By Gloria Muñoz “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, […]
Why do I write what I do?
Downstate with Frank
By Julia Connolly Yellow-tinted aviator shades. Brown leather safari jacket. Tan patent leather fake Gucci slip-ons. Dirty-blond home perm. Marlboro. He was Frank, the 30-something Vietnam vet who sat next to me […]
I Was a Digital Best-Seller!
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Tony Horwitz gives an inside look at digital publishing and his opinion of digital books versus paper (“real”) books, based on his experience writing a 40,000-word piece […]
How to Road Trip With the Sirens
It’s easy: look at the top banner on The Gloria Sirens homepage (pictured below). Select “Road Trips” (below, it’s highlighted in black) under the banner and access all the Road Trip pieces. […]
Along the Road Trip
where he’s not Bashful and she’s not Snow White.”
Big Day Tomorrow
Get plenty of sleep tonight and set your alarm. The Road Trip starts at 9 in the morning.
Watch Out for Roadside Lions
When you’re out road-tripping with the Sirens this Saturday, beware of literary lionesses on the prowl.
Pack a satchel–we’ll pick you up Saturday.
My Father’s Shoes
By Marcia Aldrich The day my father died, my husband and I drove in the bright, tilted light of autumn, past farms, pastures, and ponds, finally arriving at the orchard. We parked the […]
We Submit, and We Submit
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
A guest post from Risa Polansky Shiman: We call them Summer Submission Parties. Every two weeks, my MFA friends and I reserve a classroom from the English…
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