…the recipient of the Truman Capote Fellowship. Her short stories have been featured and are forthcoming in Ploughshares, December, New South, and Lumina. With the latter publication, her short story…
…Diversity matters. Readers of all kinds of backgrounds need to see themselves reflected in books. Multicultural stories with modern, realistic protagonists from cultures less frequently represented in literature are very…
…up with nine stories way back then. So maybe just start smaller and expand as the stories progress. 6) How do you bridge both romance and suspense in your novels?…
If you’ve read DIY MFA or have been following this website for a while, you know how important community is for writers. You need to find readers for your stories,…
…submit my work to literary journals and magazines. I often write flash fiction and short stories, and only post them on my blog. The quest for publication can only be…
…up stories. I spend hours on the subway every day, but consider it writing time because I plug in my headphones, get my book playlist going, and think through my…
When I first started seriously pursuing writing, I struggled, like many new beginners, with the preciousness of my prose. My early stories were bad. And, I knew it. After a…
…of 2020. Brad’s stories, essays, and articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Guernica, and the Whitney Biennial and some of his upcoming work will be featured in “From the…
…city on Earth. Suffice it to say, my early experiences in dating were so bad that upon sharing my stories casually over glasses (OK… bottles) of wine with friends, I…
…without reviewing what comes out. Just write. What could you write about? What stories do you have to tell? What incidents have you endured? What obstacles have you overcome? What…
