Fictionaut Blog

We’re thrilled to announce that Alex Glass, literary agent with the Trident Media Group in New York, has joined the illustrious Fictionaut Board of Advisors.
With Alex’s sharp eye for talent, experience in the industry, and outstanding track record, the Board now boasts a potent mix of writers, agents, teachers, editors, bloggers, publicists, and critics who [...]

For the October issue of Mississippi Review, Jane Armstrong is looking for ekphrastic prose and poetry. The deadline is Sept. 15, and Jane cautions that she’s already received a lot of poetry about Edward Hopper.
Please see the call for more information.

“It’s a Boy!” is currently the most-read piece on Fictionaut, but Laurel Snyder has even bigger things to celebrate: her first novel for kids, Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, comes out today. Congrats, Laurel!

While we continue to work on improvements behind the scenes, some news from our members: Maud Casey shares her summer playlist with the NYT’s Paper Cuts, and Myfanwy Collins guest-blogs at Mumpsimus about her contribution to Best of the Web 2008.

To give us a place to talk about the site, we have added a help forum to Fictionaut. Please stop by if you have questions, technical difficulties, or ideas for additional features. You can always reach the forum from the question mark on top or the link in the footer.

Fictionaut is steadily growing as we’re sending out more invitations, and I’m thrilled with the great writing already on display.
We’re working on adding a community help forum and improvements to the front and story pages, and Carson has already whipped up a new page with controls that make Fictionaut easier to use. (You can reach [...]