This is how my day starts. Strong, black coffee, so bitter that my tongue goes numb. Sweet, too sweet to drink, chocolate protein shake. No smokes. No sex. No meaningful conversations. Low point. Then the gym. Hyping myself into a frenzy for just only one hour. During that hour, I go through a mental routine […]
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Scaffolding Magazine Update: Second Issue Submission Deadline and Release News
We thank everyone who submitted material to the first issue of the Scaffolding magazine. Currently the submissions to the first issue, scheduled for December 2016, are closed, however we are accepting submissions to the next issue, scheduled for March 2017. The deadline is January 5, 2017. To submit, use the submission page. Regarding the status […]
#Submission Call for #BookReviews #Fiction
Special attention to the book reviewers! If you have read and reviewed recent (defined loosely) novels that blew your socks off and you are really passionate about them, you can publish a review in the Scaffolding magazine! Send your proposals to the email EllieMaloneyFiction@gmail.com with the links or attachments of your reviews. Note: the review […]
Open Submission for Short Stories and Photography
We continue accepting submissions for the short stories, photography and illustrations! The deadline for the first issue is August 25, 2016 (if you need a day or two extra – let us know!), after which period we are accepting submissions for the subsequent issues. Scaffolding is a quarterly periodical geared toward indie authors and visual […]
“The Mars Run” Sci Fi Book Review
Overall Jalapeño Score: 9/10 (4.5/5) Plot summary What would happen if you were an 18-year old teenage girl living in a loving, but truly dysfunctional family? What if your father adventurously invested all the family assets, including your college fund, and, obviously blew all of it? What if you still want to go to a […]
Bragging Time! Another Beta Reader’s Report! #Scifi
Viola van de Sandt’s favorite novels are those from the nineteenth and early-twentieth century. Some of her most cherished literature pieces are: The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton; If nobody speaks of remarkable things, by Jon McGregor; Close to the Knives, by David Wojnarowicz; Bleak House and David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens; the Inspector […]
My First #Betareader report
Getting your work critiqued is probably the scariest thing ever, but I couldn’t wait to get that sort of a feedback. It was so insightful! And the fact that my reader liked it and wants to read the second book is just gravy! For those of you who wonder where I got the reader, I […]
I Need Help.
Simple post. I need a beta reader. Sci Fi. I will return the favor and will find a way to be useful to you. The piece is not very long, 35k. I can take criticism, honestly. Thanks!
Open Submission for Short Stories and Photography
Let me tell you a few words about this magazine. I am starting a periodical issue ‘Scaffolding’ and inviting you to participate in this startup. I have ambitious plans to make it both literary and, at the same time, a marketing tool for everyone involved. scaf·fold·ing (noun) a temporary structure on the outside of a building, made […]
#Photography and #Fiction #Magazine ‘Scaffolding’. 1st Issue Is Soon In Print
Is this a photography book? Is this a short fiction book? It’s both. It’s one of those pretty coffee table books that you see in the waiting rooms of beauty salons or coffee shops. The photographer who I worked with did such a spectacular job, that I decided to put up a magazine (probably a […]