"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

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Daily Prompt Love <3 The Machine

2 March 2019 

Make art about the machine, about the spirit in the machine, about the magical machines we inhabit. 

robot

Image by Comfreak on Pixabay

 

Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Oyster River

Oyster River Pages Call for Submissions – Special & Regular Issue

Deadline: May 31, 2019

Oyster River Pages is a literary and artistic collective seeking submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual arts that stretch creative and social boundaries.

“We believe in the power of art to connect people to their own and others’ humanity. Because of this, we seek to feature artists whose voices have been historically decentered and marginalized. In addition to regular submissions, we are temporarily seeking submissions for our themed issue, Delta, which is reflective of change, transformation, expansion, unification, and of the liminal spaces between land and water.

Please visit Oyster River  for more submission details.

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Curtain

1 March 2019 

Make art about what’s behind the curtain. 

behind the curtain

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Hurry

28 February 2019

Make art about the hurry, about being in a hurry, about the dangers of a hurried life. 

hurry

Image by TeroVesalainen on Pixabay

Daily Prompt Love <3 Broken and Beautiful

27 February 2019 

Make art about what’s broken and beautiful, about beautiful versions of brokenness. 

 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 In the Flood

26 February 2019

Make art about the river rising, about what the flood takes with it, what it leaves behind. 

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Openings in March & April for Distance Manuscript Consultations

Distance One-on-One Manuscript Consultation Proposal

A Month By Mail, Focused Completely On Your Work!

Week 1: I receive and focus on a close reading of your manuscript.

Week 2: I will closely read a second time, this time making line by line editorial comments, returning the line-edited manuscript to you, and a detailed 6-8 page letter with initial response and suggestions by mail at the end of the first week. Upon your receipt of the manuscript, we’ll have an initial phone call (these usually last around 2 hours) to discuss those suggested edits, focusing that first week primarily on characterization, consistency, voice, the perceived goals of the narrative.

Week 3: I’ll compose a second detailed letter, this time focusing on structure and control of the narrative throughline, as well as any other elements I see presenting in the submitted work. This I’ll email to you by midweek, and again, we can schedule a phone meeting at week’s end to address this second editorial run through.

Week 4: I’ll ask that you send to me a list of your questions or comments early in the week, which I’ll address in writing, as well as sending you another detailed critique letter, focused on language and new ways of understanding and crafting voice and storytelling. We’ll finish with a third phone meeting to tie up any loose ends, address any remaining questions you might have on the critique provided.

So that’s Full Line Edits, Three Critique Letters, and Three Phone Meetings.

Contact me at carrollhackettma@gmail.com for a quote and scheduling.

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Daily Prompt Love <3 'Both furious and magnificent'

25 February 2019 

“blessed be she who is both furious and magnificent” ―Taylor Rhodes 

Make art about a woman who is furious and magnificent. 

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Daily Prompt Love Catch-Up <3 Left Behind

24 February 2019 

Make art about what’s left behind. 

left behind

Daily Prompt Love Catch-Up <3 That Wind

23 February 2019 

Make art about what the wind says. 

wind book

Image by Comfreak on Pixabay

 

 

 

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