In Defense of Entertainment
by Camille Griep
Most of us spend our school days trying to figure out how to love books. Even those of us given Nancy Drew or the Babysitter’s Club or Sweet Valley High on the side still had to choke down The Scarlet Letter, Catcher in the Rye, Gatsby.
Submissions, Cliches, and Self-rejection, Oh My!
Love them, hate them, love to hate them, The Literary Contest is a near constant feature of a writer’s world. Here at Easy Street, we just wrapped up our first contest, awarding $10 per word for the best sentence.
Andrew Smith & The Pleasure of Piling It On
Of course Andrew Smith has met a girl. Of course I have met a father. I am a girl; Smith is a father. Does that mean either of us knows what makes each other tick?
Dear Salon: You Still Have to Write the Book
Everyone has a unique path to publishing. The one unifying fact for all of us is that we all had to write a book.
