Jan 28, 2016 | A Day In My Life
. . .excerpt from The Ultimate Writer’s Primer: Your Guide to Finally Getting Published (Sisyphus Books, 2016) Valjean Cameron, Senior Editor, Schlesinger Publishing, Flatiron Building, 175 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010 Q: What are you looking for VC: Send me a great...
Jan 27, 2016 | A Day In My Life
My name’s Jax and I live in Seattle, the Emerald City—not because of how lush the landscape is, but because of all the green Starbucks signs everywhere you look. I love it here, not just for the coffee, but because Seattle is a mecca for glass art. I make glass beads...
Jan 26, 2016 | A Day In My Life
London, 1388 Crispin Guest: It’s cold. London’s iciness inevitably creeps into my lodgings on the Shambles. It’s a small room above a tinker’s shop with a simple bed for me and a pile of straw for my apprentice Jack Tucker. The hearth is banked for the night, its...
Jan 25, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Annie Parker couldn’t sleep. Used to the thrum of traffic carving its way through south London at all hours, she was having a problem settling into her new home in picturesque Anwen-by-Wye, Wales. The sixteenth-century thatched cottage overlooked the heart of the...
Jan 24, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Hi. My name is Cici Wilde, the proud owner of Cici’s Vintage Clothing Store in Grace Gulch, Oklahoma. I grew up here, left long enough to attend design school for a couple of years, then returned home where I know everyone and they know me. Lucky for me, I do have a...
Jan 23, 2016 | A Day In My Life
“I thought you were coming back today, Codella.” Lieutenant McGowan’s voice growled through the phone. Well, at least some things never changed. “Tomorrow, sir,” I corrected him. “We could have used you today,” he barked, and I wanted to say “Yeah, right!” I knew what...