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  • What do Publishers Look for in Potential Authors?

    Every writer has the same dream: getting published. For authors who have never been published, the whole notion of publication can be intimidating. Sure, you may be confident in your ideas and writing abilities, but what do others think? The “others” the author has to fret over are those in…

  • Does Originality Exist in Fiction, and Can You Attain It?

    “For substantially all ideas are second-hand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources, and daily use by the garnerer with a pride and satisfaction born of the superstition that he originated them.” -Mark Twain As writers, we can all admit to struggling with the challenge of creating a…

  • Christmas is Coming: A George R.R. Martin Special

    It’s that time of the year where eager Christmas lovers are beginning to spread the holiday cheer in preparation for St. Nick’s arrival. Shoppers are already anticipating Black Friday’s deals long before the beloved turkey and sweet potato pie are set at the dinner table. Luckily, the great white-bearded man…

  • National Novel Writing Month— Are You Up to the Challenge?

    Has there ever been a moment in your life where you have had an insatiable urge to sit down, open your laptop, and begin writing that novel you have been putting off? Well grab yourself a cup of Earl Grey and stop making excuses because now is your chance to…

  • Resources for Breast Cancer Patients, Survivors, and their Loved Ones

    “Cancer affects all of us, whether you’re a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, or patient.” Jennifer Aniston Breast cancer, excluding skin cancer, is the most common cancer among women. In 2012, 224,147 women and 2,125 men were diagnosed with breast cancer. The numbers total to 226,272 lives that were…

  • New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Set the Stage for Controversy

    Breast Cancer Awareness month is a campaign designed to encourage women and men to be cognizant of the nature of Breast Cancer. So when the American Cancer Society recently announced new Breast Cancer guidelines, twelve years since the last update, we were all ears (The Journal of the American Medical…

  • Book Recommendations from the Press Interns

       Molly Morelock Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling The Harry Potter series is slowly becoming a literary classic. The story of the boy who lived is one of the most iconic franchises in America next to the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, and middle and high schools…

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Great breast cancer awareness slogans

    According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), over 230,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in the US alone in 2015. With all of the medical and technical advancements, this is a sobering statistic. The first step to fixing an issue is to recognize it, and…