Tag: Editing Process

Point of View by Lina Herman

By Lina Herman | Flash CNF, CNF, Classroom | July 9, 2025

Image is a color photograph of a feminine head and shoulders backlit by a blue sky with white clouds; title card for a finalist of the 2024 Flash Prose Prize, "Point of View" by Lina Herman.

After Lucia Berlin In my story, the mother and daughter go out for dim sum on a Sunday, or a Saturday maybe, after basketball. My first draft was from the mom’s point of view, but then she got…

Conversations Between Friends: Nora Shalaway Carpenter and Rob Costello

By Guest Author | Interviews, Craft, Classroom | September 4, 2024

Image is the book cover for DANCING WITH BEARS: QUEER FABLES FOR THE END TIMES by Rob Costello; title card for the new interview with Nora Shalaway Carpenter.

Nora Shalaway Carpenter and Rob Costello met during their MFA program over a decade ago. Now both creative writing educators, they have collaborated on a number of projects, including Shalaway Carpenter’s acclaimed anthology Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Stereotypes…