by kingdompen | Mar 20, 2017 | Articles, Plot, World Building
By Gabrielle Massman “Your story is a bit cliché, don’t you think?” For a long time, I dreaded I would hear those words. They seemed like the ultimate insult, meaning that anyone could have written my story. I was obsessed with avoiding clichés. I Googled “fantasy...
by Sarah Spradlin | Mar 15, 2017 | Poetry
I watch their ambling machines, and I hope you dance, I hope you surprise— people will tie strings to you if you let them; don’t let me tie strings to you. People will make a machine out of you, fine-tune the life out of you. Perfectionism is an illusion written by...
by kingdompen | Mar 13, 2017 | Articles, Plot
A few weeks ago, I picked a random book off the library shelf and started reading. The book, Flashfall, grabbed my interest immediately. The characters were relatable and the story world was fantastic. Even better, the plot seemed fresh: miners struggling to excavate...
by Rolena Hatfield | Mar 10, 2017 | Articles, Ethics
When I was younger, I wrote without any intention of showing my stories to anyone outside of my immediate family (and sometimes not even them). The stories were for my enjoyment only, since I was tired of borrowing books from the library that I would have to set down...
by kingdompen | Mar 8, 2017 | Poetry
By Zelphia Peterson “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us” (2 Corinthians 4:7). All the lovely broken people Knit together, now made whole Shattered fragments shining brightly Healed and clean, a...
