Archive - Lit Mag News

The Slow and Sad Death of the Literary Magazine

"How did we get here, and how do we get out?"

Jul 25 •

News from overseas

Jul 22 •

How do you cope with waiting?

Waiting...Waiting...

Jul 20 •

My Writing Life

"My steps in my writing journey seem to be the stones upon which...I have crossed the dark river..."

Jul 18 •

What are your lit mag questions?

Jul 13 •

Humor? Seriously?

"For some reason, many people look down on witty writing."

Jul 11 •

What percentage of a book should be unpublished at time of submission?

"Is it prudent to hold off on submitting a certain portion of a larger work...?"

Jul 6 •

Writing a Novel in Short Stories

"It’s the freedom of the novel-in-stories form that most excites me."

Jul 4 •

June 2024

June lit mag brag!

Welcome to our weekend conversation! Bonjour, mes amis! If you’re reading this, it means I have safely arrived in France, where I will be visiti…

Jun 29 •

Better to Have Loved and Lost a Lit Mag

"Sometimes writing saves our lives."

Jun 27 •

Can we talk about book blurbs?

"How should writers go about attaining blurbs for forthcoming chapbooks...?"

Jun 22 •

Gatekeeping Against the Robots

"Half a dozen “authors” of AI-generated material could flood the self-publishing markets in a matter of weeks..."

Jun 20 •

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