by Katherine Karr-Cornejo The phases of my life have offered many opportunities and challenges, and when I think of my years in graduate school, I remember a time of my life that I value, but that I’m also glad I’ve completed. The intense and all-encompassing focus on my professional training and development, to the exclusion … Continue reading Valuing Our Roots: A Reflection on Charlottesville
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R&S Seeks Rad Bloggers
Rock & Sling is on the lookout for correspondents who'll bear witness to this world--its art, music, books, politics, faith, doubt--and blog about it right here. To apply, send a writing sample and a paragraph about your writing interests/experience to Nicole, our web editor, at nsheets@whitworth.edu We look forward to hearing from you!
Hi, Have you heard of Rock & Sling? or, Adventures at AWP
Kaitlin Schmidt “Hi! Have you heard of Rock & Sling?” This is the inane question I started with as I stood at our booth, a sweaty and tired traveling saleswoman. I was posing. I’m a writer; what do I know about making money? During my initial shifts, I gave a practical spiel about Rock & … Continue reading Hi, Have you heard of Rock & Sling? or, Adventures at AWP
Unexpected Spiritual Themes (And Creepy Faeries) In YA Paranormal Romance
by Amy Rice and Janine Darragh Janine and I knew we liked to read YA literature. We also might have deduced (Barnes & Noble’s signs were pretty subtle, after all!) that a specific genre in YA had some pretty good sales. So we decided to explore Young Adult Paranormal Romances. And the best way to … Continue reading Unexpected Spiritual Themes (And Creepy Faeries) In YA Paranormal Romance
On Research “Soul Mates”: Or, The Short Distance Between Friendly Chat And Teen Paranormal Romance
By Amy C. Rice Networking is such a boring word. I am not saying networking isn’t useful or important, but the word itself does not convey excitement. Instead, I prefer the term “soul mates” to describe my most successful networking relationships. Not the soul mates advertised in eHarmony commercials or portrayed in so many Hallmark … Continue reading On Research “Soul Mates”: Or, The Short Distance Between Friendly Chat And Teen Paranormal Romance
Skip the Cotton Candy: Writing Is Sweeter
by Julie Riddle “You have to go to considerable trouble to live differently from the way the world wants you to live. That’s what I’ve discovered about writing. If you wait till you got time to write a novel or time to write a story…if you wait for the time, you’ll never do it. Cause … Continue reading Skip the Cotton Candy: Writing Is Sweeter
The [Advent Conspiracy] Is Neither Advent Nor A Conspiracy
by Liv Larson Andrews I love the four tenets of the [AC] campaign: worship fully, spend less, give more, love all. I am glad to know that a new global network of amazing and helpful projects has sprung up because of the generosity of Christians. I bear no grudge toward the wells being built, the … Continue reading The [Advent Conspiracy] Is Neither Advent Nor A Conspiracy
Ninety Years Post-Wasteland
by Jeremiah Webster If Madame Sosostris shuffled her "wicked pack of cards" today, would there be the hanged man, the "lady of situations," the great wheel? Would Stetson walk among the dead? Would Cleopatra reign from a gilded throne? Would the three virtues (Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata) hold promise in the 21st century? Or would April … Continue reading Ninety Years Post-Wasteland
To our new friends
If you signed up for our mailing list, or just picked up complimentary copies of our most recent issues at the Festival of Faith and Writing, please consider joining us on Facebook, and subscribing to our little corner of the Christian literary universe. You will find a special festival rate still available: $15 for one … Continue reading To our new friends
Calvin’s Festival of Faith and Writing
We are in the bookfair at Calvin College's excellent event, hanging out with lots of other great Christian publishers and journals. If you're in Grand Rapids, please come see us soon, we're running out of swag! So far, we've been visited by a number of our contributors, including Jessie van Eerden, Paul Willis, Amy McCann, … Continue reading Calvin’s Festival of Faith and Writing
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