How I Published In The Fiddlehead

How I Published In The Fiddlehead

By Tamara Jong I first wrote the creative nonfiction piece “Lessons” in a class taught by Ayelet Tsabari in 2014. I had just started writing nonfiction. I workshopped this story in class, then had it edited by Ayelet. So, I’ve been working on the story for...
How I Published in Entropy

How I Published in Entropy

By Kimberly Peterson [Editor’s note: Shortly after this article was published, Entropy announced they will close at the end of 2021. They will be missed.] Entropy is unique as a publication because it includes a variety of editors with diverse interests seeking...
Four Questions to Help You Face This Season of Writing

Four Questions to Help You Face This Season of Writing

I sit at our dining table to write, while my kids play beside me. They often talk to imaginary “good” guys and “bad” guys, and today is no exception. My four-year-old lays on the floor, scowling at an imagined person standing over him, “I’m the real one.” Then, he...
How to Build a Creative Writing Practice

How to Build a Creative Writing Practice

With the rhythms and events that normally shape our days cancelled or viewed through a window, I’m often dazed and my perception of time is off. I spent the first month of the pandemic writing poetry full of sand and hourglass imagery and losing time in my day. And...
Finding Your Voice as a Writer

Finding Your Voice as a Writer

One morning as I was staying with my in-laws’ in Cairo, I woke up to the sound of what I thought were screams. I turned to my partner and found him also awake and was surprised to find his expression sad and not startled or fearful. “Someone has died,” he explained. I...