Procrastinate: to delay doing something; to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring  If you’re a writer, you may be surprised that a picture of your face doesn’t follow that first definition. The latter part of the definition includes the words “unpleasant” and “boring.” What?! We love to…

You often hear the term page-turner, but in the case of Anne Corbitt’s novel, Rules for Lying, the expression is dead on. The chapters are extremely short (sometimes only a couple of pages long) and rapidly draw the reader into the character’s experience. The structure has the effect of leaving the reader on a cliffhanger…

Hello my Poet Pals, Here’s a site who is looking for very short sea-themed poems (5 lines of less).  It’s a fledging, but sometimes it better to try out your luck with newer publishers. The deadline is 8/23. Good Luck! Stormy Island Publishing: http://www.stormyislandpublishing.com/submissions/