Meet November’s Featured Writer: Kendra Tuthill

This month, we’re happy to introduce Plume’s November featured writer, Kendra Tuthill! Kendra Tuthill holds an MA in Fiction Writing from Portland State University. She has won several awards for her plays and screenplays, most notably landing a semi-finalist position in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest for her dark, superhero screenplay titled Kendar the … Read more

Meet Plume’s September Featured Writer: Paula Treick DeBoard

Plume's September featured writer, Paula Treick DeBoard

We’re excited to introduce Plume’s September featured writer Paula Treick DeBoard (@HerPlotThickens), author of HERE WE LIE, THE DROWNING GIRLS, THE FRAGILE WORLD, & THE MOURNING HOURS. Keep an eye out for this month’s digital Plume (dropping next week!), which will feature Paula’s letter of encouragement to writers and the first chapter of her novel, HERE WE LIE. Our podcast interview with Paula will follow shortly after.

No Place Like Home

Dorothy and Glenda the Good Witch from Wizard of Oz movie

At the end of the Wizard of Oz while Glenda the Good Witch waves her magic wand Dorothy clicks her ruby red slippers and chants these words: “There’s no place like home.” “There’s no place like home.” “There’s no place like home.” It’s a beautiful scene. It speaks to learning the lesson of appreciating home … Read more

What the heck is a metaphor anyway?

A metaphor is symbolic of something else. It is definitely a great literary tool to describe something. Sue William Silverman talks about finding the metaphors of your life and in her latest memoir, How to Survive Death and other Inconveniences she likens that time in life as a road trip…. I would say for me, … Read more

I Think That I Shall Never See

A poem as lovely as a tree….I’m always fascinated by words, how a word, even one we think everyone will understand in the same way, in a different person will recall a certain image unfamiliar to you. I grew up near the beach, for example. For me, a tree means a palm tree or a … Read more

What’s your metaphor? A philosophy & a contest

This month our featured writer is Sue William Silverman. In fact, episode 3 of our podcast features our chat with Sue! And our Plume Petite Patreon supporters will receive our August digital edition with Sue’s letter of encouragement and some of Sue’s creative work. If you’re not familiar with her as an author and teacher, … Read more