Literary Lunes Magazine, January 2012 Issue Read online



  Literary Lunes Magazine

  January 2012 Issue

  Edited by Beth Ann Masarik

  Literary Lunes Magazine copyright © 2012 Beth Ann Masarik & Literary Lunes Publications. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form without written permission except for the use of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

  For information about reprinting, distributing, or otherwise sharing the contents of this book, please contact Beth Ann Masarik at [email protected]

  First edition, January 2012

  Originally published in paperback and e-book by Literary Lunes Publications

  Interior edited by Beth Ann Masarik

  Cover design by Beth Ann Masarik

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  “This magazine has become so much more over the last year. The people involved have worked extremely hard and it shows with each new release. I also like the welcome given to anyone who wants to be involved and how new submissions are always encouraged. I have no doubt that Literary Lunes will be very successful and the new blog will push that success even more. I'm happy to be associated with this group.”

  Mimi Barbour

  Multi-published author - The Wild Rose Press

  “When Beth came to me a little more than a year ago and told me she wanted to start an online magazine for writers, I was impressed with her forward thinking. I'd never heard of such a thing before. She continued to impress me with the level of quality that has gone into every issue, the articles and interview procured, and the hard work she displays when she puts it together. It seems that every issue gains more readers and I am proud to say I am one of them, that I've been with it from the beginning. Being on staff now, I hope to help Literary Lunes grow in 2012.”

  Erin Danzer

  Table of Contents

  Letter From the Editor

  Our New Blog

  Calendar of Events

  Blog Tours: Are They the New Book Tour?

  Poetry Palooza

  I Never Wanted to be a Coke Dealer

  Good Girl

  Wacky Writers

  Dream Catcher

  There You Have It: My Opinion

  The Staff

  Affiliates

  Letter from the Editor

  Dear Readers,

  Happy New Years from all of us here at Literary Lunes! This is a very special year for us, for we have many exciting things happening in 2012! First up on the list…IT’S OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Yup! Literary Lunes Magazine is officially one year old! Can you believe it? It seems like it was only yesterday when I had the idea to start this baby up. I officially set up the website on January 1st, 2011 and our first issue went live on our website on March 1st, 2011! Here we are, a whole year later!

  This issue is full of important information, new stories, reviews, poetry, advice, and important upcoming events. The next few pages are dedicated to the changes and exciting events that are going to take place this year. Don’t worry! These are good, positive changes and events!

  I sincerely thank everyone for your support during our first year, and for putting up with all the changes and the lateness of some of the issues. I will be posting a calendar on the next page of deadlines and events for this year.

  As a friendly reminder, GOING FORWARD, ALL FUTURE ISSUES WILL BE PUT OUT BI-MONTHLY. I am expecting this to be a VERY busy year for me, but a VERY good year at that.

  Why are we going bi-monthly? That’s because I am working on my second novel (my first one was released in August of 2011), and more importantly, I AM GETTING MARRIED! Yes, that’s right! I am getting married on October 14, 2012, so I need that extra time to format and prepare the magazine around wedding plans. Don’t worry! I will be sure to keep you guys updated on how things are going . We already have the Church and reception hall booked.

  Anyway, I don’t want to bore you with all of that now though. Let’s get on to the rest of the magazine, shall we? I would also like to encourage everyone to please consider purchasing a paperback copy of this magazine on Lulu.com to help support the Literary Lunes website. As you all know, running a website is not only hard work, and time consuming, but can also be quite costly. I’d like to improve the website and the features we have on it, plus open up a cafepress shop for it to sell Literary Lunes merchandise. Don’t worry, ALL ECOPIES WILL REMAIN FREE OF CHARGE! I would also like to be able to offer payment compensation for those who regularly submit to the magazine in the future, but I can’t do that unless the magazine makes a decent profit. I hope that some, if not all of you wonderful people will consider purchasing a paperback copy of each issue to support the magazine you all love!

  Thanks for reading!

  Sincerely,

  Beth Ann Masarik

  Our New Blog

  One of the big projects that I have been working on over the last couple of weeks, is putting together a blog for the magazine. The blog link is www.literarylunespublications.blogspot.com. What is the purpose of this blog you ask? Well, I have at least thirty books on my bookshelf that I have been collecting since high school. My goal? My goal is to start weeding (I mean reading) them this year. After I read these books, I will then be reviewing them and posting the reviews on the new blog.

  In addition to those books, I received a Nook from my beloved fiancé for Christmas. Do you know what that means? It means that I can purchase even more books and not have to worry about running out of storage space! Why am I telling you this? I am telling you this because I am now accepting book review requests! Yup! That’s right! I am now a book reviewer. My fiancé, Kevin, has also agreed to give book reviewing a shot (I gave him a Nook as well. Hehe). I would also like to welcome Barb Gary, owner of the Diabetic Snacker website, which is https://www.diabeticsnacker.com/ to the review team. Kevin and I will be reviewing fiction (all genres), while Barb will be reviewing Non-fiction.

  For our review policies, please visit the Literary Lunes blog.

  In addition to the reviews, I will also be participating in some blog tours, including two in January, and one in March. In January, I will be hosting authors C.S. Splitter and Stephen Prosapio. Stephen is a fellow author from Otherworld Publications (my own publisher), and C.S. Splitter is a near and dear friend of mine that I have become friends with over the last few months via Facebook. These two guys are hysterical and wonderful writers! You have got to check them both out! C.S. Splitter is an Independent author who published his debut novel titled The Reluctant, and Stephen Prosapio is the author of Ghost of Rosewood Asylum.