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CL Writing Contest 2016: Fiction
Sheree L. Greer on selecting this year's winner, and some of her other favorites.
By Sheree L. Greer
Tags: Local Arts, tampa bay fiction, sheree l greer, jenni nance, fiction, craig anderson, cl writing contest
CL Writing Contest 2016 Fiction Judge's Pick: "The Missing Season"
Jenni Nance's moving story was our judge's top choice.
By jenni nance
Tags: Local Arts, tampa bay writers, lit, jenni nance, fiction, cl writing contest
CL Writing Contest 2016 Readers' Pick: "Lucky Stars"
Craig Anderson's tale was the one our readers loved the most.
By Craig Anderson
Tags: Local Arts, tampa bay writers, short stories, fiction, craig anderson writer, cl writing contest
Book review: One More Time by Marc Ganancias
An immersive tale of hip romance by Lakeland musician Ganancias feels real, relatable and worthwhile.
By Shae Krispinsky
Tags: Local Arts, Washington DC, punk rock, One More Time, Marc Ganancias, heartbreak, first novel, fiction, book review
Kings of 7th Avenue — A Q&A with author Jonathan Marcantoni
Local author Jonathan Marcantoni on women, Tampa, and Latinos.
By Julie Garisto
Tags: Local Arts, Literature, Tampa, Paul Guzzo, novel, local authors, literary events, Kings of 7th Avenue, Jonathan Marcantoni, fiction
LitSpace strengthens St. Pete's lit scene
A great new resource for local wordsmiths and aspiring writers.
By Sarah Conner
Tags: Local Arts, Literature, writing, weekend, vocabulary, St. Pete Modern Arts Center, poetry, morean arts center, LitSpace, literature, lessons, keep st. pete lit, free, fiction, creative writing
Michael Hastings & Andrea Brunais: Journalism is murder
Two novelists delve into the cutthroat machinations of the news biz.
By Mitch Perry
Tags: News Feature, Politics, the last magazine, tampa tribune, tampa bay times, steve otto, michael hastings, mercedes wore black, journalism, florida politics, florida fiction, florida crime fiction, fiction, andrea brunais
Playing words in Songs for the Deaf
USF professor John Henry Fleming invents modern American tall tales in his first book of short stories.
By Shawn Alff
Tags: Local Arts, usf, The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman, tall tale, songs for the deaf, short story, satire, queens of the stone age, Publishing, professor, post modernism, post modern, myth, metafiction, legend, john henry fleming, humor, George Saunders, funny, folktale, fiction, fearsome creatures of florida, fantasy, fantastical, faith, creative writing, creative fiction, comedy writing, comedic, burrow press, book, belief, author
How to fall in love with fiction
Busy? Wary? Bored? Follow these tips.
By Scott Harrell
Tags: Local Arts, terribleminds.com, savage love, reading, life as we blow it, humor, fiction, Fell, Chuck Wendig, books
The Amazon Trail: We always found ourselves
By Lee Lynch
Tags: News Feature, Vin Packer, Spring Fire, Marijane Meaker, lesbian, Lee Lynch, Golden Crown Literary Society, Gold Medal Books, fiction, CLGBT, Cleis Press, authors, Amazon Trail
Deadline today for the Sandhill Writers Retreat
By Kent Roberts
Tags: Local Arts, writing, poetry, nonfiction, literature, fiction
6 views of 15 Views of Tampa Bay
Tags: Local Arts, shawn alff, Rita Ciresi, Q&A, peter meinke, metafiction, Mary Jo Melone, Katherine Riegel, Karen Brown, john henry fleming, Jeff Parker, Jay Hopler, Ira Sukrungruang, interview, Hunt Hawkins, fiction, Enid Shomer, Darrell Nicholson, burrow press review, book review, book, author, Alicia Thompson, 15 Views of Tampa Bay
Dennis Lehane's Night moves
With Live by Night, the Florida crime novelist finally sends a protagonist to Ybor City.
Tags: Local Arts, ybor city, Ybor, Tampa, speakeasy, shawn alff, rum runner, rum, Prohibition, mobster, memoir, live by night, gangster, fiction, Dennis Lehane, crime, Bootlegging, bootleg, book review, book, bestseller, author
Rewriting romance with bay area BDSM author, Riley Murphy
Tags: Local Arts, sex and society, romance novel, Romance, riley murphy, Q&A, monogamy, men vs. women, mating strategy, long term relationship, literotica, interview, fiction, fetish, erotica, Entangled Publishing, ellora's cave, ebook, Control, Christine Bell, book, between the sheets, bdsm, author
Sweet Publications is a treat for Tampa Bay literati
By Melissa Carroll
Tags: Local Arts, writers, Tampa, Melissa Carroll, literary scene, Katie Riegel, Ira Sukrungruang, fiction
Traveling through The Twelve Rooms of the Nile with Tampa author Enid Shomer
Tags: Local Arts, The Twelve Rooms of the Nile, Tampa, Simon & Schuster, shawn alff, random house, Q&A, poet, novel, nile, Madame Bovary, literary agent, Jacqueline Cochran, interview, Gustave Flaubert, Florence Nightingale, fiction, Enid Shomer, Egypt, author
On the Island: How Tracey Garvis Graves's romance novel survived the barren literary seas
Tags: Local Arts, student teacher affair, shawn alff, self publish, romance novel, Romance, Q&A, plum, monogamy, men vs. women, marriage, Love Story, literary agent, interview, fiction, ebook, dutton, chick lit, book review, book, between the sheets, bestseller, author
Capturing the American teen: David H. Steinberg graduates from screenplays to novels with 'Last Stop This Town'
Tags: Events & Film, slackers, screenwriter, screenplay, puss in boots, novel, movie, literary agent, last stop this town, interview, humor, filmmaker, film, fiction, dick lit, David h. Steinberg, coming-of-age, comedy, character development, book, author platform, author, american pie 2, american pie
The "hysterical, blasphemous and boisterous" final novel of Jose Saramago
The late Nobel prize winner went out with a bang by raising Cain.
By Mark James
Tags: Local Arts, Old Testament, Mark James, Jose' Saramago, fiction, Cain
A man, a horse and a girl: Rode offers a new take on an old classic
Tags: Local Arts, Western, Thomas Fox Averill, Texas, tennessee, Slavery, Mexico, Horses, fiction, Arkansas
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Let’s hope Staind frontman Aaron Lewis focuses on the band’s new album this weekend in Tampa
By Josh Bradley
'Florida has a chance to make history': Only three states have passed recreational weed on the ballot by more than 60 percent
By Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix
Ybor City’s new Orange Blossom Trading Co. opens today
By Jourdan Ducat
Cinema’s ‘Nasty Women,’ and ladies who improved women’s rights, are center of two events in Tampa Bay this weekend
By Ray Roa
The University of South Florida (USF) is going to produce more tortured poets than usual this semester. The English department at the…
Tampa Bay Taco Week is here. For 10 delicious days—April 18-28—close to two dozen Bay area restaurants are offering exclusive specials. Have…
By Leigh Wilson
The castle-like remains of an eccentric scholar's unfinished artist sanctuary is now on the market in Florida. Located in Monticello, near Tallahassee, the…
By Colin Wolf
Abortion rights are on the ballot in Florida this November, and there’s a ground movement to get Amendment 4 across the finish…
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