7 Ways Writers Can Benefit from Twitter

7 Ways Writers Can Benefit from Twitter

If you're only tweeting about how annoying it is to stand in line at the post office, it may be time to reconsider how you use this social media tool.

Ten Scary Books to Read for Halloween

Ten Scary Books to Read for Halloween

In honor of this upcoming Halloween, here’s an incomplete but guaranteed list of literature that will leave you sweating.

Egg Heaven, Stories, by Robin Parks

Egg Heaven, Stories, by Robin Parks

All the characters in this collection represent the basic needs of the human heart and the ways we struggle to fill those needs.

Losing Touch by Sandra Hunter

Losing Touch by Sandra Hunter

On the surface, Sandra Hunter’s debut novel is the quintessential immigrant story of an Indian family navigating life in London after Indian Independence.

Travel the World with a New Anthology: Everywhere Stories

Travel the World with a New Anthology:  Everywhere Stories

On October 1, Press 53 will publish Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet, an anthology of twenty stories by twenty authors set in twenty different countries.

Jessica Barksdale Inclan

Jessica Barksdale Inclan

Jessica Barksdale is a best-selling author with over a dozen books under her belt. How does she do it?

Writing and the Diversity Quotient

Writing and the Diversity Quotient

I believe our profession can claim without hesitation: We have the most inclusive and diverse occupation of all time.

Q&A With Adelle Waldman

Q&A With Adelle Waldman

Debut novelist Adelle Waldman made a big splash in 2013 with The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., a 21st-century novel of manners about a Brooklyn writer on the up-and-up who’s not always as smart or fair as he thinks he is.

Beatriz Terrazas

Beatriz Terrazas

Beatriz Terrazas has earned a Pulitzer, her work in journalism garnered her the Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, and her name appears on the credits of several projects as producer, writer, and photographer.

Every Kiss a War by Leesa Cross-Smith

Every Kiss a War by Leesa Cross-Smith

Leesa Cross-Smith’s debut collection is a fearless exploration of relationships. No love, lust or loss is left off the table in this sensual feast of a book.

Mistakes Writers Make When Submitting to Literary Magazines

Mistakes Writers Make When Submitting to Literary Magazines

Are you guilty of making one of these mistakes?

Bringing Together Writers at Every Level: The Hands On Festival

Bringing Together Writers at Every Level:  The Hands On Festival

The founder of Burlesque Press, Jennifer Stewart, wants writers at all levels to get involved in the literary community. 

The Most Important Writing Advice

The Most Important Writing Advice

I am actually going to give you the most important writing advice you will ever receive. No joke.

My Path to Getting Published – The Blog Tour

My Path to Getting Published – The Blog Tour

In the same spirit of the recent and popular blog tour, “My Writing Process,” Carve has decided to kick start a slightly altered version.

Mason Hickman, Reading Committee

Mason Hickman, Reading Committee

Mason Hickman is a Carve reading committee member, professional massage therapist, and lover of literature.

10 Tips for Writing Revealing Dialogue

10 Tips for Writing Revealing Dialogue

Screenwriter John Trubly says, “Dialogue is not real talk; it is highly selective language that sounds like it could be real.”

“Missing Teeth” by Bryan VanDyke

“Missing Teeth” by Bryan VanDyke

“Missing Teeth” is an absorbing piece built around Bernie Patton, a character who is quietly unpalatable while remaining completely compelling.

Doug Benerofe

Doug Benerofe

Doug Benerofe is a fiction writer and high school English teacher. He has been reading Carve since 2005.

Looking Out of Broken Windows by Dan Powell

Looking Out of Broken Windows by Dan Powell

The defining theme of this collection may very well be transformation, albeit that unwitting one that happens when we lose focus on where we’re going.

Q&A With Spencer Gordon

Q&A With Spencer Gordon

Spencer Gordon is co-founder of the Toronto-based literary magazine The Puritan and author of the short story collection Cosmo.