http://wordpirates.org The home of the Word Pirates! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:57:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Deb's Historical Research Page has links to all sorts of resources for finding things out such as what card games were popular in the 19th century or the price of foods in the 17th century. I found this site through the site of a well-respected researcher, Lisa Gold. I suspect ... http://wordpirates.org/2008/08/18/research-help/ Transfer Literary Magazine, distributed throughout Bay Area local bookstores, would love to receive your submissions of poetry, drama, fiction, creative nonfiction, exciting somethings... BY SEPTEMBER 5th--FRIDAY. You can pick up a cover letter and instructions outside 372 or 380 Submit up to three pieces--NO ... http://wordpirates.org/2008/08/12/in-my-e-mail-box/ The New York Times Book Review has a piece on "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" -- the memoir of Lee Israel, a biographer who turned to forging letters from famous literary and entertainment figures when times got tough. She bought a gaggle of vintage manual typewriters, had famous letterheads printed up ... http://wordpirates.org/2008/08/03/biographer-turned-forger-turned-memoirist/ Dear Tiny: I'm a geeky bookworm, so I don't attract guys. But lately my other bookwormy friends have been getting attention from boys. What can I do to have them notice me too? - Easy Reader (Via) (I'm totally copying Bookslut in this entry.) ~ Joy http://wordpirates.org/2008/07/31/she-was-staring-at-it-for-hours/ How come no one celebrates my alcoholism like John Cheever's? You know, seminal American author John Cheever and I have a lot in common. He needed to drink a fifth of scotch before he had the courage to utter a word to another human being, and so do I. Much like ... http://wordpirates.org/2008/07/24/but-im-an-alcoholic-too/ Narrative Magazine is looking for first-person fiction or nonfiction, 8,000 words or less. The magazine hopes "find the most necessary, most intimate, most personal stories made universal." Entries will be accepted through the end of July. Do it! I know you have a first-person story, so send it already. First ... http://wordpirates.org/2008/07/10/narrative-magazine-looking-for-first-person-pieces/ For the rest of 2008, our meeting schedule is: July 15 August 5 August 19 September 9 September 23 October 7 October 21 November 4 November 18 December 2 December 16 http://wordpirates.org/2008/07/10/meeting-schedule-through-2008/ We are going to be revamping this website. Stay tuned. http://wordpirates.org/2008/07/07/literary-spam/ According to the Million Writers Awards nominations received in the last five years, the top 12 online literary journals are: Eclectica (31 nominations) Pindeldyboz (26) Agni (16) Strange Horizons (16) Word Riot (16) Narrative Magazine (15) Fiction Warehouse (13) The King's English (12) Mississippi Review (12) Blackbird (11) Blithe House Quarterly (11) Storyglossia (11) Check them out. (Via) ~ Joy http://wordpirates.org/2008/06/06/top-twelve-online-lit-journals/ I do not think everyone should be a writer, but I do think that everyone should write... or paint, or craft, or build things, or bake. You can make a pretty strong argument that the point of life--or one of them anyway--is to create. Or maybe I just come from ... http://wordpirates.org/2008/06/05/everyone-create-something-right-now/