Tag: social media

  • Advice: Bookishness for September 9, 2013

    Advice: Bookishness for September 9, 2013

    For coffee nerds of the ages (book nerds, too) Ask the past: How to make instant coffee. Read, read, read “It’s no secret that great writers are great readers, and that if you can’t read, your writing will often suffer. Similarly, if you can read but have to move your lips to get through the…

  • Short Forms: When Social Media and Short Fiction Intersect

    Short Forms: When Social Media and Short Fiction Intersect

    Listen to the author read this piece: [audio: issue3/syms.mp3]   When my short story “Jenna on Twitter” was published by Joyland Magazine last year, I was pretty pleased with myself. It’s a story about a woman with a crush on a gay male singer who fantasizes while watching his YouTube videos. She uses her iPhone to…