Author: Laura McPherson
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Multigenre Macabre: On Rejection
How Apex magazine reads slush, putting yourself out there, and recent publications
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Multigenre Macabre: A Starving Artist’s Tips for Saving $
Right, so I’m not actually starving, but with inflation merrily inflationing away, sometimes I feel like I could be. After housing costs, food is the next largest expense in my household, and it turns out that that’s pretty typical. So, apropos of a conversation with a friend who wanted to know how I managed to…
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How Interfolio Actually Works for Graduate References / LORs
Ah, applying to graduate school, the warm-up crucible for the real deal, academia. Transcript fees, diploma fees, NACES evaluation fees, application fees and–what’s this? Fees to send LORs? Yes, if you’re using Interfolio. If you’re anything like me, you probably want to know what you’d be paying for (a smooth $48 for the first 50…
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Welcome Application Season: List of Writer’s Residencies & More
Application season is in full force: Graduate schools, a slew of book awards, many of the top Best Of collections and anthologies, some top competitive workshops and fellowships, and a whole lot of writer’s retreats all happen to have chosen October-January for applications/nominations. If you miss the window, it’s gone until next year, so I’m…
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Multigenre Macabre: It’s Launch Day, Baby!
It’s launch day for my hybrid chapbook, inVISIBLE, and I couldn’t be more excited. inVISIBLE explores my experience navigating the confluence between chronic illness and climate change. It’s experimental–not quite prose, not quite poetry, not quite image lit. I threw it all in a blender, and I hope you love what came out. You can…
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Multigenre Macabre : Storm the PSL Gates ☕
It’s officially pumpkin spice season, which seems like a great day to kick off a newsletter. Not that I have a PSL to power through this task. It’s 80 degrees outside, and also that would involve leaving the house. I do love this time of year though, not least because the second half of the…