Now that I've got a bit of experience slush reading at our new magazine, I can say 'start at the action' with even more certainty than ever. When you're reading someone else's story, who you don't know, and have no preconceptions about, it is a lot easier to see faults. One fault being 'I have …
Love in the Time of Cholera
This was the story of love between many people over a lifetime. There were so many little nuggets of goodness in this novel that it's hard to give a general idea of why I liked it. I loved the description of Florintino, and found a lot of myself in him. He was also laughable at …
Our New Creative Writing Magazine is Open for Submissions — Lucent Dreaming — Jannat Ahmed
Many moons ago, before the summer slung itself haphazard over the shoulders of Britons, and as easily fell away, my friends and I dreamt up a new creative writing magazine. The journey to launch has been an interesting one. Frankly, of course, we have no idea what we’re doing. And I imagine that will be […] …
I can’t stop writing
Which may seem like a good problem to have, except I'm supposed to be editing. Since I finished my novella, I've written five short stories, and just signed up to write another... and I've only edited, partially, one chapter of my novel. I know I need to focus on editing, or the writing was for …
Pure genius
I've just started this one by Vladimir Nabokov, and already am blown away just in the first pages. This guy is pure genius, and I wonder how he's not ranked higher than he already is even. I'm laughing almost ever page as I read this, its just so subtly brilliant. I wonder if as many …
Jonas David 