#litcitizen

Anxiety and suffering do not define your success. Learn to love and feel proud of your writing, even when editing and receiving feedback, and your craft will improve along side your daily life.

Every day on my Twitter feed I see posts from fellow writers chronicling their feelings of worthlessness, distress, and crushing self-doubt in regards to their writing and by extension themselves. As writers we place a lot of value in the success of our words, and whether we are published or not, those words mean the world to us. But the thing that has been bothering me lately is the sheer…

Entering the World of Literary Citizenship

What does being a literary citizen mean to me? Well to be honest, some days it just means getting up and writing something when every part of my mind is screaming to just go back to bed.

But I can’t spend my whole life in bed (and honestly who would want to anyways?). So I tell my cat I have to get up (finally find the will to make the cat move from where they were sleeping on my arm 2 hours…

Do you know about Thug Notes?

You need to know about Thug Notes.

Firewords Quarterly is a newsprint magazine packed full of powerful fiction and poetry - all enhanced by bold design.

For this week's Kickstarter Kickoff, we'd like to introduce you to Firewords Quarterly, a newsprint literary magazine designed by Dan Burgess, featuring work from unknown writers in the fields of poetry and short fiction. They also have a place for you to submit to this beautiful magazine on their website: www.firewords.co.uk. The campaign expires in 11 days-- so get yours asap and help fund this incredible lit magazine!