
Fore-Side Chats: July Edition
This month, I’m writing to you from a watership! Jackson and I scored our own state room (read:...
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by Carolyn DeCarlo | Aug 4, 2016 | Real Pants
This month, I’m writing to you from a watership! Jackson and I scored our own state room (read:...
Read Moreby Carolyn DeCarlo | Jul 7, 2016 | Reviews
Welcome to the latest installment of Fore-Side Chats, a monthly series where I take stock of the books I’ve read, bringing you my highs and woes.
Read Moreby Bud Smith | Apr 19, 2016 | Real Pants, Work Safe or Die Trying
You don’t need anybody’s permission to write. You don’t have to be smarter than anybody else on the school bus. You don’t even have to be on the school bus.
You don’t need anybody’s permission to draw pictures or paint paintings. Technical proficiency is not what we are after anyway. If I wanted to see lifelike, I’d look at a photograph. Don’t feel bad if you are the kind of human with the shaky hands.
Read Moreby Jeannie Hoag | Jan 5, 2016 | Advice from Space
Dear Advisor from Space, I am concerned that the fine print says you are a fictional persona. Is...
Read Moreby Leesa Cross-Smith | May 18, 2015 | Line Drive
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” _Anne...
Read Moreby Leesa Cross-Smith | Apr 27, 2015 | Line Drive
“We tiptoed back to my room, trying not to squeak the floorboards and bring one of my parents down...
Read Moreby Leesa Cross-Smith | Apr 21, 2015 | Origins
My husband Loran and I run a litmag called WhiskeyPaper and we’ve recently started making...
Read Moreby Leesa Cross-Smith | Apr 13, 2015 | Line Drive
“A tall, straight-bodied, and by no means ill-favored young Highlander at close range is...
Read Moreby Real Pants | Feb 6, 2015 | Prompts
This week, journalist Peter Ranscombe offers a writing prompt from history themed around his debut...
Read Moreby Richard Chiem | Jan 13, 2015 | Read Along with Richard Chiem
from 300,000,000 by Blake Butler Something in this room begins to shake. This room where you are...
Read MoreGood hair, crooked gait