Tag: Philadelphia Stories
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Interview with Memoir and YA Author Author Beth Kephart
Beth: It all comes back to those themes. I have done all my shaping–all my deciding about what goes in and what stays out, about how much emphasis to put on one thing or another–by standing back and asking myself: Does this scene advance your themes? Often some of the very best stories must be…
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Author Interview: Curtis Smith talks about publishing in Literary Journals
At this year’s Philadelphia Stories Push to Publish conference, Curtis Smith played an important role, by throwing in a few choice comments about how much fun writing is. (To read more about his comments, click here ). One of the parts of writing that seemed to be working especially well for Curtis was his regular…
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Looking for the onramp at Philadelphia “Push To Publish” writer’s conference
by Jerry Waxler At the Philadelphia Stories’ “Push to Publish” conference in the Fall of 2009, I peered into a room filled with cabaret tables, each with an editor on one side and an empty chair on the other. Christine Weiser, who along with Carla Spataro organized the conference, stood guard at the door. When…
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