by RS Admin | May 7, 2018
Some say poetry is a dying art form. After centuries upon centuries of being a part of the human experience, predating literacy and the printing press, poetry has somehow lost its real world relevance. This is the form whose musical characteristics made ancient poets...
by RS Admin | Apr 24, 2018
Beginning a project is an extremely daunting task. Staring at that blank screen—or blank page if you’re old school like me—can be nerve wracking, exciting, and maybe even frustrating. Some of the time you come to the page with just an idea, a thought of what you would...
by runestone admin | Apr 17, 2018
Dead Man’s Float Jim Harrison Copper Canyon Press 2016 ISBN 978-I-55659-445-8 107 pages Reviewed by ALEX McCORMICK Despite its grim title, Dead Man’s Float opens with a whimsically meta poem titled “Where Is Jim Harrison?” Jim Harrison himself tells us that “He...
by runestone admin | Apr 9, 2018
Beginning at a young age, I would sit in Language Arts class, listening to the lectures regarding symbolism, hyperbole, metaphor, extended metaphor, you name it. And while the importance of these literary elements should be emphasized and taught at a young age, I’ve...
by RS Admin | Mar 20, 2018
INTERVIEW With Kat Faye, Dungeon Master of D&D podcast, Dames and Dragons Earlier this year I had the pleasure of sitting down to interview Kat Faye, the Dungeon Master of a D&D podcast called Dames and Dragons. I got the chance to talk to her about some of...
by RS Admin | Feb 26, 2018
As writer, you’re always told to read, read, read. You’re told to steal and learn from fellow authors. For some, this gives the impression that one can only learn how to write from written words. Wrong! You can learn a lot from watching TV shows. I tend to watch TV...