By Rie Yanti Literary on newspaper, such as short story, essay, poetry, critique, is interesting. It is high standard of literary, but popular at the same time, and as my friend said, “You see the money sooner.” However, newspaper literary has particular taste that does not always suit every writer. If any contributing writer insists...
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By Brahmanto Anindito The sky was so bright, as if it blessed us to go vacation. Iksan, Imey and I, we took our holiday. The destination was fixed. Mojokerto, East Java Province. There’s only two famous places at that regency: Trowulan or Pacet. Iksan had been at Trowulan, so we chose Pacet. Many interesting sites...
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By Brahmanto Anindito Same with the déjà vu, the deja lu (I like to type this way rather than “déjà lu”, because it’s more practical) is a French term. It is something you feel have read such plot or idea before, somewhere, sometime. For instance, my mind will shout “It’s deja lu!” when reading such...
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By Rie Yanti When you’re hard to sleep, try to count the sheep that jump on the cattle’s fence. Why it has to be a sheep? I don’t know. For me, a sheep is just an animal. It only gives us meal and fur to the sweaters. So I thought this animal is not special....
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Sormag (Shades of Romance Magazine) is an online magazine for readers and writers which is published bi-monthly. It is an award winning guide for readers and writers of multicultural literature. It features interviews, book reviews, articles about the craft of writing and the business part of writing, book promotion, literary news and short stories.
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