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Writing Through Grief
"And then I’d wake up to reality and feel disoriented and breathless all over again."
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Hema Nataraju
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My Most Valuable Writing Lesson & Publishing Advice
"People remember and care about story more than anything else."
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Christine Ma-Kellams
28

March 2024

The Sisyphean Poet: On Facing Doubt and Anxiety in Creative Work
"It’s humbling to try to write another poem."
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Max Roland Ekstrom
26
A Letter to the Editors of Literary Magazines
"I have received your rejection letters (hundreds of them) and I am generously offering you a free critique of your work."
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Fiona M Jones
43
Backing In (A Futile Attempt to Write a Hermit Crab Essay; I Think My Butt’s Too Big)
"I would rather be spanked than slapped.”
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Richard LeBlond
43

February 2024

Do You Pay?
"When I apply for a position, I’d like to know if I’m volunteering or not."
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Allison K Williams
47
Really Hard to Understand and Even Harder to Follow Submission Guidelines for Our Literary Journal
"Our editors prefer the Comic Sans font..."
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Lori D'Angelo
84
Typos? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Typos!
"A typo on a lit mag’s primary web pages is not a good thing."
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Jon Fain
68
The Plagiarism Plague
Writer reflects on a personal run-in with plagiarism
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Brian Douglas
41
Cultivating Contentment in Your Writing Life
Writer addresses the notion of "arriving" as a writer
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Bethany Jarmul
50

January 2024

Why Heresy Press? Why Now?
Upon one-year anniversary, Heresy Press Publisher looks at the press's role in the publishing landscape
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Bernard Schweizer
42
Says I: Against the Repetitive Use of “Says” and “Said” in Prose
Editor takes writers to task for word repetition
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Genna Rivieccio
63
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