Ron Samul / Writer / Educator

Miranda Literary Magazine is looking for fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, book reviews, and anything else you want to throw at us. Let me know if you have anything. ronsamul@sbcglobal.net

Deadline is soon, hurry if you have something. Be well.

I am reading a novel about coffee now and I've been making and drinking coffee almost every night. It's good for my writing and my M.C.I. site, but it got me thinking about how we express things we crave and how it relates to really seeking out those needs. Perhap… Continue

I am working on what I thought would be a series of short stories. Each story, however, has the same two or three main characters. Now, instead of short stories I am looking at making this into an episodic novel that will move through eight months of the characters lives. I was wondering if anyone has read other titles like this. I know it isn't an original concept, but I am looking for decent suggestions for reading. It seems that the artists, writers, and readers in this collaborative are insi… Continue

I am crazy about Japanese books. It started way back with Yukio Mishima and the Sea of Fertility Cycle with begins with the brilliant Spring Snow. I've read Murakami and his work, and some of the classic Japanese authors like Kawabata and Ogai. I… Continue