by Story Embers | Jan 25, 2020 | Podcast |
In today’s episode, Josiah DeGraaf, Hope Ann, and Brandon Miller tackle suspense, cliffhangers, emotional tension, and all of those amazing story elements that keep readers awake late into the night. They share their favorite examples of page-turners and discuss why...
by Story Embers | Jan 16, 2020 | Articles |
By Heather Drabant Writers tend to be reluctant to show their work to others. We’ve all hovered our cursors over the send button for longer than necessary. Maybe we even changed our minds and closed the window. Why is this simple act so difficult? ...
by Story Embers | Jan 9, 2020 | Poems |
By Cainon Leeds I was twenty-four, my friend, and getting married; we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into when we passed over the field of poppies that said, “We are the numbers to end all numbers. You can try, but you cannot count us away.” And we...
by Story Embers | Jan 2, 2020 | Poems |
By K. A. Grey Here I stand amid the ruins, Here I seek for answers Through thoughts riddled in confusion, The chaos clinking together Like iron fetters. My very thoughts are ringing, Forged in silence, chain by chain. Release me, for I am bound. Here the desolate...
by Story Embers | Dec 26, 2019 | Poems |
By Elizabeth Sond We live in the blank space between stanzas; we stand in the gaps between words, watching the poems float by and letting their inky melodies drip over our consciousnesses, idle to the idea that some words need to be blacked out, and that others...
by Story Embers | Nov 28, 2019 | Poems |
By Abby McBane The time has come to fell the flowers; It’s autumn now, the summer’s bounty waning. Outside I go, in the late morning hours, To do the deed, a buoyant manner feigning. Butterfly and bee fulfill their merry task Of going back and forth between each...
by Story Embers | Nov 23, 2019 | Podcast |
Over the past week, we’ve run a series on Uncovering the Reasons Why Books Fail, where Josiah DeGraaf explored how to assess a novel’s quality through three scales. Today he asks Hope Ann and Brandon Miller for their perspectives on how objective a book’s artistic...
by Story Embers | Nov 2, 2019 | Podcast |
Today Josiah DeGraaf, Rolena Hatfield, and Daeus Lamb discuss the importance of embracing the impact our stories can have on readers and maintaining the delicate balance between writing for ourselves and others. Listen to their conversation below! What’s...
