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Writing Raw is a FREE weekly literary magazine dedicated to new and emerging writers. The goal at Writing Raw is simple - to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. In this world of disappearing literary magazines, Writing Raw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill. New in this issue:

FICTION:
Deadly Mistake by Debra Elliott
Hair Die by Vicki Sala
In and Out by Jerry Guarino
Jessica by Andrew Vastag
Last Of The Singing Cowboys by Richard Lutman
My New High by Patrick Trotti
The U Turn by Chukwudum Okudarue
The Very Singular Kind of Love by Chukwudum Okudarue
The Woman [Whom They Paid to Go Away] by Christine Northern

SERIAL:
Anywhere But There: Chapter 3 by Marcella Simmons
Panes of Blue: Segment 1 by Jason P. Henry
really BAD Shakespeare Season 2, Episodes 3 and 4

POETRY:
Cellophane Blinders by Tonn Pastore
Frost's Forest by James Dye
God Bless Hysteria by George I. Anderson
In Praise Of France by Rosa Johnson
I Finished One Book by G David Schwartz
It by James Dye
Journey by Carolee Bertisch
Mirrors of Maxims by Mark John Henderson-Flood
Philadelphia High School by Kelsey Threatte
Resurrection by Una Clarke

ASSORTED:
A Grey State of Survival (Preview of upcoming novel) by Kila Tristesse
Gaijin Skin: Chapter 3 (Novel Excerpt 5) by Allen Davies
Meditations on the Road to a Post-Modern Age by Christopher Nagle
Silence with the Storm, 8 - A Life's History by Rattan Mann

INTERVIEWS:
Jael McHenry
Brenna Yovanoff

ART:
Patricia Nelson

REVIEWS:
Allbooks Review
Between the Sheets: The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok
FLASH REVIEW by Ditch - Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Rib Reads


Now, some announcements:

· NEW Column - Panes of Blue by Jason P. Henry. What better way to introduce this creative column... allowing the author to introduce it for us:

An Introduction to Panes of Blue
by Jason P. Henry

Not long ago I came across an older woman who, though I had encountered her on a few occasions, knew nothing of me. She spoke three words that completely silenced me... 'you're a writer'. I was flattered, however, I had never been published so I was dying to know what brought her to this conclusion.

'I watch you observe everything... people, conversations. You take it all in and I see your wheels turning... you are a writer.' she said.

Though the writer part remains to be seen, the rest of her words were true. I have always been a watcher. I have index cards filled with ideas that have been born of things I experience in everyday life; People, thoughts, conversations and much more.

If you are at all like me, you have spent hours online reading the how-to and advice pages in abundance. You have probably encountered this phrase time and again... 'writers write'. While this is true, I feel there is a less encountered phrase that holds as much bearing... 'writer's live'.

I see people who walk with their heads down and, for all intents and purposes, with their eyes and ears closed. If asked, they likely could not describe the back of their own hand let alone a sunrise or a thunderstorm. Writers are a different breed, they watch, learn... absorb. We take everyday, random things and develop plots, scenes and characters. We allow ourselves to become those characters in order to puppeteer their actions, commandeer their thoughts and guide them through our stories. Inspiration comes in many forms and writers search for it eagerly, more importantly, they allow themselves to be susceptible to it... they live.

In this column, I hope to use that theory and my own observations to bring you the story of Blue... a man with a 'front row seat' for his eye on the world. Allow me to show you how things I've seen, excuse me, how things Blue has seen can turn from simple into, well, look through the Panes Of Blue and see for yourself... .

(Remember... write and live... everyday.)

© 2011 by Jason P. Henry

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· really BAD Shakespeare starts with repeats this week - starting with Season 1. Two expanded episodes will appear in each issue for 12 weeks... building to the start of Season 3.

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Or, use the Writing Raw Book Store to promote your novel or poetry collection: If you have a novel or collection that you would like to place in our store, we would be more than happy to do so – for FREE. Just send us a copy of the cover of the book (jpeg, bmp, etc. – please don’t send pdf), a brief synopsis, and a link as to where the material can be purchased.

We are also looking for people to write weekly columns, such as – book and publishing news, exercise and tips, or… well, we are always open to suggestions to help make the site one of the most informative and innovative out there. Let us know if you would like to help in this aspect. All columns will have your byline, your bio information (with hot links to your site), and you will retain all copyright.

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