What makes you fall in love with writing? What makes you tumble into the story on the page the minute the words enter your body?
For me, it’s the details. I care about the music of the language and what the writing has to teach me about people and life; in the end, I want those bigger themes to change me. But as I read creative nonfiction, and the world of story rises before me, I want to see it, taste it, smell it, hear it, and feel it on my skin.
There was a knock on the door. The door was open, but she knocked anyway. I didn’t know it then, but she wasn’t allowed to enter the room. “Hey.” she said. “Did you just get here?” This seemed to me a pointless question – we both knew I had just gotten there.
When the phone rings on Sunday night I know it’ll be him. I answer chirpily, like I always do. And like always we talk about where the rig is right now, what the weather is like with him, what the weather is like here, little nuggets of nothing.
I love meeting people, online and in person. While I can be found most often on Twitter and Facebook, when it comes to professional networking I turn to LinkedIn. I am a huge proponent of this online network for many reasons – from job-hunting to public relations opportunities. That’s why I was super excited to receive an advanced copy of The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success: Kickstart Your Business, Brand and Job Search – and an interview with its author, Wayne Breitbarth. I caught up with Wayne in early March, just as his book was released by Greenleaf Book Group.
A big thank you to fellow memoir writer Amye Barrese Archer, also a reader and contributor of Hippocampus, for the interview on her blog, First Person. We chatted about the inspiration for the magazine, my hopes and dreams for it, and even discussed Russel Brand. Read the story, New Literary Magazine for Memoir and Creative…
To celebrate the launch of Hippocampus Magazine, we’re giving away $100 to one lucky reader. To be eligible to win, simply interact with us at our online launch party. We’ll keep track of all comments of substance (meaning, we just don’t want you to say, “Cool!), tweets and retweets, and Facebook shares throughout the day*.…
While not giving too much away, we figured we’d tease you a bit and share the authors and titles which will be part of the debut issue of Hippocampus Magazine. The first issue features over a dozen creative pieces and articles including: MEMOIR • A Panic of Birds; Lisa Marie Brodsky • The Rabbit Hole;…
Hippocampus Magazine was featured in this week’s Etownian, the weekly college newspaper at Elizabethtown College (where, by day, I work as the web content editor). Features editor Tara B. Hayes did a great job interviewing me; she was very professional. I am very pleased with the end result of this article. We talked for quite…
Northeast PA’s #1 arts and entertainment weekly, The Weekender gave a shout-out to Hippocampus Magazine in its front-of-book “This Just In” column. Thanks to my hometown alternative weekly for the coverage. If you were unable to read this screen shot, you can read the blurb and the full issue online here.
As with any new magazine, there are likely plenty of questions regarding submissions. We’ve tried to cover them all on the submissions guidelines page, but we’ve been asked a few additional questions via email, Twitter and Facebook. I responded personally to all of those people, but figured that others may have the same questions. In…
