, 2014 Eva Langston Carve Staff and Community Doug Benerofe July 7, 2014 Eva Langston Carve Staff and Community Doug Benerofe is a fiction writer and high school English teacher. He has been reading Carve since 2005.
June 30, 2014 Matthew Limpede Books Magazines Authors Looking Out of Broken Windows by Dan Powell June 30, 2014 Matthew Limpede Books Magazines Authors The defining theme of this collection may very well be transformation, albeit that unwitting one that happens when we lose focus on where we’re going.
June 26, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors Q&A With Spencer Gordon June 26, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors Spencer Gordon is co-founder of the Toronto-based literary magazine The Puritan and author of the short story collection Cosmo.
June 23, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers 10 Tips for Writing Physical Descriptions of Your Characters June 23, 2014 Eva Langston Tips for Writers How can you best describe your characters’ physical features? Learn from others.
June 18, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors Books Are Not Immersive—And That Might Be a Good Thing June 18, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors There’s a fundamental difference between the ways in which fiction and electronic media affect us.
June 16, 2014 Brooke Fossey Carve Staff and Community Jennie Goloboy June 16, 2014 Brooke Fossey Carve Staff and Community Jennie Goloboy agents at Red Sofa Literary, where she represents a variety of genres spanning from science fiction to history.
June 12, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors Informal Poll: How Do You Find New Novels? June 12, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors I like knowing that the book I’m about to plunge into has a proven history of not letting readers down.
June 9, 2014 Eva Langston Carve Staff and Community Rita Juster, Reading Committee June 9, 2014 Eva Langston Carve Staff and Community Rita tells us how she found her way to literature and what she loves about being a reader for Carve.
May 28, 2014 Matthew Limpede Carve Staff and Community Illness and Life in Carve Stories May 28, 2014 Matthew Limpede Carve Staff and Community Guest post by Cynthia Litz, MD, a reading committee member of Carve since 2012.
May 27, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors Old Media in a New World May 27, 2014 Patrick Roesle Books Magazines Authors When the people in your life are talking about video games you haven’t played and you want to talk about books they haven’t read.
May 22, 2014 Brooke Fossey Tips for Writers A Conference in a Bag May 22, 2014 Brooke Fossey Tips for Writers Recently I attended the DFW Writers’ Conference, armed with nothing more than a pen and a notebook.
May 21, 2014 Brooke Fossey Tips for Writers Finding Your Inner Perkins May 21, 2014 Brooke Fossey Tips for Writers When you think of legendary editors, it’s hard not to think of Maxwell Perkins.