fiction Archives

23 Jun, 2014

3 Good Reasons to Write Fiction (and 3 Bad Ones)

Categories: Art and creativity, Identity •
Tags: author, fiction, fiction writing, novel, original fiction, reasons to write, short stories, wampus, writing, writing fiction •
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by Wampus

Ready to write some fiction? That’s fantastic. Bon voyage, intrepid scribe. I hope you pass The Great Gatsby on the highway and leave it wheezing in your rearview. Before you get… Read More →

18 Mar, 2014

Richard Fulco: The Never-Ending Story

Categories: New books, Self-referential •
Tags: antihero, claire mckinney, debut novel, fiction, first novel, john lenza, modern fiction, new fiction, new novels, richard fulco, there is no end to this slope, wampus •
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by Wampus

When author Richard Fulco submitted the manuscript for his debut novel, There Is No End to This Slope, to Wampus in 2012, we identified with its contrarian point of view. His protagonist? Not… Read More →

28 Nov, 2011

Jason Warburg: On Believing and Becoming

Categories: Art and creativity, Identity, New books •
Tags: activism, being and becoming, belief, believe, believe in me, believing, catch-22, daily vault, fiction, jason warburg, music, music novel, politics, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, self-awareness •
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by Wampus

In his new novel, Believe in Me, Jason Warburg wrestles mightily with a Catch-22: to achieve something, we must believe we can achieve it. Yet if we haven’t achieved it before, how… Read More →

10 Sep, 2011

Is Your Work Ready to Ship?

Categories: Art and creativity, Music business, Social media •
Tags: abstracts, art, brogan, chris brogan, culture, draw, fiction, humanities, ideals, independent artists, knowledge, literature, perfection, reach, ready, shipping, work, work readiness •
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by Wampus

Social-media maven/gadfly Chris Brogan once wrote about “the difference between ship and shit.” Chris draws this genteel distinction between work that is ready to ship, to share with the world… Read More →