I’ve written about how my perspective about grief shifted dramatically when I lost my baby. O. was sixteen, my younger boy, and watching him slip away was terrifying. Living without him is like having a…
Category: Lit Mag Love
Lit Mag Love: Eileen Vorbach Collins
This Lit Mag Love is all about writer Eileen Vorbach Collins. Damn, she’s prolific and so good. I came across her award-winning piece in Lunch Ticket. It reminded me of the bins I have in…
Lit Mag Love: Ben Sandman
I know some people don’t like epistolary pieces, but I almost always do. This is a series of emails from a novelist on a deadline who’s moved to a new apartment with his wife, a…
Lit Mag Love: Casey Mulligan Walsh
I found writer Casey Mulligan Walsh in the June 2022 issue of Split Lip, where she lives up to their mission: We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the…
Lit Mag Love: Nikki Schulak
My Lit Mag Love posts are all about finding treasures when I immerse myself in the hundreds of literary magazines online. I submitted a piece to Porcupine Literary, a magazine for and by teachers, but…
Lit Mag Love: The Highchair on FB
My Lit Mag Love posts are all about finding treasures when I immerse myself in the hundreds of literary magazines online. I submitted a piece to Lunch Ticket magazine on a Tuesday and they rejected…
Lit Mag Love: Amelia Bedelia Takes a COVID Test
My Lit Mag Love posts are all about finding treasures when I immerse myself in the hundreds of literary magazines online. I did a search for magazines that accept previously published material and came across…
Lit Mag Love: A Marriage Story
I told a story about meeting my husband and establishing roots in the Adirondacks for a local story slam competition. I was high from my second-place win a couple of months earlier and worked hard…
Lit Mag Love: Gummy Bear
I used to write and publish frequently, mostly in regional magazines that were printed on glossy paper or in a newspaper delivered to your doorstep. I stopped around 2016 and then, trying to re-enter the…