One last ICYMI thread from our #AWP23 panel! “What’s one piece of advice you have for someone wanting to start a literary journal?”

#litjournals #litmags #publishing #indielit @ExpoReviewLit “We’ve seen a ton of lit journals shutter recently and it’s been shocking, but there is still a glut of journals out there. Do your research and look at other journals, what do you have to say that’s different? What do you want to do and why?” (1/2)

At @ExpoReviewLit we believe an essential piece of sustainability and longevity for indie #litjournals is building a strong community.

Our #AWP23 #MeanttoLast panelists shared tips on making that happen: What works: “Journals who recognize that I am also a writer, not just someone who reads all day. We talk about ourselves as writers. This is something we’re all doing together, we’re all part of this community. It helps us remember why we do this.” — @CdEskilson

Finally, ICYMI, notes from @ExpoReviewLit’s own #AWP23 panel “Meant to Last: Maintaining Longevity as an Independent Lit Journal“! with @MellindaK @anotchka @CdEskilson @anyamariajo

Great advice for new and established lit mags (a thread) On finding the right format: “I started online. I got no clicks, no views. No one was interested. I wasn’t interested. I thought, ‘What drives me to read? The opening of a book, the discovery of art. You need to go into print’.” — @anotchka

Good morning #AWP23! Today I’m stoked for “Hacking the Machine”, exploring the possibilities of creative expression through new tech. As someone who’s inundated with ChatGPT for day-job content marketing reasons, very curious about the creative perspective on AI and other tech. Some takeaways from discussing types of projects, from introductory to advanced.

Interdisciplinary/mixed media projects like “Story Objects” incorporate physical objects or spaces and audio stories; the listener is the audience but can also be the performer of the piece (1/2)

Yesterday I went to one more panel “Reclaiming the Asian Femme Body in Speculative Fiction” with @elainehsiehchou @silviajpark @ppirapokin @visyap and K-Ming Chang. I would have live-tweeted it but honestly it was so good! (thread) I was too busy listening, absorbing, and furiously taking notes to post. That said, in no particular order (and unattributed, apologies!), here are some of my favorite quotes/insights/ideas -

#AWP23 Insights and tips on revising and organizing a linked short story collection… “The stories may seem fine alone, but then pressed all together you see all the writing tics you’ve ever had. You have to have an immense eye for detail, maybe even moreso than a novel.”

What is an interconnected or linked short story collection? Is it the same as a ‘novel told in stories’? #AWP23 “I wrote my linked short story collections purposefully. ‘Novels in stories’ is different, they have one arc that propels the reader through….” (1/2)

#AmbitionofShortStories First question from @LeslieKirkCamp - given all the genres out there, what drew you to short stories? “That it was short” - @sidikfofana Less room to mess up. Part of the apprenticeship of writing is trying and failing, reading a lot seeing what works. It felt less daunting to start something that was 10, 20 pages.