One of the things I worried about when I became a teacher was forgetting what it was like to be a student. I didn’t want to be one of those teachers who expected students to just “get it.” I didn’t want to bulldoze my students with excessive information or overwhelming expectations. Because learning can be [...]
An interesting revolution has been going on in Utah County for the past few years called The New Play Project. It’s a collective of Mormon playwrights who, according to their website, gives “emerging Latter-day Saint writers a place to produce their work while maintaining their standards and values.” So far, it has produced some excellent [...]
This is part of an inter-blog duo of posts on endings in fiction. The sister post, written by William Morris, can be found at A Motley Vision. Endings are hard. Of all the time I spend writing a piece, at least 40 percent of it will be spent on getting the ending just right. I [...]
Never assume that because a man has no eyes, he cannot see. Master Po to Kaine, upon their first meeting. Suddenly, I, Lisa Torcasso Downing, am Master Po. I’ve taken on a charge, a kid in the ward who wants to become a writer. Yeah, I know. Teenagers who want to be writers are a [...]
By Bryce Peterson I was nine years old when I became a hardened sinner. Grandpa wanted to teach me to fly fish, so we planned a weekend trip—just the two of us. I loved him, of course, but this particular grandparent was more intimidating than the meanest old-lady-substitute-Primary-teacher. We rode up in Grandpa’s ancient diesel [...]
by Features Editor Shelah Miner My husband has been spending an awful lot of time lately looking at the newest version of the Kindle at Amazon.com. A few weeks ago, he made me sit through the entire promotional video. There are things I love about the Kindle– I love that it’s so light (when I [...]
This is an edited version of a previous post. It will be appearing on page 3 of the Sunstone arriving in your mailbox very soon. I just wanted to show you what a good bout of editing and an illustrator can do for a piece. Note, for example, the streamlining of the prose and the [...]
The Association for Mormon Letters and Irreantum Magazine are pleased to announce the 2009 Irreantum Fiction Contest and Charlotte and Eugene England Essay Contest.
by Features Editor Shelah Miner Last Monday morning, I opened the door to the pediatrician’s office and sighed. My kid was scheduled for a well visit, but every other kid in the packed room suffered from the same unspecified viral illness. Bracing myself for two inevitabilities– a long wait and sick kids two days later, [...]
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